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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.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$248K
$132K–$1.2M
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$190
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$282K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $248K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 28
$44K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
54%
15 of 28
city 41%
Rentals
50%
14 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$38K
6 of 28 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$98
5 years
+67%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+137%
value · tax +$2K

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.

2027
  • 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 blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$248K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied18%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.

Crimes · 12mo
116
37 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
410
58 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults24
Theft from Vehicle18
Thefts16
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection57
Salting57
Maintenance Complaint56
Illegal Dumping47
Street Defect25
Shoveling23

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.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
John H Taggart
400 W Porter St · 485 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 students

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

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$250K$500K$248K2016: $105K2017: $105K2018: $105K2019: $137K2020: $149K2021: $149K2022: $149K2023: $188K2024: $188K2025: $235K2026: $235K2027: $248K2016202020232027

▲ +137% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,0072016: $1,2212017: $1,2212018: $1,1702019: $1,4352020: $1,5322021: $1,5322022: $1,5322023: $2,1012024: $2,1012025: $2,9092026: $2,9092027: $3,0072016202020232027

▲ +146% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

6
6 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $43,625 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $16,205at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 237 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+8.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+137%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.7 pts
market 6.5%/yr

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

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
22arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 1 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels14 parcels8 parcels0 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$132K$410K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
1715 Properties Inc17$12Mphila.gov ↗
H Taylor Company Llc22$530Kphila.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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
500 SNYDER AVE built 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 Traded 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 built 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 Appeal granted (2012). Absentee individual $266K 3/3 1,820 1920 0 rented
526 SNYDER AVE Traded 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 Bought 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 Traded 3×: $85K in 2007 → $100K in 2015 (+18%). Absentee individual $215K 3/1 1,100 1920 3 rented
537 SNYDER AVE Traded 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

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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