Who owns your block
500 block of W Somerville Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 61% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $7,234 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $161K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $161K — 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 block | ZIP 19120 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $161K | $171K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 48% | 48% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 72 reported crimes (21 violent) and 87 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
- $161K typical home, up +66% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,358 to $934 a year, -3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.6M assessed, $35,062/yr to the city, about $1,524 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +66% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -31% since 2016 · ~-3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
558 W Somerville Ave is assessed at $107K but pays $92 a year — about 6% of the $1,492 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 +4.7% 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 $166 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 31 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Sunoco Llc, carries 45 open violations across 39 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunoco Llc | 1 | 39 | $34M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Marcon Holdings Llc | 1 | 25 | $3.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| S And J Petro Llc | 1 | 1 | $202K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bubbajames Llc | 1 | 1 | $202K | phila.gov ↗ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 514-16 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Vacant | $45K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 518 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $57K in 2016 → $160K in 2023 (+181%). | Investor / LLC | $202K | 3/2 | 1,260 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 520 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 522 W SOMERVILLE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $68K in 2003 → $98K in 2019 (+44%). | Investor / LLC | $202K | —/— | 1,260 | 1940 | 4 | |
| 524 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Absentee individual | $107K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 526 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 528 W SOMERVILLE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $48K in 2008 → $110K in 2019 (+132%). | Absentee individual | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 530 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $46K in 2005 → $90K in 2020 (+97%). | Absentee individual | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 532 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Absentee individual | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | rented |
| 534 W SOMERVILLE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $23K in 2002 → $60K in 2003 (+166%). | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 536 W SOMERVILLE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $18K in 2000 → $38K in 2003 (+110%). | Investor / LLC | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 3 | rented |
| 538 W SOMERVILLE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $20K in 2003 → $75K in 2019 (+285%). | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 4 | |
| 540 W SOMERVILLE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $29K in 2003 → $120K in 2023 (+313%). | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 542 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 544 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 546 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $198K | —/— | 1,392 | 1940 | 1 | rented |
| 548 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 550 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Absentee individual | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 552 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 554 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 556 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 558 W SOMERVILLE AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $75K in 2006. | Owner-occupied | $107K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 1 | abated |
| 560 W SOMERVILLE AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1940 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)