Who owns your block
5200 block of Torresdale Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is up 40% since 2016, now about $163K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $163K — 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 | $163K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 6% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 136 reported crimes (51 violent) and 254 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
- $163K typical home, up +40% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,629 to $2,284 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.0M assessed, $124,280/yr to the city, about $7,767 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +40% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +40% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.1% 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 $140 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 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pali Investments Llc | 1 | 8 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Fairway Investment Enterp | 1 | 2 | $366K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Balaji Realty Group Llc | 1 | 2 | $653K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rite Aid Of Pa Inc | 1 | 2 | $6.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5212 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 2010 → $60K in 2020 (+3%). | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/2 | 1,406 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5214 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $150K in 2007 → $142K in 2014 (-5%). | Owner-occupied | $148K | 3/1 | 1,406 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5216 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $150K in 2007 → $172K in 2025 (+15%). | Investor / LLC | $144K | —/— | 1,672 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5222 TORRESDALE AVE | Investor / LLC | $162K | —/— | 1,620 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5223 TORRESDALE AVE HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2009). | Owner-occupied | $1.7M | —/— | 15,624 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5224 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2021 → $130K in 2021 (+44%). | Absentee individual | $141K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5226 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2015 → $106K in 2016 (+489%). | Owner-occupied | $164K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5228 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $141K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5230 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $153K | 4/1 | 1,476 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5232 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2000 → $160K in 2001 (+167%). | Absentee individual | $139K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5233-45 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $606K | —/— | 1,236 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5234 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2000 → $160K in 2001 (+167%). | Owner-occupied | $223K | —/— | 1,710 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5236-40 TORRESDALE AVE | Investor / LLC | $500K | —/— | 3,120 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5260 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $613K | —/— | 1,104 | 1980 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 5272 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $700K in 2024 → $830K in 2025 (+19%). | Investor / LLC | $3.9M | —/— | 8,570 | 1980 | 2 | |
| 5292 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $179K | —/— | 1,814 | 1970 | 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)