Philadelphia property report

5200 block of Wyalusing Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($1,615 recorded then).

The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $88K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$88K
5 homes of 5 parcels
ZIP median $165K
Price / sq ft
$98
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $1K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
1 of 5
$1K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
40%
2 of 5
city 48%
Rentals
40%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
$2K
1 of 5 listed
▲ block 20% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$108
5 years
+115%
value · tax +$660
10 years
+87%
value · tax +$716

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 $88K — about 0.4× 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$88K$165K$230K
Owner-occupied20%48%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 134 reported crimes (about 11 a month, 49% of them violent) and 199 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
134
about 11/month · 49% violent
311 requests · 12mo
199
about 17/month · 50 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults39
All Other Offenses15
Aggravated Assault No Firearm11
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Fraud9
Thefts9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint41
Illegal Dumping34
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Abandoned Vehicle22
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance7
Sanitation Violation6

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
Guion Bluford
5720 Media St · 490 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$50K$100K$88K2016: $47K2017: $47K2018: $47K2019: $39K2020: $41K2021: $41K2022: $41K2023: $60K2024: $60K2025: $80K2026: $80K2027: $88K2016202020232027

▲ +87% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2332016: $5172017: $5172018: $5172019: $5172020: $5732021: $5732022: $5732023: $8382024: $8372025: $1,1212026: $1,1252027: $1,2332016202020232027

▲ +138% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

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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 $1,230. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8310025020162019202220252027This block 187 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+87%
since 2016
Net rental yield
8.7%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+14.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+11.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$25K$50K20042007201020132016
7arm's-length sales since 2004
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Absentee individual: 3 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$88K$89K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Stennett Brown (individual)25$652Kphila.gov ↗

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 5 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$50K$100K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5227 WYALUSING AVE Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $98K 3/1 1,120 1920 0
5229 WYALUSING AVE built new under a 2024 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 896 1920 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified$2K tax · Jun ’22
5231 WYALUSING AVE Traded 2×: $13K in 2004 → $35K in 2009 (+180%). Absentee individual $88K 3/1 896 1920 2 licensed rental
5233 WYALUSING AVE Traded 3×: $9K in 2005 → $35K in 2009 (+312%). Absentee individual $88K 3/1 896 1920 3 licensed rental
5235 WYALUSING AVE Traded 2×: $16K in 2010 → $5K in 2018 (-69%). Absentee individual $89K 3/1 912 1920 2 lien 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, 3:41 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.