Who owns your block
5200 block of Walnut St
A mixed-ownership block: 46% owner-occupied, 38% investor-held, with 23 open code violations and 9 homes behind $49,619 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 116% since 2016, now about $171K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $171K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19139 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $171K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 20% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 155 reported crimes (67 violent) and 252 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
- $171K typical home, up +116% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,092 to $2,060 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $111,479/yr to the city, about $2,230 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +116% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +89% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5230 Walnut St is assessed at $1.4M but pays $2,006 a year — about 10% of the $20,069 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% 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 $216 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 61 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 50 parcels
- Owner-occupied 23
- Investor / LLC 14
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C3 Real Estate Development Llc | 1 | 14 | $2.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Loobia Llc | 1 | 14 | $487K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Winfield Investments Llc | 1 | 9 | $2.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Andrews Realty Llc | 2 | 7 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| J&Z Acquisitions Company Llc | 1 | 5 | $868K | phila.gov ↗ |
| J Rock Investments Llc | 1 | 3 | $592K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kineret Co Llc | 1 | 3 | $442K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Festivals Properties Llc | 2 | 2 | $313K | phila.gov ↗ |
| N & T Real Estate Associates Llc | 1 | 2 | $257K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Grinberg Properties Llc | 1 | 2 | $444K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5207 Walnut Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Adaptible Real Estate Penn Llc | 1 | 1 | $160K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5205R WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $250K in 2009 → $250K in 2009 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $100K | —/— | 1,050 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5205 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $122K | —/— | 1,280 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5207-19 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $970K in 2005 → $1.5M in 2017 (+55%). | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/— | 6,720 | 1960 | 3 | |
| 5208 WALNUT ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5210 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $108K in 2005 → $138K in 2019 (+28%). | Absentee individual | $150K | —/— | 2,010 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5212 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $171K | —/— | 1,800 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5214 WALNUT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $75K in 2023, addition and/or alteration permit in 2025, sold for $190K in 2025 (+153%). | Investor / LLC | $90K | —/— | 1,800 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5216 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $45K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $144K | —/— | 2,152 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5218 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $154K in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $160K | —/— | 2,252 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5220 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $157K | —/— | 2,214 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5221 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $222K | —/— | 3,210 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5222 WALNUT ST Historysold $215K (2007); Appeal denied (2009); Appeal moot (2009); Appeal city affirmed (2010). | Investor / LLC | $156K | —/— | 2,290 | 1925 | 1 | 6 viol |
| 5223 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $183K | 3/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5224 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $156K | —/— | 2,290 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5225 WALNUT ST New constructionBought for $55K in 2019, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $527K | —/— | 5,589 | 2023 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 5226 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $107K | —/— | 2,147 | 1925 | 1 | 1 violtax lien |
| 5227 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $65K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $240K | 4/2 | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5228 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $144K | —/— | 1,718 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5229 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $238K | —/— | 1,600 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5230 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 11,880 | 2021 | 0 | rentedabated1 viol |
| 5231 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $65K in 2003 → $183K in 2025 (+181%). | Owner-occupied | $183K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 5 | |
| 5233 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $185K | —/— | 1,600 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5234 WALNUT ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5235 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $59K in 2005 → $210K in 2026 (+256%). | Investor / LLC | $134K | —/— | 1,600 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5236 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $47K in 2015 → $360K in 2024 (+666%). | Owner-occupied | $222K | —/— | 2,290 | 1925 | 3 | rented1 viol |
| 5237 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $174K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 1 | 10 viol |
| 5237R-39 WALNUT ST | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5238 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $224K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5239 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $130K | —/— | 1,832 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5240 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $169K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | 4 viol |
| 5241 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $20K in 2008 → $32K in 2010 (+60%). | Investor / LLC | $354K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5242 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $90K in 2006 → $280K in 2022 (+211%). | Owner-occupied | $216K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 4 | rented |
| 5243 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $176K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5244 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $155K | 4/2 | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5245 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $49K in 2010 → $258K in 2024 (+427%). | Owner-occupied | $287K | 4/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5246 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $169K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5247 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $176K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5249 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $176K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5250 WALNUT ST | Vacant | $38K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5251 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $14K in 2000 → $175K in 2019 (+1196%). | Owner-occupied | $215K | 3/1 | 1,284 | 1925 | 5 | |
| 5252 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $169K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5253 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $114K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5254 WALNUT ST Historysold $35K (2013); Appeal complete (2024). | Absentee individual | $225K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5255 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $171K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5256 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $225K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5257 WALNUT ST | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5258 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $228K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5259 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $171K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5260 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $171K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5262 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $228K | —/— | 3,360 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)