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Who owns your block

500 block of W Thompson St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $9,500 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 91% since 2016, now about $352K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$352K
$318K–$460K
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$223
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$379K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $352K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 17
$33K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
88%
15 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
24%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$10K
1 of 17 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax −$497
5 years
+55%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+91%
value · tax +$2K

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 $352K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19122Philadelphia
Median home value$352K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied47%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 127 reported crimes (29 violent) and 235 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
127
29 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
235
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft25
Theft from Vehicle24
Thefts22
Other Assaults15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
All Other Offenses7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection47
Salting36
Illegal Dumping23
Maintenance Complaint20
Traffic Signal Emergency14
Abandoned Vehicle13

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
James R Ludlow
550 W Master St · 237 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$250K$500K$352K2016: $185K2017: $185K2018: $185K2019: $228K2020: $227K2021: $227K2022: $227K2023: $294K2024: $294K2025: $378K2026: $378K2027: $352K2016202020232027

▲ +91% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,7722016: $1,7372017: $1,6102018: $1,6102019: $2,2512020: $2,1602021: $2,1602022: $2,1602023: $3,0282024: $3,0282025: $3,8912026: $4,2692027: $3,7722016202020232027

▲ +117% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

5
5 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 $33,064 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%
$2,310pays now $6,435at the full rate

506 W Thompson St is assessed at $460K but pays $2,310 a year — about 36% of the $6,435 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% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 191 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $191 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+91%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.5 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 27 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
27arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Absentee individual: 2 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

5 parcels4 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$318K$453K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Mini Realty Llc11$333Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 17 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

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
502 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $393K 4/— 2,214 1920 1
503 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $318K —/— 1,598 1920 0 abated
504 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $350K in 2015 → $430K in 2018 (+23%). Owner-occupied $453K 3/2 1,584 2015 4 rented
505 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $352K —/— 1,744 1920 0 abatedtax lien
506 W THOMPSON ST Bought for $9K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $379K in 2025. Owner-occupied $460K 3/2 1,392 1920 5 rentedabatedtax lien
507 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $350K —/— 1,728 1920 0 rented
509 W THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $23K in 2003 → $150K in 2013 (+552%). Owner-occupied $326K 4/1 1,464 1920 3
511 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $235K in 2021 → $380K in 2024 (+61%). Owner-occupied $333K —/— 1,770 1920 2
513 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $349K 3/2 1,740 1920 1 tax lien
515 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $145K in 2017 → $210K in 2018 (+45%). Owner-occupied $349K 3/1 1,936 1920 2 tax lien
523 W THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $173K in 2010 → $333K in 2022 (+93%). Owner-occupied $370K 4/1 1,410 1920 3
525 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $178K in 2016 → $288K in 2020 (+62%). Absentee individual $404K 3/— 1,608 1920 2 rented
526 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $100K in 2004 → $228K in 2009 (+127%). Owner-occupied $438K 3/2 1,896 1920 2
527 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $417K 4/2 1,773 1920 1
528 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,200 1920 0 abated
529 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $418K 4/2 1,773 1920 1
531 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $329K —/— 1,785 1920 0 abatedtax 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)

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.