Philadelphia property report
500 block of Westview Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $687K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $687K — about 3.0× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19119 median of $379K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19119 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19119 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $687K | $379K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 85% | 68% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 19 reported crimes (about 2 a month, 0% of them violent) and 65 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.
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
- $687K typical home, up +104% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $4,309 to $8,332 a year through 2027, +6%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $170,137/yr from taxable assessments, or $8,507 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +104% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +93% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
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.
- 504 Westview Avelower taxable assessment0.86%$2,235/yr on $260K
- 526 Westview Avelower taxable assessment1.11%$5,286/yr on $478K
- 531 Westview Avelower taxable assessment1.13%$5,990/yr on $528K
- 533 Westview Avelower taxable assessment1.14%$6,103/yr on $536K
- 523 Westview Avelower taxable assessment1.15%$6,356/yr on $554K
- …and 13 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
One large gap: 525 Westview Ave has a $6,634/year assessment-based estimate on $531K assessed value — about 89% of the $7,427 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% 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 $204 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 26 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 20
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 20 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 WESTVIEW AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $70K in 1999, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $485K in 2013 (+593%). | Owner-occupied | $816K | 5/3 | 2,415 | 1925 | 5 | |
| 502 WESTVIEW AVE | Owner-occupied | $745K | 5/2 | 3,190 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 504 WESTVIEW AVE | Owner-occupied | $295K | 5/2 | 2,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 506 WESTVIEW AVE | Owner-occupied | $825K | 4/2 | 2,875 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 507 WESTVIEW AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $260K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $465K in 2018 (+79%). | Owner-occupied | $660K | —/— | 2,505 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 508 WESTVIEW AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $369K in 2004 → $400K in 2013 (+8%). | Owner-occupied | $775K | 6/3 | 2,683 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 509 WESTVIEW AVE ImprovedBought for $390K in 2008. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $678K | —/— | 2,663 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 511 WESTVIEW AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $842K | —/— | 3,218 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 515 WESTVIEW AVE ImprovedBought for $490K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $695K | 5/2 | 2,505 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 517 WESTVIEW AVE History2 L&I violations (2015); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2015). | Owner-occupied | $661K | —/— | 2,505 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 523 WESTVIEW AVE | Owner-occupied | $636K | —/— | 2,718 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 524 WESTVIEW AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $200K in 2000, alteration permit in 2008, sold for $535K in 2020 (+168%). | Owner-occupied | $647K | —/— | 2,985 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 525 WESTVIEW AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $620K | —/— | 2,465 | 1925 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 526 WESTVIEW AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $650K | 7/3 | 2,985 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 527 WESTVIEW AVE TradedTraded 2×: $600K in 2006 → $455K in 2009 (-24%). | Owner-occupied | $907K | 6/3 | 3,238 | 1931 | 2 | |
| 528 WESTVIEW AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $207K in 2017, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $480K in 2017 (+132%). | Owner-occupied | $716K | —/— | 2,318 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 529 WESTVIEW AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $550K in 2006 → $570K in 2018 (+4%). | Owner-occupied | $730K | 4/2 | 2,380 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 530 WESTVIEW AVE | Owner-occupied | $712K | —/— | 2,535 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 531 WESTVIEW AVE | Owner-occupied | $602K | —/— | 2,445 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 533 WESTVIEW AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $609K | —/— | 2,445 | 1925 | 0 |
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Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)