Who owns your block
500 block of Snyder Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 54% owner-occupied, 11% investor-held, with 6 homes behind $38,328 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 137% since 2016, now about $248K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year.
- 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 $248K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19148 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $248K | $261K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 18% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 116 reported crimes (37 violent) and 410 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
- $248K typical home, up +137% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,221 to $3,007 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.2M assessed, $71,088/yr to the city, about $2,539 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +137% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +146% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
500 Snyder Ave is assessed at $1.2M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $16,205 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.2% 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 $237 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 28 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1715 Properties Inc | 1 | 7 | $12M | phila.gov ↗ |
| H Taylor Company Llc | 2 | 2 | $530K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 28 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 SNYDER AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | —/— | 19,626 | 1944 | 0 | abated |
| 507 SNYDER AVE | Investor / LLC | $250K | 2/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 509 SNYDER AVE | Investor / LLC | $279K | 3/2 | 1,288 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 511 SNYDER AVE | Absentee individual | $211K | 3/1 | 1,080 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 513 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $219K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 515 SNYDER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $24K in 2005 → $115K in 2005 (+389%). | Absentee individual | $235K | 4/2 | 1,160 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 517 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/1 | 1,415 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 518 SNYDER AVE | Vacant | $132K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 519 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $243K | 4/1 | 1,432 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 520 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $261K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 521-23 SNYDER AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $410K | —/— | 3,636 | 1920 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 522 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $221K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 524 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $247K | 3/1 | 1,448 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 525 SNYDER AVE HistoryAppeal granted (2012). | Absentee individual | $266K | 3/3 | 1,820 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 526 SNYDER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $35K in 2003 → $147K in 2017 (+320%). | Absentee individual | $227K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 527 SNYDER AVE | Absentee individual | $266K | 4/3 | 1,820 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 528 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $221K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 529 SNYDER AVE | Absentee individual | $266K | 3/3 | 1,820 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 530 SNYDER AVE | Absentee individual | $357K | 2/2 | 1,872 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 531 SNYDER AVE New constructionBought for $100K in 2019, built new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $457K | 4/— | 1,935 | 2022 | 3 | rentedabated |
| 532 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $215K | 3/1 | 1,100 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 533 SNYDER AVE | Absentee individual | $275K | 4/1 | 1,668 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 534 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $234K | 4/2 | 1,300 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 535 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 1,560 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 536 SNYDER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $85K in 2007 → $100K in 2015 (+18%). | Absentee individual | $215K | 3/1 | 1,100 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 537 SNYDER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $56K in 2004 → $300K in 2021 (+436%). | Owner-occupied | $349K | 3/2 | 1,620 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 538 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $215K | 3/1 | 1,100 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 540 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $262K | 2/2 | 1,100 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)