Who owns your block
500 block of Walnut St
An investor-heavy block: 49% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations.
The typical home here is down 96% since 2016, now about $4.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 40% 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 $4.0M — about 18.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19106 median of $419K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19106 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19106 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $4.0M | $419K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 33% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 37 reported crimes (8 violent) and 67 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
- $4.0M typical home, down -96% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,330,048 to $5,039 a year, -40%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $269M assessed, $1,642,241/yr to the city, about $44,385 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▼ -96% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -100% since 2016 · ~-40%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
500-06 Walnut St is assessed at $17M but pays $19,037 a year — about 8% of the $237,966 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 -25% 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 $4 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.
Who owns it
Ownership of 37 parcels
- Owner-occupied 18
- Investor / LLC 16
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 Walnut Partners Lp | 7 | 7 | $30M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mlh Real Estate Llc | 2 | 2 | $9.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 500 Walnut Sdj Associates Llc | 1 | 1 | $5.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Walnut Commercial Ventures, Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Walnut Main Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jcas Llc | 1 | 1 | $5.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Shaman Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mtw Realty Llc | 1 | 1 | $6.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Infinite Views One Llc | 1 | 1 | $17M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Alc Walnut Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kpg One Washington Llc | 1 | 1 | $103M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $5.8M | 3/3 | 4,300 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 4,612 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $2.7M | 3/3 | 2,700 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $3.1M | 3/3 | 3,200 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $2.7M | 3/3 | 2,711 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $2.7M | 3/3 | 2,700 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $6.5M | 3/3 | 4,200 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $6.0M | 3/3 | 4,200 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $5.9M | 3/3 | 4,300 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $6.0M | 3/3 | 3,200 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $3.1M | 3/3 | 3,200 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $7.3M | 3/3 | 5,500 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $3.2M | 3/3 | 3,200 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $2.8M | 3/3 | 2,700 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $5.8M | 3/3 | 4,300 | 2017 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $2.7M | 3/3 | 2,700 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $2.7M | 3/3 | 2,700 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.8M | 2/2 | 1,650 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $3.4M | 3/3 | 2,700 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $6.8M | 3/3 | 4,155 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $5.9M | 3/3 | 4,300 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $6.7M | 3/3 | 5,700 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $3.4M | 3/3 | 2,700 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $2.1M | 2/2 | 2,100 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $6.0M | 3/3 | 4,200 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $17M | 3/2 | 8,900 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $4.0M | 3/3 | 3,200 | 2017 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $3.3M | —/— | 3,300 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $5.4M | 3/3 | 5,430 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $2.7M | 3/3 | 2,700 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $5.9M | 3/3 | 4,300 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $5.8M | 3/3 | 4,300 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $5.9M | 3/3 | 4,309 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $4.5M | 3/3 | 4,162 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | 2/2 | 1,650 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 500-06 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $3.2M | 3/3 | 3,200 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 508-32 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $103M | —/— | 986,960 | 1918 | 0 | 2 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)