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Who owns your block

5000 block of Wakefield St

An investor-heavy block: 40% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations and 15 homes behind $150,131 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 61% since 2016, now about $44K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$44K
$11K–$212K
ZIP median $201K
Price / sq ft
$116
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$27K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $44K
Tax / yr
$610
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
28%
5 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
8%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$150K
15 of 25 behind
▲ block 60% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
9
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$35
5 years
+100%
value · tax +$262
10 years
+104%
value · tax +$267

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 $44K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19144 median of $201K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19144Philadelphia
Median home value$44K$201K$223K
Owner-occupied8%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 78 reported crimes (33 violent) and 185 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
78
33 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
185
42 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults22
All Other Offenses13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Thefts7
Fraud6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint57
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection38
Illegal Dumping13
Abandoned Vehicle12
Street Defect11
Salting10

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 Wister
Middle · K-8
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$44K2016: $27K2017: $21K2018: $22K2019: $22K2020: $22K2021: $22K2022: $22K2023: $21K2024: $21K2025: $41K2026: $41K2027: $44K2016202020232027

▲ +61% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5672016: $3782017: $3002018: $3052019: $3002020: $3002021: $3002022: $3052023: $3002024: $2842025: $5322026: $5322027: $5672016202020232027

▲ +50% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7910025020162019202220252027This block 161 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $161 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+61%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K20052010201520202025
10arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 14 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 14

Value distribution today

7 parcels7 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels4 parcels4 parcels
$11K$160K+

The block's largest owner, S3 Enterprises Llc, carries 7 open violations across 77 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
S3 Enterprises Llc177$6.7Mphila.gov ↗
Main Development Group In27$384Kphila.gov ↗
Rapid Rush Rentals Llc16$580Kphila.gov ↗
Cmpj Llc12$446Kphila.gov ↗
National Urban Solutions Llc11$107Kphila.gov ↗
Greater Germantown Housing Development11$41Kphila.gov ↗
Morelife Real Estate Llc11$44Kphila.gov ↗
Strive Construction Llc11$22Kphila.gov ↗
Snl Housinh Llc11$131Kphila.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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5001 WAKEFIELD ST Absentee individual $157K 3/1 1,350 1925 0 tax lien
5003 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $38K —/— 1 tax lien
5005 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $38K —/— 1 tax lien
5006 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $19K —/— 0 2 violtax lien
5007 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $38K —/— 1 tax lien
5008 WAKEFIELD ST Investor / LLC $107K 3/1 878 1925 0 tax lien
5009 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $48K —/— 1 tax lien
5010 WAKEFIELD ST Traded 2×: $15K in 2004 → $48K in 2007 (+223%). Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 868 1925 2
5011-13 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $41K —/— 0 tax lien
5012 WAKEFIELD ST Absentee individual $160K 4/1 1,524 1925 0 tax lien
5016 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $14K —/— 0 tax lien
5017 WAKEFIELD ST Appeal filed (2024); Appeal filed (2024); Appeal filed (2024); Appeal filed (2024); Appeal filed (2025); Appeal filed (2025); Appeal filed (2025); Appeal filed (2025); Appeal filed (2025). Vacant $44K —/— 1 tax lien
5018 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $14K —/— 0 tax lien
5019 WAKEFIELD ST Absentee individual $199K 4/1 1,600 1925 0
5022 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $37K —/— 0
5024 WAKEFIELD ST Absentee individual $111K 3/1 876 1920 0 rented
5026 WAKEFIELD ST Absentee individual $131K 3/1 910 1920 0 rented
5028 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $22K —/— 0 tax lien
5030 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $22K —/— 0 tax lien
5032 WAKEFIELD ST Owner-occupied $212K —/— 2,112 1925 1 tax lien
5034 WAKEFIELD ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,208 1925 1
5036 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $11K —/— 0
5038 WAKEFIELD ST Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,224 1925 0
5040 WAKEFIELD ST Owner-occupied $129K 3/1 1,224 1925 1
5042 WAKEFIELD ST Vacant $12K —/— 0

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.