5000 block of Cottage St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $132K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 86 reported crimes (34 violent) and 183 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $132K typical home, up +89% since 2016
• Tax bill $970 to $1,835 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $6.0M assessed, $62,672/yr to the city, about $1,424 per home

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:

• 5015 Cottage Stexemption0.32%$409/yr on $129K
• 5017 Cottage Stexemption0.32%$409/yr on $129K
• 5016 Cottage Stexemption0.33%$424/yr on $130K
• 5029 Cottage Stexemption0.33%$434/yr on $131K
• 5013 Cottage Stexemption0.33%$435/yr on $131K
• …and 11 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 5039 Cottage St is assessed at $131K but pays $1,051 a year — about 57% of the $1,835 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% 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 $189 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 70 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Home Rentals LLC, carries 18 open violations across 199 properties it owns around the city.

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 44 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

New construction

5039 Cottage St

$131K · built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $70K in 2008.

Renovated & sold on

5000 Cottage St

$152K · Bought for $35K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2019, sold for $75K in 2021 (+114%).

Improved

5036 Cottage St

$180K · Bought for $18K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019.

Improved

5018 Cottage St

$143K · Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010.

Improved

5022 Cottage St

$133K · Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023.

Improved

5032 Cottage St

$133K · Bought for $35K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.