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Who owns your block

5000 block of Valley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 79% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 2 homes behind $71 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $144K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$144K
$119K–$169K
ZIP median $170K
Price / sq ft
$128
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$141K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $144K
Tax / yr
$700
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 19
$17K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
79%
15 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
5%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$71
2 of 19 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$111
5 years
+82%
value · tax −$211
10 years
+82%
value · tax −$347

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 $144K — about 0.6× 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$144K$170K$223K
Owner-occupied63%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (21 violent) and 177 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
62
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
177
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults12
All Other Offenses9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Fraud6
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Maintenance Complaint32
Abandoned Vehicle19
Illegal Dumping13
License Complaint9
Salting9

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$144K2016: $79K2017: $79K2018: $79K2019: $76K2020: $79K2021: $79K2022: $79K2023: $109K2024: $109K2025: $131K2026: $131K2027: $144K2016202020232027

▲ +82% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$7002016: $1,0472017: $1,0472018: $1,0472019: $8752020: $9112021: $9112022: $9112023: $1,1632024: $5032025: $7542026: $5892027: $7002016202020232027

▼ -33% since 2016 · ~-4%/yr

2
2 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 $16,798 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%
$290pays now $1,690at the full rate

5008 Valley St is assessed at $121K but pays $290 a year — about 17% of the $1,690 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 +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 182 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $182 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+82%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 24 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2004201020162022
24arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels10 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$119K$164K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
5021 Valley St Llc11$144Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 19 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5008 VALLEY ST Owner-occupied $121K 3/1 1,056 1925 0 abated7 viol
5010 VALLEY ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,056 1925 0 abated
5012 VALLEY ST Traded 3×: $19K in 2003 → $50K in 2007 (+167%). Absentee individual $119K 3/1 1,056 1925 3 rented
5014 VALLEY ST Traded 2×: $67K in 2005 → $50K in 2019 (-25%). Absentee individual $119K 3/1 1,056 1925 2
5016 VALLEY ST Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,254 1925 0
5018 VALLEY ST Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,254 1925 0
5021 VALLEY ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2005 → $57K in 2024 (+27%). Investor / LLC $144K 3/1 1,019 1925 3
5023 VALLEY ST Traded 3×: $10K in 2001 → $175K in 2023 (+1742%). Owner-occupied $169K 3/1 1,127 1925 3 tax lien
5025 VALLEY ST Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,127 1925 0
5027 VALLEY ST Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,127 1925 1
5029 VALLEY ST Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,127 1925 0
5031 VALLEY ST Traded 3×: $37K in 2001 → $147K in 2025 (+298%). Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,127 1925 3
5033 VALLEY ST Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,127 1925 1
5035 VALLEY ST Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,127 1925 0
5037 VALLEY ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2001 → $85K in 2017 (+113%). Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,127 1925 2
5039 VALLEY ST Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,127 1925 0
5041 VALLEY ST Traded 2×: $26K in 1999 → $80K in 2022 (+207%). Absentee individual $142K 3/2 1,127 1925 2 tax lien
5043 VALLEY ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2015 → $168K in 2022 (+572%). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,127 1925 2
5045 VALLEY ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2016 → $120K in 2018 (+380%). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,132 1925 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)

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.