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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.

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
$116K
$42K–$916K
ZIP median $170K
Price / sq ft
$136
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$81K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $116K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 25
$10K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
52%
12 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
16%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
11
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$113
1 of 25 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$122
5 years
+79%
value · tax +$584
10 years
+86%
value · tax +$599

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 $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 blockZIP 19124Philadelphia
Median home value$116K$170K$223K
Owner-occupied24%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.

Crimes · 12mo
98
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
175
49 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses23
Other Assaults22
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Weapon Violations8
Thefts6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle45
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection36
Maintenance Complaint18
Street Defect14
Illegal Dumping11
Salting7

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
Mastery Charter School At Smedley
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$100K$200K$116K2016: $62K2017: $62K2018: $62K2019: $62K2020: $65K2021: $65K2022: $65K2023: $84K2024: $84K2025: $107K2026: $107K2027: $116K2016202020232027

▲ +86% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4642016: $8652017: $8652018: $8652019: $8692020: $8962021: $8802022: $8802023: $1,0572024: $1,0602025: $1,3582026: $1,3422027: $1,4642016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

5
5 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 $10,123 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%
$1,411pays now $3,136at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 186 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+86%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 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

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
38arm's-length sales since 1999
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 1 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels16 parcels4 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$42K$461K+

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

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Home Rentals Llc1199$24Mphila.gov ↗
G & H Real Estate Investments Llc13$313Kphila.gov ↗
Brookelin Enterprises Llc13$919Kphila.gov ↗
Neb Auto Group Llc12$406Kphila.gov ↗
En01 Properties Llc11$103Kphila.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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5000 TORRESDALE AVE Bought 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 Traded 4×: $18K in 2002 → $55K in 2019 (+206%). Absentee individual $104K 2/1 740 1935 4 rented
5006 TORRESDALE AVE Bought 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 Traded 2×: $110K in 2001 → $345K in 2019 (+214%). Absentee individual $461K —/— 2,050 1925 2 tax lien
5012 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 2×: $47K in 2019 → $62K in 2022 (+32%). Owner-occupied $103K 2/1 759 1935 2
5014 TORRESDALE AVE Bought 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Bought for $270K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $916K —/— 3,885 1951 2
5025 TORRESDALE AVE sold $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 Traded 2×: $47K in 2006 → $3K in 2010 (-93%). Vacant $42K —/— 2 tax lien
5035 TORRESDALE AVE Bought 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 Bought for $55K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $159K —/— 1,591 1935 2
5045 TORRESDALE AVE Traded 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)

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