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Who owns your block

500 block of W Springer St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $15,372 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 132% since 2016, now about $747K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$747K
$401K–$1.1M
ZIP median $374K
Price / sq ft
$217
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$9K
typical · up to $16K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 6
$10K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
100%
6 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$15K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$621
5 years
+50%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+93%
value · tax +$4K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $747K — about 3.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19119 median of $374K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19119 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19119Philadelphia
Median home value$747K$374K$223K
Owner-occupied50%63%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 8 reported crimes (3 violent) and 74 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
8
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
74
8 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft3
Other Assaults3
Fraud1
Thefts1

Top 311 complaints

Traffic Signal Emergency15
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
Maintenance Complaint9
Information Request8
Street Defect5
Abandoned Vehicle4

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
Charles W Henry
1946 E Sergeant St · 319 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$500K$1.0M$747K2016: $322K2017: $387K2018: $387K2019: $451K2020: $497K2021: $497K2022: $497K2023: $714K2024: $714K2025: $757K2026: $757K2027: $747K2016202020232027

▲ +132% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$8,1122016: $4,0932017: $3,7362018: $3,6092019: $5,5622020: $5,2272021: $4,6692022: $4,6692023: $5,4522024: $6,0112025: $6,7952026: $8,7332027: $8,1122016202020232027

▲ +98% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 $9,619 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 232 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $232 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+132%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.4 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20042008201220162020
7arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$401K$800K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 6 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
501 W SPRINGER ST Owner-occupied $800K 4/— 4,440 1925 1
502 W SPRINGER ST Owner-occupied $749K 5/3 4,135 1925 0 abatedtax lien
503 W SPRINGER ST Owner-occupied $745K —/— 4,104 1925 1
506-08 W SPRINGER ST Old house bought for $325K in 2014, demolished in 2008. Owner-occupied $1.1M 4/— 4,224 2015 1 tax lien
507 W SPRINGER ST Owner-occupied $514K 4/3 2,375 1925 0
509 W SPRINGER ST Traded 4×: $103K in 2004 → $259K in 2022 (+153%). Owner-occupied $401K 3/2 1,512 1925 4 1 viol

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.