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Who owns your block

5100 block of Stenton Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 7 homes behind $11,900 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 83% since 2016, now about $146K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$146K
$46K–$173K
ZIP median $201K
Price / sq ft
$109
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$145K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $146K
Tax / yr
$648
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
89%
32 of 36
city 41%
Rentals
6%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
7 of 36 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+17%
value · tax +$299
5 years
+108%
value · tax +$295
10 years
+83%
value · tax −$92

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 $146K — about 0.7× 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$146K$201K$223K
Owner-occupied53%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 41 reported crimes (8 violent) and 110 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
41
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
110
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Other Assaults5
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Theft from Vehicle4
Burglary Residential3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Illegal Dumping11
Shoveling9
Abandoned Vehicle7
Other (Streets)7

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$146K2016: $80K2017: $80K2018: $80K2019: $73K2020: $70K2021: $70K2022: $70K2023: $106K2024: $106K2025: $125K2026: $125K2027: $146K2016202020232027

▲ +83% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6482016: $7402017: $7402018: $7402019: $4662020: $3532021: $3532022: $3532023: $3672024: $3672025: $3492026: $3492027: $6482016202020232027

▼ -12% since 2016 · ~-1%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

16 homes pay the full 1.40%20 pay less

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

8810025020162019202220252027This block 183 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $183 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+83%
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 22 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 26 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
22arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
26homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 36 parcels

Owner-occupied: 32Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 36parcels
  • Owner-occupied 32
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels31 parcels4 parcels
$46K$165K+

The block's largest owner, Apex Properties Unlimited, carries 3 open violations across 22 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Apex Properties Unlimited122$3.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Shira Flats LLC113$1.9Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 36 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
5100 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $33K in 2005 → $54K in 2012 (+67%). Investor / LLC $150K 4/1 1,560 1925 3 rented
5101 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 1
5102 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,236 1925 0
5103 STENTON AVE Traded 2×: $30K in 2015 → $130K in 2016 (+333%). Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,249 1925 2
5104 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,236 1925 0
5105 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 tax lien
5106 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,236 1925 0 tax lien
5107 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5108 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,236 1925 0 tax lien
5109 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5110 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,236 1925 0
5111 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 tax lien
5112 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,236 1925 0
5113 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5114 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $134K 3/1 1,236 1925 0
5115 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 tax lien
5116 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $18K in 2011 → $120K in 2021 (+567%). Investor / LLC $131K 3/1 1,236 1925 3 rented
5117 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 1
5118 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,284 1925 0 tax lien
5119 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5120 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $165K —/— 1,236 1960 0 tax lien
5121 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5122 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $173K 3/2 1,594 1925 1 tax lien
5123 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5125 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5127 STENTON AVE Traded 2×: $52K in 2017 → $185K in 2021 (+256%). Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 2
5129 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $85K in 2018 → $230K in 2024 (+171%). Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 3
5131 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5132-38 STENTON AVE Vacant $46K —/— 0
5133 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $72K in 2008 → $65K in 2023 (-10%). Absentee individual $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 3
5135 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5137 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5139 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $67K in 2004 → $65K in 2015 (-3%). Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 3
5141 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5143 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 tax lien
5145 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,416 1925 0 4 violtax 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)

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.