Who owns your block
500 block of Smithfield Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 85% since 2016, now about $399K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $399K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and in line with 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 | $399K | $402K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 65% | 61% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 10 reported crimes (6 violent) and 35 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
- $399K typical home, up +85% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,632 to $5,022 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.0M assessed, $82,669/yr to the city, about $4,863 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +85% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +91% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 506 Smithfield Aveexemption1.01%$3,596/yr on $357K
- 502 Smithfield Aveexemption1.02%$3,809/yr on $372K
- 520 Smithfield Aveexemption1.03%$3,840/yr on $374K
- 512 Smithfield Aveexemption1.04%$4,009/yr on $386K
- 515 Smithfield Aveexemption1.04%$4,015/yr on $387K
- …and 6 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% 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 $185 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investx LLC | 1 | 1 | $385K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 SMITHFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $503K | —/— | 1,960 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 502 SMITHFIELD AVE TradedTraded 2×: $208K in 2009 → $205K in 2017 (-1%). | Owner-occupied | $372K | —/— | 1,152 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 506 SMITHFIELD AVE TradedTraded 2×: $220K in 2010 → $250K in 2014 (+14%). | Owner-occupied | $357K | —/— | 992 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 507 SMITHFIELD AVE TradedTraded 2×: $155K in 2001 → $237K in 2017 (+53%). | Owner-occupied | $468K | —/— | 1,680 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 508 SMITHFIELD AVE TradedTraded 2×: $201K in 2016 → $201K in 2016 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $485K | —/— | 1,782 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 509 SMITHFIELD AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $160K in 2002 → $210K in 2015 (+31%). | Owner-occupied | $385K | 3/2 | 1,200 | 1960 | 3 | |
| 510 SMITHFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $359K | —/— | 875 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 511 SMITHFIELD AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $200K in 2009 → $411K in 2025 (+105%). | Owner-occupied | $406K | 3/2 | 1,500 | 1960 | 4 | |
| 512 SMITHFIELD AVE TradedTraded 2×: $144K in 2002 → $237K in 2008 (+65%). | Owner-occupied | $386K | —/— | 1,217 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 513 SMITHFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $385K | —/— | 1,200 | 1960 | 1 | 5 viol |
| 514 SMITHFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $448K | —/— | 1,872 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 515 SMITHFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $387K | —/— | 1,200 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 517 SMITHFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $399K | —/— | 1,200 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 519 SMITHFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $455K | —/— | 1,920 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 520 SMITHFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $374K | —/— | 1,152 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 521 SMITHFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $407K | —/— | 1,310 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 522 SMITHFIELD AVE TradedTraded 2×: $212K in 2010 → $360K in 2025 (+70%). | Absentee individual | $430K | —/— | 1,800 | 1960 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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This is the 500 block of Smithfield Ave,
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)