Who owns your block
5000 block of Springfield Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 54% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 5 open code violations and 2 homes behind $11,051 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 344% since 2016, now about $215K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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 $215K — about 1.0× 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 block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $215K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 81 reported crimes (20 violent) and 187 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
- $215K typical home, up +344% since 2016
- Tax bill $630 to $1,565 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $17M assessed, $69,589/yr to the city, about $2,677 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +344% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +148% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5013 Springfield Ave is assessed at $12M but pays $16,452 a year — about 10% of the $164,527 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 +14.5% 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 $444 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 34 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Absentee individual 12
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 26 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 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $395K | —/— | 43,200 | 1999 | 0 | rented |
| 5013 SPRINGFIELD AVE New constructionBought for $525K in 2017, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $12M | —/— | 59,830 | 2022 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 5016 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $232K | 4/1 | 1,938 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 5017 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 2,604 | 1902 | 0 | |
| 5018 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $142K | 4/1 | 1,764 | 1925 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 5019 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 2,604 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5020 SPRINGFIELD AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $55K in 2006 → $375K in 2025 (+582%). | Owner-occupied | $264K | 4/1 | 1,764 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5021 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $319K | —/— | 2,604 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5022 SPRINGFIELD AVE Historysold $55K (2004); Appeal city affirmed (2016). | Owner-occupied | $122K | 4/1 | 1,764 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5023 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 2,604 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5024 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $25K | 2/1 | 1,450 | 2004 | 0 | rented |
| 5025 SPRINGFIELD AVE Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $2K in 2000 → $933K in 2011 (+46550%). | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 2,604 | 1925 | 5 | rented |
| 5026 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/1 | 1,450 | 2004 | 0 | rented |
| 5027 SPRINGFIELD AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $250K in 2008 → $45K in 2012 (-82%). | Owner-occupied | $405K | —/— | 2,604 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 5028 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $25K | 2/1 | 1,450 | 2004 | 0 | rented |
| 5029 SPRINGFIELD AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $50K in 2000 → $258K in 2007 (+415%). | Owner-occupied | $218K | —/— | 2,604 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 5030 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $208K | 4/1 | 1,764 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5031 SPRINGFIELD AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $43K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $319K | —/— | 2,604 | 1925 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 5032 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $212K | 4/1 | 1,764 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5033 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $319K | —/— | 2,604 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5034 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $212K | 4/1 | 1,764 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5035 SPRINGFIELD AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $155K in 2007 → $428K in 2021 (+176%). | Owner-occupied | $372K | 5/3 | 2,604 | 1925 | 4 | 2 viol |
| 5036 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 4/1 | 1,764 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5037 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $445K | —/— | 2,604 | 1915 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 5038 SPRINGFIELD AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $345K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $348K | 4/2 | 1,938 | 1965 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 5039 SPRINGFIELD AVE ImprovedBought for $70K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $559K | —/— | 3,780 | 1915 | 5 | rentedtax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)