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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.

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
$543K
$354K–$657K
ZIP median $374K
Price / sq ft
$267
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$585K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $543K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
97%
31 of 32
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$49K
2 of 32 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$648
5 years
+59%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+108%
value · tax +$3K

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 $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 blockZIP 19119Philadelphia
Median home value$543K$374K$223K
Owner-occupied88%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.

Crimes · 12mo
12
2 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
54
11 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft5
Fraud3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2

Top 311 complaints

Street Light Outage13
Abandoned Vehicle9
Maintenance Complaint6
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection6
Other (Streets)5
Dead Animal in Street3

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
Henry E Houston
7300 Rural Ln · 473 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$543K2016: $261K2017: $261K2018: $261K2019: $351K2020: $340K2021: $340K2022: $340K2023: $429K2024: $429K2025: $495K2026: $495K2027: $543K2016202020232027

▲ +108% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,2332016: $3,3162017: $3,3172018: $3,3162019: $4,4142020: $4,1402021: $4,1402022: $4,1402023: $4,9872024: $4,9942025: $5,5852026: $5,5852027: $6,2332016202020232027

▲ +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:

4 homes pay the full 1.40%28 pay less

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 208 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+108%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 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

$0$500K$1.0M19982004201020162022
27arm's-length sales since 1998
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 32 parcels

Owner-occupied: 31Absentee individual: 1 32parcels
  • Owner-occupied 31
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels23 parcels0 parcels8 parcels
$354K$635K+

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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
500 WADSWORTH AVE Owner-occupied $529K 4/2 2,040 1925 1
501 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 5×: $275K in 2004 → $559K in 2024 (+103%). Owner-occupied $648K 4/2 2,040 1925 5
502 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $230K in 2012 → $320K in 2016 (+39%). Owner-occupied $635K 3/2 2,040 1925 2
519 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 2×: $516K in 2021 → $551K in 2022 (+7%). Absentee individual $523K 4/2 2,040 1925 2
520 WADSWORTH AVE sold $139K (1998); Appeal moot (2012). Owner-occupied $529K 4/2 2,040 1925 1
521 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 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

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.