Who owns your block
500 block of Simms St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 90% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is up 91% since 2016, now about $421K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.
The makeup of the block
Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Tax-abated
- Bubble = lot size
- → bigger interior · ↑ higher value
Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $421K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19116 median of $402K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19116 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19116 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $421K | $402K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 71% | 61% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 2 reported crimes (0 violent) and 25 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.
Schools
The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.
Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.
What it's worth, and where taxes are going
- $421K typical home, up +91% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,694 to $4,435 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.5M assessed, $83,938/yr to the city, about $3,997 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +91% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
534 Simms St is assessed at $650K but pays $1,819 a year — about 20% of the $9,097 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $191 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.
How often it changes hands
This block has recorded 11 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 18
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John M Kuhar Residence Trust | 1 | 1 | $434K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 21 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).
Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 503 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $392K | —/— | 1,460 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 505 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $449K | —/— | 1,680 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 506 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $498K | —/— | 1,995 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 507 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $432K | —/— | 1,878 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 508 SIMMS ST | Vacant | $93K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 509 SIMMS ST | Vacant | $108K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 512 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $434K | —/— | 1,920 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 513 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $462K | —/— | 2,265 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 514 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $467K | —/— | 1,880 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 516 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $400K | —/— | 1,424 | 1960 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 517 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $421K | —/— | 1,250 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 520 SIMMS ST | Vacant | $109K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 521 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $417K | 3/2 | 1,191 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 522-24 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $454K | —/— | 1,800 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 525 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $418K | —/— | 1,191 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 526 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $385K | —/— | 1,350 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 529 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $389K | —/— | 1,402 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 530 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $389K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 534 SIMMS ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $225K in 2015, demolished in 2017, then sold for $500K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $650K | 4/2 | 2,262 | 2019 | 2 | abated |
| 535 SIMMS ST | Owner-occupied | $523K | —/— | 3,600 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 536 SIMMS ST New constructionBought for $409K in 2019, built new (tax-abated), sold for $549K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $650K | 4/2 | 2,262 | 2019 | 2 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)