Who owns your block
5100 block of Viola St
A mixed-ownership block: 53% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 5 homes behind $60,999 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 96% since 2016, now about $139K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $139K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19131 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $139K | $156K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 42% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 58 reported crimes (29 violent) and 118 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
- $139K typical home, up +96% since 2016
- Tax bill $524 to $605 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.4M assessed, $36,976/yr to the city, about $924 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +96% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +15% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5164 Viola St is assessed at $180K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,517 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% 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 $196 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 27 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 40 parcels
- Owner-occupied 21
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Rad Diversified Reit Inc, carries 101 open violations across 181 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rad Diversified Reit Inc | 1 | 181 | $28M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Centennial Village Lp | 3 | 15 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mchaya 2 Llc | 1 | 14 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bna Homes Llc | 1 | 10 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Metro Group Llc | 1 | 3 | $705K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 40 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5100-16 VIOLA ST | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5111 VIOLA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $5K in 2000 → $50K in 2020 (+900%). | Investor / LLC | $90K | 4/1 | 1,624 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 5113 VIOLA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $23K in 2004 → $95K in 2012 (+313%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5115 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $148K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5117 VIOLA ST TradedTraded 2×: $98K in 2021 → $315K in 2022 (+221%). | Owner-occupied | $240K | 3/3 | 1,600 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5118 VIOLA ST | Vacant | $15K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5119 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $148K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5120 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $157K | —/— | 1,401 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5121 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $152K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5122 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $157K | —/— | 1,401 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5123 VIOLA ST HistoryAppeal complete (2020). | Owner-occupied | $152K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5124 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $157K | —/— | 1,401 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5126 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $157K | —/— | 1,401 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5128 VIOLA ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2022. | Absentee individual | $157K | —/— | 1,401 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5130 VIOLA ST Historysold $44K (2006); Appeal granted with conditions (2013). | Owner-occupied | $157K | —/— | 1,401 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5132 VIOLA ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2021. | Absentee individual | $157K | —/— | 1,401 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5134 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,428 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 5136 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5138 VIOLA ST TradedTraded 2×: $7K in 2017 → $45K in 2022 (+543%). | Investor / LLC | $134K | —/— | 1,254 | 1925 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 5140 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5142 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5144 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5146 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5148 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5150 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5152 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5154 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5156 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5158 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $134K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5160 VIOLA ST TradedTraded 2×: $52K in 2005 → $109K in 2018 (+110%). | Owner-occupied | $180K | 4/2 | 1,326 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5162 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $196K | —/— | 1,616 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5164 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $180K | —/— | 1,326 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5166 VIOLA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $39K in 2006 → $133K in 2023 (+241%). | Investor / LLC | $153K | 3/1 | 1,334 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 5168 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $139K | 3/1 | 1,326 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5170 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $139K | 3/1 | 1,326 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5172 VIOLA ST | Owner-occupied | $139K | 3/1 | 1,326 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5174 VIOLA ST | Absentee individual | $152K | 4/1 | 1,616 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5176 VIOLA ST | Investor / LLC | $22K | —/1 | 1,590 | 1925 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 5178 VIOLA ST | Investor / LLC | $22K | —/1 | 1,590 | 1925 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 5180 VIOLA ST | Investor / LLC | $22K | 3/1 | 1,660 | 1925 | 0 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)