Who owns your block
5100 block of Torresdale Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 2 homes behind $8,167 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $160K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.
- 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 $160K — about 0.7× 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 | $160K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 27% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 162 reported crimes (63 violent) and 242 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
- $160K typical home, up +80% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,240 to $1,943 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.1M assessed, $35,607/yr to the city, about $2,374 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +80% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +57% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5112 Torresdale Ave is assessed at $160K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,234 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 +5.5% 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 $180 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
- 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 ↗ |
| Toska Philly Group Llc | 1 | 1 | $156K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lakay Northeast Llc | 1 | 1 | $476K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 15 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5100 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $73K in 2004 → $168K in 2020 (+130%). | Absentee individual | $201K | 3/3 | 1,590 | 1945 | 3 | rented |
| 5101 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $49K in 2003 → $70K in 2017 (+43%). | Investor / LLC | $156K | 3/2 | 1,012 | 1910 | 2 | 1 violtax lien |
| 5102 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $171K | 3/1 | 1,502 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 5103-13 TORRESDALE AVE Improved | Owner-occupied | $419K | —/— | 5,154 | 1990 | 0 | |
| 5104-06 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $199K | 3/1 | 2,459 | 1945 | 1 | rented |
| 5108 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $257K in 2002 → $60K in 2017 (-77%). | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,248 | 1945 | 3 | |
| 5110 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $136K | 3/1 | 1,248 | 1945 | 1 | rented |
| 5112 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $160K | 3/1 | 1,718 | 1945 | 0 | abated |
| 5116-18 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $138K | —/— | 1,302 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5117 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $54K in 2003 → $245K in 2017 (+358%). | Owner-occupied | $399K | 4/4 | 2,628 | 1962 | 3 | |
| 5120-26 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $149K | —/— | 697 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5128 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $99K in 2016. | Vacant | $32K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 5130-32 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $218K in 2011 → $430K in 2021 (+97%). | Owner-occupied | $476K | —/— | 3,000 | 1945 | 2 | rented |
| 5134 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $139K | —/— | 1,388 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5136 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $192K | —/— | 1,922 | 1945 | 1 | tax 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)