500 block of W York St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $211K — about 0.9× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19133 median of $106K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 162 reported crimes (about 14 a month, 36% of them violent) and 164 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $211K typical home, up +140% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,162 to $2,776 a year through 2027, +8%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $33,198/yr from taxable assessments, or $2,554 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 522 W York Stmajor assessment exemption0.09%$210/yr on $237K
• 517 W York Stlower taxable assessment0.40%$557/yr on $140K
• 502 W York Stlower taxable assessment0.51%$805/yr on $158K

One large gap: 522 W York St has a $210/year assessment-based estimate on $237K assessed value — about 6% of the $3,315 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.3% 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 $240 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 34 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

Torn down & rebuilt

511 W York St

$66K · demolished and rebuilt (2024), then sold for $95K in 2025.

New construction

501 W York St

$785K · built new under a 2021 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

531 W York St

$245K · built new under a 2026 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

529 W York St

$200K · built new under a 2015 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

512 W York St

$187K · built new under a 2021 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

504 W York St

$183K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

Neighborhood