Who owns your block
500 block of Unruh Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 96% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $122 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 86% since 2016, now about $277K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $277K — 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 block | ZIP 19111 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $277K | $293K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 61% | 57% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 44 reported crimes (11 violent) and 59 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
- $277K typical home, up +86% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,832 to $2,731 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.6M assessed, $68,226/yr to the city, about $2,966 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +86% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +49% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
535 Unruh Ave is assessed at $277K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,879 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% 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 $186 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 38 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 21
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $100K in 2003 → $245K in 2009 (+145%). | Owner-occupied | $418K | —/— | 3,456 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 520 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $225K in 2005 → $32K in 2006 (-86%). | Owner-occupied | $486K | —/— | 3,301 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 526 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $339K | —/— | 2,250 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 530 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2002 → $180K in 2006 (+71%). | Owner-occupied | $257K | —/— | 1,320 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 532 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $254K | —/— | 1,320 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 534 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $254K | —/— | 1,320 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 535 UNRUH AVE New constructionBought for $180K in 2005, built new (tax-abated), sold for $170K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $277K | —/— | 1,388 | 1925 | 2 | abated |
| 536 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $131K in 2004 → $154K in 2015 (+18%). | Owner-occupied | $254K | —/— | 1,320 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 537 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $173K in 2005 → $235K in 2022 (+36%). | Absentee individual | $281K | 4/2 | 1,817 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 539 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $55K in 2002 → $94K in 2016 (+71%). | Owner-occupied | $237K | —/— | 935 | 1925 | 6 | |
| 540 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $99K in 2001 → $115K in 2012 (+16%). | Owner-occupied | $288K | —/— | 1,440 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 541 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2002 → $107K in 2002 (+95%). | Owner-occupied | $307K | —/— | 1,560 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 544 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $299K | —/— | 1,440 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 545 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2004 → $145K in 2018 (+16%). | Owner-occupied | $295K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 547 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2013 → $148K in 2014 (+111%). | Owner-occupied | $318K | —/— | 1,296 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 548-52 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $193K in 2003 → $118K in 2010 (-39%). | Owner-occupied | $392K | 4/3 | 2,508 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 549 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $266K | —/— | 1,305 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 551 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $286K | —/— | 1,305 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 554 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $246K | —/— | 1,260 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 555-57 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $268K | 4/1 | 1,200 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 556 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $246K | —/— | 1,260 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 558 UNRUH AVE | Vacant | $34K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 559 UNRUH AVE | Owner-occupied | $251K | —/— | 1,200 | 1925 | 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)