Who owns your block
500 block of Wadsworth Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 97% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $49,452 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 108% since 2016, now about $543K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.
- 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 $543K — about 2.4× 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 block | ZIP 19119 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $543K | $374K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 88% | 63% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 12 reported crimes (2 violent) and 54 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
- $543K typical home, up +108% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,316 to $6,233 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $18M assessed, $209,024/yr to the city, about $6,532 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +108% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +88% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 505 Wadsworth Aveexemption1.00%$3,560/yr on $354K
- 510 Wadsworth Aveexemption1.13%$5,932/yr on $524K
- 506 Wadsworth Aveexemption1.14%$6,002/yr on $529K
- 508 Wadsworth Aveexemption1.14%$6,002/yr on $529K
- 512 Wadsworth Aveexemption1.14%$6,002/yr on $529K
- …and 23 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% 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 $208 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 27 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 32 parcels
- Owner-occupied 31
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 501 WADSWORTH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $275K in 2004 → $559K in 2024 (+103%). | Owner-occupied | $648K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 5 | |
| 502 WADSWORTH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $243K in 2002 → $318K in 2017 (+31%). | Owner-occupied | $635K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 503 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $539K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 504 WADSWORTH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $295K in 2018 → $601K in 2023 (+104%). | Owner-occupied | $657K | 4/2 | 2,205 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 505 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $354K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 506 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 507 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $545K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1926 | 1 | |
| 508 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/3 | 2,040 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 509 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $545K | 3/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 510 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $524K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 511 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $622K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 512 WADSWORTH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $375K in 2018 → $585K in 2025 (+56%). | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 513 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $545K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 514 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $603K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 515 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $547K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 516 WADSWORTH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $236K in 2003 → $355K in 2012 (+50%). | Owner-occupied | $635K | 3/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 517 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $541K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 518 WADSWORTH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $230K in 2012 → $320K in 2016 (+39%). | Owner-occupied | $635K | 3/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 519 WADSWORTH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $516K in 2021 → $551K in 2022 (+7%). | Absentee individual | $523K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 520 WADSWORTH AVE Historysold $139K (1998); Appeal moot (2012). | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 521 WADSWORTH AVE TradedTraded 2×: $450K in 2023 → $675K in 2024 (+50%). | Owner-occupied | $635K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1953 | 2 | |
| 522 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/2 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 523 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $546K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 524 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 525 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $546K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 526 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 527 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $546K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 528 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 529 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 530 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $529K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 531 WADSWORTH AVE | Owner-occupied | $548K | 4/1 | 2,040 | 1925 | 0 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)