Who owns your block
500 block of W Venango St
A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 12% investor-held, with 11 open code violations and 1 home behind $1,044 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 128% since 2016, now about $129K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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 $129K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $129K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 29% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 165 reported crimes (39 violent) and 208 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
- $129K typical home, up +128% since 2016
- Tax bill $700 to $1,669 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.7M assessed, $50,407/yr to the city, about $1,483 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +128% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +138% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
517 W Venango St is assessed at $122K but pays $308 a year — about 18% of the $1,708 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.8% 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 $228 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 28 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 34 parcels
- Owner-occupied 19
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 10
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Legacy Rentals Philly Llc, carries 31 open violations across 9 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Rentals Philly Llc | 1 | 9 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| A P M Prop Inc | 1 | 3 | $256K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Santo David Corp | 1 | 1 | $482K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Atp Rental Properties Inc | 1 | 1 | $223K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 506 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $55K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 507 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $131K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1942 | 0 | tax lien |
| 508-14 W VENANGO ST | Investor / LLC | $482K | —/— | 10,706 | 1927 | 0 | |
| 509 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $13K in 2000 → $62K in 2018 (+396%). | Investor / LLC | $142K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1942 | 4 | 8 violtax lien |
| 511 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $142K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1942 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 513 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $143K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1942 | 1 | |
| 515 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $61K | —/— | 400 | 1942 | 1 | tax lien |
| 516-18 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 4/1 | 1,740 | 1942 | 0 | |
| 517 W VENANGO ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $19K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $122K | —/— | 1,560 | 1942 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 519 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $12K in 2000 → $20K in 2014 (+67%). | Owner-occupied | $132K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1942 | 2 | |
| 520 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $70K | —/— | 2,580 | 1930 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 521 W VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal filed (2026). | Absentee individual | $104K | —/— | 1,650 | 1942 | 0 | tax lien |
| 522 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $10K in 2012 → $170K in 2021 (+1671%). | Absentee individual | $205K | —/— | 3,720 | 1942 | 2 | |
| 523 W VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal filed (2026). | Owner-occupied | $203K | —/— | 2,824 | 1925 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 526 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $142K | 3/1 | 1,400 | 1942 | 0 | rented |
| 528 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $142K | 3/1 | 1,400 | 1942 | 0 | |
| 529 W VENANGO ST ImprovedBought for $17K in 2017. | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 530 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $33K in 2002 → $76K in 2008 (+134%). | Owner-occupied | $142K | 3/1 | 1,400 | 1942 | 2 | |
| 531 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $127K | —/— | 1,298 | 1942 | 0 | |
| 532 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $140K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1942 | 1 | |
| 533 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $127K | 3/1 | 1,290 | 1942 | 0 | |
| 534 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $4K in 2003 → $107K in 2021 (+2957%). | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,475 | 1942 | 2 | tax lien |
| 535 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $127K | 3/1 | 1,290 | 1942 | 1 | |
| 536 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $128K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1942 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 537 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $3K in 2002 → $35K in 2010 (+1067%). | Absentee individual | $121K | 3/1 | 1,210 | 1942 | 2 | |
| 538 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $140K | 4/1 | 1,546 | 1942 | 0 | |
| 539 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $121K | 3/1 | 1,210 | 1942 | 0 | abated2 viol |
| 540-44 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $130K | —/— | 3,700 | 1942 | 0 | |
| 541 W VENANGO ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $5K in 2004. | Owner-occupied | $122K | —/— | 1,210 | 1942 | 1 | abated |
| 543 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,180 | 1942 | 1 | |
| 545 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $112K | 3/1 | 1,194 | 1942 | 0 | abated |
| 547 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $112K | —/— | 1,200 | 1942 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 549 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $117K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1942 | 0 | |
| 551 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $40K in 2003 → $100K in 2021 (+150%). | Investor / LLC | $223K | —/— | 3,720 | 1942 | 6 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)