Who owns your block
500 block of Walnut Ln
A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 85% since 2016, now about $407K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $407K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19128 median of $368K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19128 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $407K | $368K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 24% | 58% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 22 reported crimes (7 violent) and 94 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
- $407K typical home, up +85% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,962 to $4,443 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $117,101/yr to the city, about $4,684 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +85% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +50% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
553 Walnut Ln is assessed at $897K but pays $2,511 a year — about 20% of the $12,556 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% 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 $185 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 31 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 8
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Healthcare Services Roxborough Llc | 1 | 4 | $4.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bradley J And Linda A Glenn Trust | 1 | 1 | $720K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 520-28 WALNUT LN | Vacant | $691K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 521 WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $457K | 3/2 | 2,161 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 523 WALNUT LN Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $265K in 2008 → $265K in 2008 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $387K | 4/— | 1,720 | 1900 | 4 | |
| 523R WALNUT LN | Vacant | $17K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 525 WALNUT LN Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $6K in 2017 → $8K in 2021 (+25%). | Owner-occupied | $333K | 3/1 | 1,720 | 1930 | 4 | rented |
| 525R WALNUT LN | Vacant | $18K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 525 WALNUT LN | Vacant | $187K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 527 WALNUT LN | Absentee individual | $391K | 2/— | 1,780 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 530 WALNUT LN ImprovedBought for $30M in 2022. | Vacant | $162K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 533 WALNUT LN Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $166K in 2003 → $180K in 2009 (+9%). | Owner-occupied | $461K | 4/2 | 2,000 | 1920 | 6 | |
| 535 WALNUT LN Frequently tradedTraded 7×: $135K in 2001 → $340K in 2007 (+153%). | Owner-occupied | $453K | 5/— | 2,568 | 1900 | 7 | |
| 536 WALNUT LN | Absentee individual | $728K | —/— | 5,482 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 537 WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $417K | 5/— | 2,400 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 537 WALNUT LN | Vacant | $134K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 538 WALNUT LN ImprovedBought for $9.3M in 2002. | Vacant | $557K | —/— | — | — | 6 | |
| 539 WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $407K | 3/— | 1,875 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 541 WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $344K | 4/2 | 1,875 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 543 WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $344K | 3/— | 1,875 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 543R WALNUT LN | Vacant | $189K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 545 WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $347K | 3/— | 1,875 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 546 WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $956K | —/— | 5,058 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 547 WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $726K | 3/2 | 2,328 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 549 WALNUT LN | Investor / LLC | $720K | 3/2 | 2,328 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 551 WALNUT LN | Owner-occupied | $837K | 4/3 | 2,730 | 1922 | 0 | abated |
| 553 WALNUT LN | Absentee individual | $897K | 4/— | 2,330 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)