Who owns your block
5300 block of Sylvester St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $1,454 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $190K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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.
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 $190K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above 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 | $190K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 49% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 100 reported crimes (31 violent) and 184 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
- $190K typical home, up +84% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,080 to $1,454 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.9M assessed, $71,640/yr to the city, about $1,936 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +84% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +35% 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 +5.7% 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 $184 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 52 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 37 parcels
- Owner-occupied 29
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, La Jolla Properties Llc, carries 11 open violations across 10 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Jolla Properties Llc | 1 | 10 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Diana Tran Llc | 1 | 1 | $190K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5312 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,396 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5313 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 1,300 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5314 SYLVESTER ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $52K in 2000 → $190K in 2021 (+266%). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 4 | |
| 5315 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $107K in 2003 → $220K in 2023 (+106%). | Owner-occupied | $192K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 5316 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5317 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $192K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 5318 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2020 → $119K in 2020 (-5%). | Investor / LLC | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 2 | rented |
| 5319 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5320 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5321 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $64K in 2001 → $190K in 2021 (+199%). | Owner-occupied | $191K | 3/2 | 1,228 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 5322 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 1 | rented |
| 5323 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 5324 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $44K in 2001 → $71K in 2004 (+61%). | Absentee individual | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 2 | rented |
| 5325 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $192K | 3/2 | 1,228 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5326 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5327 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 5328 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5329 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5330 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $135K in 2019 → $210K in 2023 (+56%). | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 5331 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $218K | 2/2 | 1,228 | 1945 | 1 | rented |
| 5332 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5333 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2000 → $112K in 2006 (+87%). | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 5334 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 2001 → $130K in 2005 (+124%). | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 5335 SYLVESTER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $56K in 2000 → $119K in 2019 (+112%). | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 3 | |
| 5336 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5337 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $59K in 2001 → $85K in 2017 (+44%). | Owner-occupied | $195K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1929 | 2 | |
| 5338 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 5339 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 1 | 3 viol |
| 5340 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $87K in 2017 → $170K in 2019 (+95%). | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 5341 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $183K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5342 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 5343 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2000 → $166K in 2021 (+232%). | Owner-occupied | $183K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 5344 SYLVESTER ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $29K in 2000 → $174K in 2020 (+495%). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1945 | 6 | |
| 5345 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5346 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,438 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5347 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $198K | 3/1 | 1,300 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5347R SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2005 → $238K in 2025 (+91%). | Vacant | $21K | —/— | — | — | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)