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Who owns your block

500 block of W Fisher Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations and 2 homes behind $150 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 92% since 2016, now about $159K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$159K
$106K–$232K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$125
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$125K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $159K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 37
$24K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
68%
25 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
14%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$150
2 of 37 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax −$31
5 years
+77%
value · tax +$800
10 years
+92%
value · tax +$825

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 $159K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below 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$159K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied46%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (40 violent) and 173 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
92
40 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
173
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults20
Thefts16
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Fraud8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Theft from Vehicle6

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping32
Maintenance Complaint28
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection21
Sanitation Violation21
Abandoned Vehicle18
Other (Streets)9

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-5
Thurgood Marshall
4500 Griscom St · 243 students
High · 9-12
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave · 1036 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$159K2016: $83K2017: $83K2018: $83K2019: $84K2020: $90K2021: $90K2022: $90K2023: $121K2024: $121K2025: $162K2026: $162K2027: $159K2016202020232027

▲ +92% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,9882016: $1,1632017: $1,1632018: $1,1212019: $1,1342020: $1,1882021: $1,1882022: $1,1882023: $1,4942024: $1,5312025: $2,0052026: $2,0192027: $1,9882016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

1
1 property 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 $23,797 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

20 homes pay the full 1.40%17 pay less
$77pays now $1,477at the full rate

The starkest example: 529 W Fisher Ave is assessed at $106K but pays $77 a year — about 5% of the $1,477 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 192 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $192 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+92%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.4 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 38 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M20052010201520202025
38arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 11 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 11

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels6 parcels26 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$106K$202K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Drew Demarco (individual)2493$68Mphila.gov ↗
Developing Dreams Realty LLC14$537Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
518 Fisher Street LLC11$153Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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 37 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

New construction
529 W Fisher Ave
$106K · Bought for $19K in 2002, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2013.
Improved
515 W Fisher Ave
$232K · Bought for $220K in 2024. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2019.
Improved
524 W Fisher Ave
$202K · Owner pulled a use permit in 2013.
Improved
555 W Fisher Ave
$159K · Bought for $75K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007.
Improved
559 W Fisher Ave
$159K · Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020.
Frequently traded
514 W Fisher Ave
$160K · Traded 5×: $33K in 2004 → $124K in 2020 (+276%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
514 W FISHER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $33K in 2004 → $124K in 2020 (+276%). Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 1,280 1940 5
515 W FISHER AVE ImprovedBought for $220K in 2024. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $232K —/— 1,800 1940 1
516 W FISHER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2004 → $80K in 2007 (+110%). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,220 1940 2
517 W FISHER AVE Absentee individual $218K —/— 1,512 1940 0 rented
518 W FISHER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2002 → $80K in 2024 (+78%). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,220 1940 3
519 W FISHER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $16K in 2001 → $2.2M in 2006 (+13569%). Absentee individual $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 3
520 W FISHER AVE Historysold $50K (2002); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,220 1940 1
521 W FISHER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $53K in 2008 → $83K in 2018 (+57%). Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 2 tax lien
522 W FISHER AVE HistoryL&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,220 1940 0
523 W FISHER AVE Historysold $25K (2006); L&I violation (2010); L&I violation (2022); 3 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2026). Absentee individual $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 1 rented2 viol
524 W FISHER AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2013. Absentee individual $202K —/— 1,440 1940 0
525 W FISHER AVE Absentee individual $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 0
526 W FISHER AVE HistoryL&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 1,230 1940 0 1 viol
527 W FISHER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $44K in 2005 → $82K in 2005 (+89%). Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 2
528 W FISHER AVE Historysold $44K (2017); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022). Absentee individual $140K 3/1 1,088 1940 1 rented
529 W FISHER AVE New constructionBought for $19K in 2002, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2013. Owner-occupied $106K 3/1 1,278 1940 3 abated
530 W FISHER AVE Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,088 1940 0
531 W FISHER AVE HistoryL&I violation (2008); sold $122K (2025). Absentee individual $159K 3/2 1,278 1940 1
532 W FISHER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $76K in 2005 → $125K in 2024 (+64%). Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,088 1940 3
533 W FISHER AVE Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 0
534 W FISHER AVE Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,088 1940 0 tax lien
535 W FISHER AVE HistoryL&I violation (2008). Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 0
536 W FISHER AVE HistoryL&I violation (2021); Appeal complete (2023). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,088 1940 0
537 W FISHER AVE Historysold $45K (2010); 3 L&I violations (2012); Appeal filed (2026). Absentee individual $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 1 rentedtax lien
538 W FISHER AVE Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,088 1940 0
539 W FISHER AVE Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 0
541 W FISHER AVE Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 0
543 W FISHER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2005 → $43K in 2012 (-4%). Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 3
545 W FISHER AVE Historysold $63K (2022); L&I violation (2025). Investor / LLC $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 1 rented
547 W FISHER AVE Absentee individual $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 0
549 W FISHER AVE Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 0
551 W FISHER AVE Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 1
553 W FISHER AVE HistoryL&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 0
555 W FISHER AVE ImprovedBought for $75K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 2
557 W FISHER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $42K in 2002 → $135K in 2024 (+218%). Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 2
559 W FISHER AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,278 1940 0 3 viol
561 W FISHER AVE HistoryAppeal dismissed (2018); Appeal granted (2019); 5 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021); 12 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2025). Absentee individual $163K 3/1 1,408 1940 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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