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Who owns your block

500 block of Van Kirk St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 3 homes behind $19,435 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 103% since 2016, now about $184K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$184K
$152K–$331K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$148
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$198K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $184K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 93
$45K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
68%
63 of 93
city 41%
Rentals
19%
18 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
3 of 93 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
10
8 homes · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$130
5 years
+95%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+103%
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 $184K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$184K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied33%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 109 reported crimes (20 violent) and 303 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
109
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
303
49 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts32
Fraud18
Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
All Other Offenses6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint82
Abandoned Vehicle74
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Illegal Dumping15
Sanitation Violation14
Street Defect14

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
Benjamin ES Franklin
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 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$100K$200K$184K2016: $91K2017: $91K2018: $91K2019: $90K2020: $94K2021: $94K2022: $94K2023: $136K2024: $136K2025: $176K2026: $176K2027: $184K2016202020232027

▲ +103% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5292016: $1,2512017: $1,2472018: $1,2532019: $1,2502020: $1,3002021: $1,3002022: $1,3172023: $1,8722024: $1,8722025: $2,3992026: $2,3992027: $2,5292016202020232027

▲ +102% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

2
2 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 $45,456 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 $2,926at the full rate

545 Van Kirk St is assessed at $209K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,926 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 203 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $203 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+103%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.1 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 164 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
164arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 93 parcels

Owner-occupied: 63Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 26 93parcels
  • Owner-occupied 63
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 26

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels35 parcels37 parcels5 parcels5 parcels10 parcels
$152K$225K+

The block's largest owner, Equity Trust Company, carries 2 open violations across 7 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Equity Trust Company17$2.1Mphila.gov ↗
Cwz Realty Llc17$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Sudarsana Investments Llc13$557Kphila.gov ↗
Dlc Equity Investments Limited Liability12$354Kphila.gov ↗
Kirkrentals Llc11$184Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 93 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

