Who owns your block
5200 block of Unruh Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 11% owner-occupied, 22% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is up 72% since 2016, now about $1.3M. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $1.3M — about 5.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.3M | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 9 reported crimes (0 violent) and 7 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
- $1.3M typical home, up +72% since 2016
- Tax bill $10,499 to $9,673 a year, -1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $29M assessed, $267,505/yr to the city, about $29,723 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +72% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -8% since 2016 · ~-1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5200 Unruh Ave is assessed at $20M but pays $160,889 a year — about 58% of the $278,734 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 +5.1% 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 $172 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2018. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 9 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Qoz Self Storage Llc | 1 | 1 | $20M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Orthodox Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $691K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 9 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 | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5200R UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $178K | — | — | 0 | 1 viol |
| 5200 UNRUH AVE Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2024 and rebuilt (2024), then sold for $7.0M in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $20M | 154,540 | 1900 | 2 | abated |
| 5201-21 UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $2.0M | 69,990 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5223-33 UNRUH AVE | Vacant | $385K | — | — | 0 | |
| 5235-45 UNRUH AVE Improved | Investor / LLC | $691K | — | — | 0 | |
| 5247-57 UNRUH AVE HistoryAppeal city affirmed (2018). | Owner-occupied | $1.6M | 4,672 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 5250 UNRUH AVE Improved | Absentee individual | $2.9M | 88,600 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 5250R UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $196K | — | — | 0 | |
| 5299 UNRUH AVE | Absentee individual | $1.3M | — | — | 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)