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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

5000 block of Merion Ave

An investor-heavy block: 40% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 1 home behind $967 on taxes.

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
$25K
$17K–$50K
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 5
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$967
1 of 5 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
Edward Heston
1621 N 54th St · 219 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 4 5parcels
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$17K$25K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
B&M Auto Repair Llc22$40Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 5 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5020 MERION AVE Vacant $25K 0
5022 MERION AVE Vacant $23K 0
5024 MERION AVE Vacant $17K 0
5026 MERION AVE Vacant $25K 0
5038-40 MERION AVE Absentee individual $50K 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.