Who owns your block
5000 block of Torresdale Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 52% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 11 open code violations and 1 home behind $113 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 86% since 2016, now about $116K. 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 $116K — about 0.5× 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.
| This block | ZIP 19124 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $116K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 24% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 98 reported crimes (39 violent) and 175 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
- $116K typical home, up +86% since 2016
- Tax bill $865 to $1,464 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.1M assessed, $60,697/yr to the city, about $2,428 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +86% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +69% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5035 Torresdale Ave is assessed at $224K but pays $1,411 a year — about 45% of the $3,136 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% 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 $186 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 38 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Home Rentals Llc, carries 18 open violations across 199 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Home Rentals Llc | 1 | 199 | $24M | phila.gov ↗ |
| G & H Real Estate Investments Llc | 1 | 3 | $313K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Brookelin Enterprises Llc | 1 | 3 | $919K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Neb Auto Group Llc | 1 | 2 | $406K | phila.gov ↗ |
| En01 Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $103K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 25 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 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $6K in 1999. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $105K | 2/1 | 746 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 5001 TORRESDALE AVE | Investor / LLC | $221K | —/— | 980 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5002 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $105K | 2/1 | 759 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 5004 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $18K in 2002 → $55K in 2019 (+206%). | Absentee individual | $104K | 2/1 | 740 | 1935 | 4 | rented |
| 5006 TORRESDALE AVE New constructionBought for $32K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $110K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $108K | 2/1 | 740 | 1935 | 3 | abated |
| 5008 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $105K | 2/1 | 806 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5010 TORRESDALE AVE | Investor / LLC | $103K | 2/1 | 759 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 5011 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 2001 → $345K in 2019 (+214%). | Absentee individual | $461K | —/— | 2,050 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5012 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $47K in 2019 → $62K in 2022 (+32%). | Owner-occupied | $103K | 2/1 | 759 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 5014 TORRESDALE AVE New constructionBought for $18K in 2008, built new (tax-abated), sold for $60K in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $105K | 2/1 | 806 | 1935 | 2 | abated |
| 5016 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $55K in 2004 → $65K in 2022 (+18%). | Investor / LLC | $105K | 2/1 | 806 | 1935 | 3 | rented |
| 5018 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $103K | 2/1 | 759 | 1935 | 0 | abated |
| 5020 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $29K in 2003 → $30K in 2008 (+5%). | Investor / LLC | $103K | 2/1 | 759 | 1935 | 3 | |
| 5022 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $116K | 2/1 | 920 | 1935 | 0 | abated |
| 5024-32 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $270K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $916K | —/— | 3,885 | 1951 | 2 | |
| 5025 TORRESDALE AVE Historysold $275K (2006); Appeal complete (2024). | Owner-occupied | $844K | —/— | 14,070 | 1938 | 1 | 11 violtax lien |
| 5033 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $165K | —/— | 1,591 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5034 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $47K in 2006 → $3K in 2010 (-93%). | Vacant | $42K | —/— | — | — | 2 | tax lien |
| 5035 TORRESDALE AVE New constructionBought for $26K in 2016, built new (tax-abated), sold for $230K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $224K | 3/2 | 1,591 | 1935 | 2 | abated |
| 5036 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $125K | 3/1 | 998 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5037 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $174K | 2/2 | 1,708 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 5039 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $186K | —/— | 1,591 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5041 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $159K | —/— | 1,591 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 5043 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $55K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $159K | —/— | 1,591 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 5045 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2002 → $80K in 2002 (+167%). | Owner-occupied | $118K | —/— | 1,732 | 1935 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)