Philadelphia property report

500 block of Wigard Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 77% since 2016, now about $452K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
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By the Numbers

Median home value
$452K
40 homes of 40 parcels
ZIP median $370K
Price / sq ft
$257
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
2.0×
the city median
city $230K
Recent sale
$445K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $452K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1967
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
40 of 40
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+15%
value · tax +$858
5 years
+63%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+77%
value · tax +$2K

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.

2027
  • 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 $452K — about 2.0× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19128 median of $370K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$452K$370K$230K
Owner-occupied80%62%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 8 reported crimes (about 1 a month, 0% of them violent) and 25 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.

Crimes · 12mo
8
about 1/month · 0% violent
311 requests · 12mo
25
about 2/month · 11 open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft3
Theft from Vehicle3
Fraud1
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle6
Maintenance Complaint6
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Dangerous Sidewalk2
Illegal Dumping1
Information Request1

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
Shawmont
535 Shawmont Ave · 457 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$250K$500K$452K2016: $256K2017: $256K2018: $256K2019: $273K2020: $278K2021: $278K2022: $278K2023: $317K2024: $317K2025: $392K2026: $392K2027: $452K2016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,0882016: $3,1592017: $3,1592018: $3,1592019: $3,2842020: $3,2832021: $3,2632022: $3,2832023: $3,4672024: $3,5002025: $4,2922026: $4,2302027: $5,0882016202020232027

▲ +61% since 2016 · ~+4%/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.

6 homes pay the full 1.40%34 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 177 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $177 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+77%
since 2016
Net rental yield
2.5%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 32 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K19982004201020162022
32arm's-length sales since 1997
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 40 parcels

Owner-occupied: 40 40parcels
  • Owner-occupied 40

Value distribution today

13 parcels10 parcels8 parcels5 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$391K$620K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Harron Family Trust (trust / estate)11$503K557 Wigard Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19128phila.gov ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 40 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

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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
515 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $464K 3/2 1,807 1967 1
519 WIGARD AVE Traded 2×: $260K in 2013 → $410K in 2022 (+58%). Owner-occupied $464K 3/2 1,807 1967 2
523 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $464K 3/2 1,807 1967 0
527 WIGARD AVE Bought for $270K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $477K 2/1 2,046 1967 1
528 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $404K 3/1 1,520 1986 0
530 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $401K 3/1 1,520 1986 0
532 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $449K 3/1 1,520 1986 1
534 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $400K 3/1 1,520 1986 0
536 WIGARD AVE Traded 2×: $255K in 2005 → $340K in 2022 (+33%). Owner-occupied $400K 3/1 1,520 1986 2
538 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $400K 3/1 1,520 1986 0
539 WIGARD AVE Bought for $298K in 2014. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $498K 3/2 1,763 1967 1
540 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $400K 3/1 1,520 1986 0
541 WIGARD AVE Bought for $200K in 2002, alteration permit in 2013, sold for $453K in 2023 (+126%). Owner-occupied $454K 3/2 1,722 1967 2
542 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $406K 3/1 1,520 1986 0
543 WIGARD AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $574K 3/2 2,960 1967 0
545 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $501K 3/2 2,148 1967 0
547 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $428K 3/2 1,518 1967 0
549 WIGARD AVE Bought for $490K in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $475K 3/2 2,024 1967 1
551 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $475K 4/2 2,024 1967 0
553 WIGARD AVE L&I violation (2026); Inspection failed ×2 (2026). Owner-occupied $452K 3/2 1,712 1967 0 1 viol
555 WIGARD AVE Bought for $217K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $452K 3/2 1,712 1967 1
557 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $503K 3/2 2,164 1967 0
559 WIGARD AVE Bought for $185K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $453K 4/2 1,712 1967 2
561 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $452K 3/2 1,712 1967 0
563 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $452K 3/2 1,712 1967 1
565 WIGARD AVE Bought for $280K in 2016. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $475K 3/2 1,910 1967 1
567 WIGARD AVE Bought for $148K in 1997, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $465K in 2023 (+214%). Owner-occupied $493K 3/3 2,066 1967 3
569 WIGARD AVE Traded 2×: $260K in 2002 → $288K in 2009 (+11%). Owner-occupied $452K 4/2 1,712 1967 2
571 WIGARD AVE Bought for $255K in 2012. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $452K 4/2 1,712 1967 1
573 WIGARD AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $475K 3/2 1,910 1967 0
576R WIGARD AVE built new under a 2018 permit. Owner-occupied $504K 4/2 1,800 1920 0
576 WIGARD AVE Bought for $247K in 2000, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $495K in 2005. Owner-occupied $726K 7/2 3,880 1920 2
580 WIGARD AVE Owner pulled a lot line relocation permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $923K 6/3 6,043 1976 0
583 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $391K 3/2 1,628 1967 0
585 WIGARD AVE Traded 3×: $150K in 2010 → $240K in 2017 (+60%). Owner-occupied $391K 3/2 1,628 1967 3
587 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $391K 3/2 1,628 1967 1
588 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $620K 5/3 2,300 1976 1
589 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $405K 3/2 1,844 1967 1
591 WIGARD AVE Bought for $144K in 2002. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $391K 4/2 1,628 1967 2
593 WIGARD AVE Owner-occupied $395K 3/2 1,628 1967 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$87K
household
Own vs. rent
65%
owner-occupied
Median age
51.4
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:19 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.