Who owns your block
500 block of Vernon Rd
A mostly owner-occupied block: 64% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 3 homes behind $14,956 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $263K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $263K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19119 median of $374K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19119 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19119 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $263K | $374K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 56% | 63% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 34 reported crimes (13 violent) and 149 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
- $263K typical home, up +69% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,814 to $2,492 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.0M assessed, $91,315/yr to the city, about $3,653 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +69% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +37% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% 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 $169 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $329K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 501 VERNON RD TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 2017 → $276K in 2018 (+151%). | Owner-occupied | $407K | 4/2 | 1,520 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 502 VERNON RD | Absentee individual | $322K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1940 | 1 | rented |
| 503 VERNON RD | Absentee individual | $263K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 504 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $275K | 3/1 | 1,478 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 505 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 506 VERNON RD TradedTraded 2×: $159K in 2006 → $185K in 2015 (+16%). | Absentee individual | $321K | 3/2 | 1,478 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 507 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 508 VERNON RD TradedTraded 2×: $56K in 2001 → $163K in 2019 (+190%). | Absentee individual | $257K | 3/1 | 1,478 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 509 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 510 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $383K | 3/1 | 1,478 | 1940 | 1 | tax lien |
| 511 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 512 VERNON RD Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $110K in 2003 → $155K in 2010 (+41%). | Owner-occupied | $298K | 3/2 | 1,976 | 1940 | 3 | 1 viol |
| 513 VERNON RD Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $78K in 2016 → $282K in 2025 (+264%). | Absentee individual | $322K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 514 VERNON RD Historysold $180K (2005); Appeal withdrawn (2013). | Owner-occupied | $278K | 4/2 | 1,478 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 515 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 517 VERNON RD TradedTraded 2×: $79K in 2004 → $140K in 2006 (+77%). | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 519 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $245K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 521 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 523 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $259K | 3/1 | 1,238 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 525 VERNON RD | Absentee individual | $286K | 4/— | 1,524 | 1940 | 0 | rented3 viol |
| 527 VERNON RD | Vacant | $40K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 529R-99 VERNON RD | Vacant | $83K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 529-99 VERNON RD | Absentee individual | $1.5M | —/— | 1,620 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 540 VERNON RD | Absentee individual | $416K | 3/1 | 1,392 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)