Who owns your block
5000 block of Akron St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 91% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 74% since 2016, now about $224K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year.
- 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 $224K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19124 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $224K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 64% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 75 reported crimes (28 violent) and 213 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
- $224K typical home, up +74% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,382 to $1,767 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.7M assessed, $27,471/yr to the city, about $2,497 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +74% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +28% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.2% 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 $174 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 11 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotlorien Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 11 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5015 AKRON ST TradedTraded 2×: $219K in 2005 → $395K in 2022 (+80%). | Investor / LLC | $421K | 5/2 | 2,640 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 5023 AKRON ST ImprovedBought for $180K in 2024. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $228K | 4/1 | 1,932 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5025 AKRON ST ImprovedBought for $72K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $222K | 4/1 | 1,754 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5027 AKRON ST ImprovedBought for $140K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $226K | 4/1 | 1,754 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5029 AKRON ST | Owner-occupied | $222K | 4/1 | 1,754 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5031 AKRON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $126K in 2013, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $205K in 2023 (+63%). | Owner-occupied | $224K | 3/1 | 1,754 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5033 AKRON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $82K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $280K in 2026 (+241%). | Owner-occupied | $224K | 4/1 | 1,754 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 5035 AKRON ST | Owner-occupied | $224K | 4/1 | 1,754 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5037 AKRON ST ImprovedBought for $61K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $222K | 4/1 | 1,754 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 5039 AKRON ST | Owner-occupied | $225K | 4/1 | 1,754 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5041 AKRON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $225K | 4/1 | 1,754 | 1950 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)