500 block of Titan St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $267K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 68 reported crimes (25 violent) and 353 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $267K typical home, up +46% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,646 to $2,665 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $9.2M assessed, $101,298/yr to the city, about $2,979 per home

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:

• 509 Titan Sttax-abated new construction0.27%$747/yr on $274K
• 507 Titan Sttax-abated new construction0.32%$747/yr on $235K
• 520 Titan Sttax-abated new construction0.38%$953/yr on $251K
• 508 Titan Sttax-abated new construction0.38%$1,050/yr on $275K
• 516 Titan Sttax-abated new construction0.39%$1,046/yr on $267K
• …and 9 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 508 Titan St is assessed at $275K but pays $1,050 a year — about 27% of the $3,849 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.5% 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 $146 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 55 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 34 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

New construction

522 Titan St

$251K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $196K in 2008.

Frequently traded

525 Titan St

$418K · Traded 3×: $48K in 2009 → $328K in 2015 (+582%).

Frequently traded

506 Titan St

$398K · Traded 4×: $20K in 2003 → $344K in 2022 (+1618%).

Frequently traded

519 Titan St

$362K · Traded 4×: $55K in 2003 → $410K in 2024 (+645%).

Frequently traded

515 Titan St

$355K · Traded 3×: $107K in 2007 → $205K in 2009 (+92%).

Frequently traded

510 Titan St

$307K · Traded 4×: $70K in 2004 → $275K in 2018 (+293%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.