Who owns your block
5000 block of Comly St
An investor-heavy block: 50% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $179K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $179K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $179K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 14% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 23 reported crimes (7 violent) and 15 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
- $179K typical home, up +69% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,438 to $2,475 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $146,873/yr to the city, about $6,676 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +69% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +72% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 5040 Comly Stexemption0.52%$838/yr on $160K
- 5038 Comly Stexemption0.69%$1,355/yr on $197K
- 5032 Comly Stexemption0.80%$1,853/yr on $232K
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% 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 $169 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 8
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comly 17 LLC | 6 | 18 | $2.8M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Newman & Company INC | 1 | 5 | $18M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Tacony Dean LLC | 3 | 4 | $844K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Ronald Fromm (individual) | 2 | 2 | $208K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Comly 5039 LP | 1 | 1 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
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 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5000 COMLY ST | Vacant | $26K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 5001 COMLY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $1.7M | —/— | 41,927 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 5001 COMLY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $3.9M | —/— | 112,800 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 5001 COMLY ST | Owner-occupied | $594K | —/— | 13,200 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 5002 COMLY ST | Vacant | $53K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 5004 COMLY ST TradedTraded 2×: $815K in 2007 → $1.1M in 2017 (+35%). | Investor / LLC | $175K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1910 | 2 | rented |
| 5006 COMLY ST ImprovedBought for $175K in 2018. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1910 | 2 | 2 viol |
| 5008-10 COMLY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $228K | 4/1 | 1,618 | 1910 | 0 | |
| 5012 COMLY ST ImprovedBought for $107K in 2015. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. | Vacant | $90K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 5016-18 COMLY ST TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2000 → $130K in 2019 (+767%). | Investor / LLC | $134K | —/— | 400 | 1910 | 2 | |
| 5020 COMLY ST Renovated & sold onBought for $55K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $1.1M in 2017 (+1900%). | Investor / LLC | $184K | —/— | 1,252 | 1910 | 2 | rented |
| 5022 COMLY ST TradedTraded 2×: $32K in 2001 → $71K in 2014 (+122%). | Owner-occupied | $179K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1910 | 2 | |
| 5024 COMLY ST ImprovedBought for $95K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $181K | —/— | 1,140 | 1910 | 1 | rented |
| 5026 COMLY ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $179K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1910 | 0 | rented |
| 5028 COMLY ST History2 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2012); L&I violation (2015); sold $1.1M (2017). | Investor / LLC | $179K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1910 | 1 | rented |
| 5030 COMLY ST History3 L&I violations (2009); 3 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2017). | Absentee individual | $182K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1910 | 0 | rented |
| 5032 COMLY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $60K in 2002 → $60K in 2002 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $232K | 3/1 | 1,550 | 1910 | 3 | |
| 5038 COMLY ST TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2007 → $120K in 2016 (+118%). | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,050 | 1910 | 2 | |
| 5039 COMLY ST ImprovedBought for $300K in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $2.0M | —/— | 43,967 | 1919 | 1 | |
| 5040 COMLY ST | Owner-occupied | $160K | 3/1 | 900 | 1910 | 0 | |
| 5042 COMLY ST | Vacant | $48K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5044 COMLY ST TradedTraded 2×: $34K in 2007 → $45K in 2013 (+31%). | Investor / LLC | $33K | —/— | 900 | 1925 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)