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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.

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
$215K
$25K–$12M
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$120
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$255K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $215K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $16K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 26
$172K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
54%
14 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
46%
12 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 12% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
2 of 26 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 12% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+15%
value · tax +$601
5 years
+156%
value · tax +$904
10 years
+344%
value · tax +$935

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.

2027
  • 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 blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$215K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied35%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.

Crimes · 12mo
81
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
187
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft17
All Other Offenses14
Other Assaults12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Thefts6
Theft from Vehicle5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Maintenance Complaint29
Graffiti Removal21
Illegal Dumping19
Abandoned Vehicle14
Salting11

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.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
Benjamin B Comegys
5100 Greenway Ave · 213 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 students

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

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$250K$500K$215K2016: $48K2017: $48K2018: $48K2019: $78K2020: $84K2021: $84K2022: $84K2023: $155K2024: $155K2025: $188K2026: $188K2027: $215K2016202020232027

▲ +344% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5652016: $6302017: $6302018: $6262019: $6612020: $6612021: $6612022: $6612023: $1,0532024: $1,0532025: $9642026: $9642027: $1,5652016202020232027

▲ +148% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

4
4 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $171,659 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$16,452pays now $164,527at the full rate

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

9510050020162019202220252027This block 444 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+14.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+344%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+14.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+11.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+8 pts
market 6.5%/yr

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

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
34arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Absentee individual: 12 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Absentee individual 12

Value distribution today

7 parcels2 parcels1 parcels6 parcels3 parcels2 parcels5 parcels
$25K$445K+

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

$0$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5000 SPRINGFIELD AVE Absentee individual $395K —/— 43,200 1999 0 rented
5013 SPRINGFIELD AVE Bought 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 Traded 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 sold $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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 built 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 Traded 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 built new (tax-abated), sold for $345K in 2017. Owner-occupied $348K 4/2 1,938 1965 1 rentedabated
5039 SPRINGFIELD AVE Bought 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)

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