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Who owns your block

500 block of Stanwood St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 74% since 2016, now about $300K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$300K
$288K–$381K
ZIP median $293K
Price / sq ft
$226
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$315K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $300K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1953
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
88%
15 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$239
5 years
+38%
value · tax +$371
10 years
+74%
value · tax +$869

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 $300K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19111Philadelphia
Median home value$300K$293K$223K
Owner-occupied77%57%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 19 reported crimes (6 violent) and 64 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
19
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
64
4 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults5
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Theft from Vehicle3
Other Sex Offenses (Not Commercialized)2
Thefts2
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Street Light Outage9
Street Trees9
Other (Streets)6
Illegal Dumping3
Traffic (Other)3

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 · K-5
Fox Chase
500 Rhawn St · 500 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$300K2016: $172K2017: $172K2018: $172K2019: $204K2020: $218K2021: $218K2022: $218K2023: $239K2024: $239K2025: $284K2026: $284K2027: $300K2016202020232027

▲ +74% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8822016: $2,0132017: $2,0132018: $2,0332019: $2,3002020: $2,4992021: $2,4992022: $2,5112023: $2,2212024: $2,2212025: $2,6432026: $2,6432027: $2,8822016202020232027

▲ +43% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 174 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $174 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+74%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
17arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Absentee individual: 2 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels5 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$288K$323K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
509 STANWOOD ST Traded 2×: $145K in 2003 → $187K in 2013 (+29%). Owner-occupied $296K —/— 1,308 1953 2
511 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $288K 3/1 1,308 1953 1
512 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $319K —/— 1,344 1953 0
513 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $288K —/— 1,308 1953 0
514 STANWOOD ST Absentee individual $300K —/— 1,344 1953 1
515 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $288K —/— 1,308 1953 1
516 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $300K —/— 1,344 1953 0
517 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $299K 3/1 1,308 1953 1
518 STANWOOD ST Traded 3×: $120K in 2003 → $259K in 2020 (+116%). Owner-occupied $302K 3/1 1,344 1953 3
519 STANWOOD ST Traded 3×: $137K in 2002 → $260K in 2020 (+90%). Owner-occupied $318K 3/1 1,308 1953 3
521 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $381K 3/1 1,152 1953 0
525 STANWOOD ST Traded 2×: $315K in 2024 → $315K in 2024 (+0%). Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,308 1953 2
527 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $304K —/— 1,308 1953 0
531 STANWOOD ST Absentee individual $288K —/— 1,308 1953 1
533 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $323K —/— 1,308 1953 0
537 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $306K —/— 1,308 1953 1
539 STANWOOD ST Owner-occupied $288K —/— 1,308 1953 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.