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Who owns your block

500 block of Tyson Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 85% since 2016, now about $276K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$276K
$242K–$396K
ZIP median $293K
Price / sq ft
$206
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
28 of 28
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%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$253
5 years
+80%
value · tax +$945
10 years
+85%
value · tax +$1K

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 $276K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below 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$276K$293K$223K
Owner-occupied82%57%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 41 reported crimes (14 violent) and 57 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
41
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
57
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults11
Thefts9
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Fraud4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Theft from Vehicle3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle18
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5
Maintenance Complaint4
Salting4
Traffic (Other)4
Information Request3

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
J Hampton Moore
6900 Summerdale Ave · 1162 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$276K2016: $149K2017: $149K2018: $149K2019: $152K2020: $154K2021: $154K2022: $154K2023: $203K2024: $203K2025: $259K2026: $259K2027: $276K2016202020232027

▲ +85% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,7472016: $1,7782017: $1,7432018: $1,7782019: $1,6732020: $1,6692021: $1,6692022: $1,8022023: $2,3012024: $2,3012025: $2,3142026: $2,4942027: $2,7472016202020232027

▲ +54% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 185 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+85%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 39 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
39arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 28 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 28

Value distribution today

3 parcels10 parcels3 parcels1 parcels6 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$242K$342K+

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

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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
501 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $273K —/1 1,200 1950 1
511 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $90K in 2002 → $171K in 2015 (+89%). Owner-occupied $302K —/— 1,632 1950 2
515 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $308K —/— 1,440 1950 1
516 TYSON AVE Traded 3×: $92K in 2001 → $202K in 2016 (+120%). Owner-occupied $390K 3/2 1,560 1950 3
518 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $333K 3/1 1,806 1950 1
519 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $183K in 2016 → $300K in 2021 (+64%). Owner-occupied $302K 4/2 1,620 1950 2
520 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $396K —/— 1,806 1950 0
522 TYSON AVE Traded 4×: $85K in 2001 → $200K in 2020 (+137%). Owner-occupied $319K 3/1 1,280 1950 4
523 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $279K 3/1 2,160 1950 1
524 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $264K —/— 1,280 1950 0
526 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $95K in 2005 → $184K in 2007 (+94%). Owner-occupied $261K —/— 1,280 1950 2
527 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $291K —/— 1,300 1950 1
528 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $138K in 2015 → $242K in 2021 (+75%). Owner-occupied $260K 3/2 1,280 1950 2
529 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $285K —/— 1,800 1950 1
530 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $145K in 2021 → $260K in 2022 (+79%). Owner-occupied $310K 3/1 1,280 1950 2
532 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $75K in 2020 → $253K in 2021 (+237%). Owner-occupied $310K 3/1 1,280 1950 2
533 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $307K —/— 1,800 1950 0
534 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $264K —/— 1,280 1950 0
536 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $261K 3/1 1,280 1950 1
537 TYSON AVE Traded 3×: $240K in 2012 → $325K in 2023 (+35%). Owner-occupied $342K 5/3 2,160 1950 3
538 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $254K —/— 1,140 1950 1
540 TYSON AVE Traded 3×: $80K in 2002 → $135K in 2004 (+69%). Owner-occupied $246K —/— 922 1950 3
541 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $265K —/— 1,200 1950 1
542 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $260K —/— 1,270 1950 0
543 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $265K —/— 1,800 1950 1
544 TYSON AVE Traded 2×: $155K in 2011 → $225K in 2020 (+45%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,075 1950 2
547 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $265K —/— 1,800 1950 1
551 TYSON AVE Owner-occupied $265K —/— 1,800 1950 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.