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Who owns your block

900 block of S 50th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $9,931 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 169% since 2016, now about $290K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$290K
$25K–$512K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$219
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$446K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $290K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 36
$53K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
81%
29 of 36
city 41%
Rentals
14%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$10K
2 of 36 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$299
5 years
+78%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+169%
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 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 $290K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$290K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied56%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (20 violent) and 194 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
79
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
194
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft21
Other Assaults12
Thefts9
Theft from Vehicle7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Burglary Residential6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint33
Illegal Dumping32
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Graffiti Removal23
Salting19
Abandoned Vehicle10

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
Avery Harrington
5300 Baltimore Ave · 259 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$290K2016: $108K2017: $108K2018: $108K2019: $121K2020: $135K2021: $135K2022: $163K2023: $258K2024: $258K2025: $283K2026: $283K2027: $290K2016202020232027

▲ +169% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8542016: $7392017: $7542018: $7542019: $8272020: $8932021: $8932022: $1,0692023: $2,4872024: $2,4872025: $2,6312026: $2,5552027: $2,8542016202020232027

▲ +286% since 2016 · ~+13%/yr

8
8 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $53,335 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$2,505pays now $6,193at the full rate

914 S 50th St is assessed at $442K but pays $2,505 a year — about 40% of the $6,193 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 269 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $269 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+169%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.9 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 46 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
46arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 36 parcels

Owner-occupied: 29Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 36parcels
  • Owner-occupied 29
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels17 parcels9 parcels4 parcels
$25K$457K+

The block's largest owner, Hnb Investment Properties Llc, carries 69 open violations across 80 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Hnb Investment Properties Llc180$11Mphila.gov ↗
Blue Star Ventures Llc14$941Kphila.gov ↗
Cfe Phl Llc11$442Kphila.gov ↗
Jojab Llc11$280Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 36 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
910 S 50TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $328K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
911 S 50TH ST Bought for $190K in 2019, addition and/or alteration permit in 2023, sold for $480K in 2025 (+153%). Owner-occupied $512K 3/3 1,564 1925 2
912 S 50TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $309K 3/1 1,380 1925 0
913 S 50TH ST Traded 2×: $175K in 2024 → $412K in 2025 (+135%). Owner-occupied $393K 4/1 1,282 1925 2
914 S 50TH ST Bought for $160K in 2009, built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated), sold for $112K in 2014. Investor / LLC $442K 3/1 1,380 1925 4 abated
915 S 50TH ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,282 1925 0 abated
916 S 50TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $299K 3/1 1,380 1925 0 tax lien
917 S 50TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $40K in 1999. Investor / LLC $280K 3/1 1,282 1925 1 abated
918 S 50TH ST Bought for $23K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Investor / LLC $299K 3/1 1,380 1925 1 rented
919 S 50TH ST Bought for $183K in 2023. Owner pulled a family daycare permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,280 1925 1 rented
920 S 50TH ST Traded 2×: $52K in 2000 → $159K in 2007 (+208%). Absentee individual $339K —/— 1,778 1920 2
921 S 50TH ST Bought for $45K in 2005, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $336K in 2019 (+647%). Owner-occupied $357K 3/1 1,282 1925 3
923 S 50TH ST Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,280 1925 1
924 S 50TH ST Bought for $85K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $350K in 2018. Owner-occupied $349K 3/1 1,090 1925 2 abated
925 S 50TH ST Bought for $70K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,280 1925 3
926 S 50TH ST Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 976 1925 1
927 S 50TH ST Bought for $155K in 2019, electrical permit in 2019, sold for $315K in 2022 (+103%). Owner-occupied $357K 3/1 1,282 1925 2
928 S 50TH ST Bought for $180K in 2024. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 975 1925 1 rentedtax lien
929 S 50TH ST Bought for $90K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $350K in 2020. Owner-occupied $457K 3/2 1,282 1925 2 tax lien
930 S 50TH ST Bought for $160K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $385K 3/2 976 1925 2
931 S 50TH ST built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $110K in 2007. Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,282 1925 1
932 S 50TH ST Traded 2×: $180K in 2020 → $425K in 2021 (+136%). Owner-occupied $385K 3/2 976 1925 2
933 S 50TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,282 1925 0 abated
934 S 50TH ST Absentee individual $246K 3/1 962 1925 0 abated
935 S 50TH ST Bought for $86K in 2015, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $300K in 2015. Owner-occupied $357K 3/1 1,282 1925 2
936 S 50TH ST Bought for $40K in 2020, deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2021, sold for $475K in 2023 (+1088%). Owner-occupied $480K 3/3 1,514 1925 3
937 S 50TH ST Absentee individual $25K —/1 1,282 1 rented
938 S 50TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $44K in 2001. Owner-occupied $275K 3/1 1,352 1925 1 abated
939 S 50TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,282 1925 0 abated
940 S 50TH ST Owner-occupied $275K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
941 S 50TH ST Bought for $35K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $479K in 2026 (+1269%). Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,282 1925 4
942 S 50TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
943 S 50TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,282 1925 0
944 S 50TH ST Bought for $90K in 2016, built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $310K in 2017. Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,352 1925 2 rented
945 S 50TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $314K 4/1 1,564 1925 0
946 S 50TH ST 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019). Vacant $77K —/— 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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