Philadelphia property report

5100 block of Westminster Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($581 recorded then).

The typical home here is up 183% since 2016, now about $135K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% a year.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$135K
10 homes of 16 parcels
ZIP median $165K
Price / sq ft
$86
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
1 of 10
$4K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
50%
5 of 10
city 48%
Rentals
13%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
$581
1 of 16 listed
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%
Record caveats
1
of 16 parcels

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax +$647
5 years
+109%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+183%
value · tax +$1K

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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 $135K — about 0.6× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $165K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$135K$165K$230K
Owner-occupied30%48%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 172 reported crimes (about 14 a month, 39% of them violent) and 272 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
172
about 14/month · 39% violent
311 requests · 12mo
272
about 23/month · 63 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults40
All Other Offenses24
Prostitution and Commercialized Vice18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Thefts15
Fraud10

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection90
Maintenance Complaint59
Illegal Dumping27
Abandoned Vehicle19
Sanitation Violation8
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance7

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 & Middle · K-8
James Rhoads
4901 Parrish St · 415 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$135K2016: $48K2017: $48K2018: $48K2019: $51K2020: $64K2021: $64K2022: $64K2023: $92K2024: $92K2025: $121K2026: $121K2027: $135K2016202020232027

▲ +183% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,8872016: $4402017: $4402018: $4402019: $3582020: $3532021: $3532022: $3532023: $1,2852024: $1,2852025: $1,6902026: $1,2402027: $1,8872016202020232027

▲ +329% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr

1
1 property on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $3,740. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

7 homes pay the full 1.40%3 pay less
$581pays now $1,484at the full rate

One large gap: 5125 Westminster Ave has a $581/year assessment-based estimate on $106K assessed value — about 39% of the $1,484 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 283 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $283 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+183%
since 2016
Net rental yield
5.2%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+15.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+12.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.4 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 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20052010201520202025
10arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 5 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

4 parcels9 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$20K$670K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Redevelopment Authority (city agency)21303$240M1234 Market St, Philadelphia PA, 19107phila.gov ↗
1326 Associates LLC15$800K235 Marcella Lane, Media PA, 19063phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Maya Myra LLC13$406K5015 Knox St, Philadelphia PA, 19144phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
5101 Wm LLC11$670K309 Bayview Drive, Morganville NJ, 07751phila.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 16 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5100 WESTMINSTER AVE Vacant lot Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2020. Vacant $749K —/— 0
5101 WESTMINSTER AVE Hotel built new under a 2022 permit. Investor / LLC $670K —/— 78,085 1940 0
5125 WESTMINSTER AVE built new under a 2021 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). Owner-occupied $110K 3/1 1,440 1925 0 assessment exemption · basis unverifiedlien in pre-2017 ledger
5127-41 WESTMINSTER AVE Vacant lot Vacant $394K —/— 0
5143 WESTMINSTER AVE Traded 4×: $5K in 2014 → $200K in 2025 (+4296%). Absentee individual $132K 4/1 1,800 1925 4 lien in pre-2017 ledger
5144 WESTMINSTER AVE Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,560 1920 0 $581 tax · Jun ’22
5145 WESTMINSTER AVE Vacant lot Bought for $12K in 2020, demolition permit in 2017, sold for $200K in 2025 (+567%). Vacant $20K —/— 3 lien in pre-2017 ledger
5146 WESTMINSTER AVE Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,560 1920 0
5147 WESTMINSTER AVE Vacant lot Bought for $3K in 2007. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $20K —/— 2 lien in pre-2017 ledger
5148 WESTMINSTER AVE Traded 2×: $19K in 2003 → $57K in 2017 (+200%). Absentee individual $172K 5/1 1,560 1920 2 licensed rental
5149 WESTMINSTER AVE Vacant lot Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $20K —/— 0
5150 WESTMINSTER AVE sold $12K (2005); L&I: VACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU (2007); L&I violation (2015); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2015). Absentee individual $135K 4/1 1,560 1920 1
5152 WESTMINSTER AVE Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,560 1920 0
5154 WESTMINSTER AVE Bought for $30K in 2018, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $75K in 2024. Investor / LLC $200K 4/1 1,560 1920 3 4 viol
5156 WESTMINSTER AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,560 1920 0
5158 WESTMINSTER AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $135K 4/1 1,560 1920 0 licensed rentallien in pre-2017 ledger

Neighborhood

Median income
$25K
household
Own vs. rent
46%
owner-occupied
Median age
32.6
residents
Median rent
$744
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:08 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.