New construction
545 Van Kirk St
$209K · Bought for $45K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $125K in 2015.
Frequently traded
523 Van Kirk St
$225K · Traded 4×: $76K in 2003 → $117K in 2017 (+54%).
Frequently traded
557 Van Kirk St
$214K · Traded 4×: $95K in 2005 → $198K in 2024 (+109%).
Frequently traded
516 Van Kirk St
$214K · Traded 4×: $45K in 2003 → $200K in 2022 (+344%).
Frequently traded
575 Van Kirk St
$209K · Traded 3×: $68K in 2003 → $130K in 2017 (+91%).
Frequently traded
555 Van Kirk St
$192K · Traded 3×: $90K in 2005 → $175K in 2019 (+94%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
514 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,200 1925 1
515 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $203K —/— 1,410 1920 0
516 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $45K in 2003 → $200K in 2022 (+344%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/2 1,140 1925 4
517 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $71K in 2001 → $55K in 2014 (-22%). Absentee individual $191K 3/1 1,410 1925 3
518 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,140 1925 1
519 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $191K 3/1 1,410 1925 1 rented
520 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $58K in 2004 → $165K in 2021 (+184%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,140 1925 3
521 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2003 → $116K in 2005 (+55%). Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,410 1925 2 rented
522 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $30K in 2002 → $100K in 2009 (+233%). Absentee individual $177K 3/1 1,140 1925 3 rented
523 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $76K in 2003 → $117K in 2017 (+54%). Owner-occupied $225K 3/1 1,410 1925 4 1 viol
524 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $32K in 2001 → $130K in 2021 (+308%). Absentee individual $177K 3/1 1,140 1925 5 tax lien
525 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $53K in 2004 → $100K in 2004 (+89%). Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,410 1925 2
526 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $59K in 2001 → $111K in 2017 (+89%). Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
527 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $77K in 2003 → $173K in 2023 (+124%). Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,410 1925 2
528 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2005 → $90K in 2019 (+0%). Absentee individual $177K 3/1 1,140 1925 2 rented
529 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $45K in 2004 → $38K in 2012 (-16%). Absentee individual $191K 3/1 1,410 1925 4 rented
530 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $56K in 2013 → $60K in 2015 (+7%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
531 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,410 1925 1
532 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $119K in 2005 → $170K in 2021 (+43%). Owner-occupied $175K 3/2 1,140 1925 2
533 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $183K 3/1 1,310 1925 0 rented
534 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $87K in 2017 → $67K in 2017 (-23%). Absentee individual $177K 3/1 1,140 1925 2 rented
535 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $201K 2/2 1,310 1920 1
536 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,140 1925 1
537 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,310 1925 0
538 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,140 1925 1
539 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $259K 6/2 1,368 1920 1
540 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $195K —/— 1,140 1920 0 abated
541 VAN KIRK ST HistoryAppeal denied (2013). Absentee individual $230K 2/2 1,520 1925 0 rented
542 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2001 → $175K in 2025 (+251%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/2 1,140 1925 2
543 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 2022 → $270K in 2024 (+145%). Owner-occupied $238K 4/3 1,194 1925 2 tax lien
544 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $73K in 2003 → $110K in 2005 (+51%). Absentee individual $180K 3/1 1,200 1925 2 rented
545 VAN KIRK ST New constructionBought for $45K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $125K in 2015. Absentee individual $209K 3/1 1,194 1925 3 abated
546 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,250 1925 0
546 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $37K in 2003 → $130K in 2016 (+251%). Owner-occupied $152K —/— 1,600 1925 3
547 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $94K in 2005 → $162K in 2021 (+72%). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,194 1925 5
548 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,250 1925 1
549 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $53K in 2002 → $112K in 2018 (+111%). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,194 1925 3
550 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $43K in 2003 → $66K in 2018 (+55%). Investor / LLC $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 6 rented
550 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Investor / LLC $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 0 rented
551 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $40K in 2001 → $155K in 2022 (+288%). Owner-occupied $189K 3/2 1,019 1920 3 rented
552 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2017 → $180K in 2020 (+90%). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,250 1925 2
553 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,194 1925 1
554 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2003 → $115K in 2021 (+130%). Absentee individual $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 2 rented
555 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $90K in 2005 → $175K in 2019 (+94%). Absentee individual $192K —/— 1,216 1920 3
556 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 0
556 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 0
557 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $95K in 2005 → $198K in 2024 (+109%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/3 1,216 1920 4
558 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $101K in 2005 → $139K in 2020 (+38%). Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 3
559 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,194 1925 1
560 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $62K in 2019 → $185K in 2020 (+198%). Owner-occupied $215K 3/2 1,250 1925 2
560 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 0
561 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,194 1925 1
562 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $34K in 2002 → $48K in 2016 (+40%). Absentee individual $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 3
563 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2006 → $43K in 2014 (-57%). Owner-occupied $180K 3/1 1,194 1925 2
564 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,250 1925 0
565 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $67K in 2020 → $340K in 2023 (+407%). Absentee individual $331K 4/3 1,194 1925 2 tax lien
566 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 1
566 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $93K in 2005 → $100K in 2018 (+7%). Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 2
567 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $85K in 2020 → $330K in 2023 (+288%). Owner-occupied $331K 2/3 1,194 1925 2
568 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $112K in 2007 → $190K in 2022 (+70%). Absentee individual $184K 3/2 1,250 1925 2
569 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $80K in 2005 → $135K in 2011 (+69%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,194 1925 4
570 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $89K in 2006 → $115K in 2007 (+29%). Absentee individual $182K 3/1 1,220 1925 2
570 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Investor / LLC $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 0
571 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $104K in 2008 → $50K in 2018 (-52%). Owner-occupied $189K —/— 1,216 1920 4
572 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2002 → $128K in 2018 (+97%). Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 2 1 viol
573 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $204K —/— 1,216 1920 1
574 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $48K in 2002 → $116K in 2009 (+142%). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,250 1925 2
575 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $68K in 2003 → $130K in 2017 (+91%). Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,194 1925 3
576 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 4/2 1,250 1925 0
576 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $85K in 2007 → $321K in 2026 (+278%). Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,250 1925 3
577 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $92K in 2007 → $110K in 2018 (+20%). Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,194 1925 2
578 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $70K in 2004 → $212K in 2024 (+203%). Absentee individual $182K 3/1 1,250 1925 3
579 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,194 1925 1
580 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2002 → $76K in 2010 (+27%). Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 2
580 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 1
581 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $73K in 2002 → $53K in 2014 (-27%). Investor / LLC $181K 3/1 1,194 1925 2 rented
582 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $52K in 2005 → $45K in 2013 (-13%). Absentee individual $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 2 rented
583 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,194 1925 1
584 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $59K in 2012 → $136K in 2021 (+130%). Absentee individual $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 2 rentedtax lien
585 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $87K in 2005 → $72K in 2013 (-17%). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,194 1925 2
586 1/2 VAN KIRK ST HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2016). Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 0
586 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 1
587 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,520 1925 1
588 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 1
590 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 1
590 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 0
592 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,250 1925 1
592 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 1
594 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $182K 3/1 1,250 1925 0 rented
594 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $105K in 2006 → $100K in 2016 (-5%). Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 3
596 1/2 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 1,250 1925 1
596 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $184K 3/1 1,250 1925 1 rented
598 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,290 1925 1

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