Philadelphia property report

5300 block of Westminster Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 8 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 169% since 2016, now about $151K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year and the increases are speeding up.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
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By the Numbers

Median home value
$151K
9 homes of 13 parcels
ZIP median $165K
Price / sq ft
$109
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $230K
Recent sale
$133K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $151K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $32K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
2 of 9
$5K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
56%
5 of 9
city 48%
Rentals
38%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▲ block 15% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%
Record caveats
1
of 13 parcels

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$608
5 years
+180%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+169%
value · tax +$1K

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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 $151K — about 0.7× 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$151K$165K$230K
Owner-occupied22%48%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 138 reported crimes (about 12 a month, 54% of them violent) and 233 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
138
about 12/month · 54% violent
311 requests · 12mo
233
about 19/month · 57 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults53
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
All Other Offenses10
Fraud10
Thefts9
Motor Vehicle Theft7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint57
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection46
Illegal Dumping19
Abandoned Vehicle18
Salting12
Traffic Signal Emergency12

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$100K$200K$151K2016: $56K2017: $56K2018: $56K2019: $52K2020: $54K2021: $54K2022: $54K2023: $80K2024: $80K2025: $148K2026: $148K2027: $151K2016202020232027

▲ +169% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1182016: $6652017: $6652018: $6652019: $7192020: $7472021: $7472022: $7472023: $1,1002024: $1,1002025: $1,5102026: $1,5102027: $2,1182016202020232027

▲ +218% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

2
2 properties 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 $4,877. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

6 homes pay the full 1.40%3 pay less
$0pays now $2,077at the full rate

One large gap: 5307 Westminster Ave has a $0/year assessment-based estimate on $148K assessed value — about 0% of the $2,077 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9310050020162019202220252027This block 269 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $269 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+169%
since 2016
Net rental yield
8.4%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+17.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+14.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.9 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 6 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20002005201020152020
6arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 1 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

9 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$96K$1.2M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Haddington Family Assoc25$15M5437 Wyalusing Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19131phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Cruz Devp LLC11$96K65 Beechnut Ln, Willingboro NJ, 08046phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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 13 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5300-04 WESTMINSTER AVE Apartment building Owner pulled a addition permit in 2014. Absentee individual $280K —/— 3,809 1925 0 licensed rental
5301 WESTMINSTER AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,200 1925 0
5303 WESTMINSTER AVE Traded 2×: $11K in 1999 → $145K in 2022 (+1218%). Absentee individual $151K 4/1 1,218 1925 3 licensed rental
5305 WESTMINSTER AVE Bought for $115K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $173K 2/1 1,248 1925 1 licensed rental
5306-16 WESTMINSTER AVE Place of worship built new under a 2008 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). Absentee individual $238K —/— 11,895 1956 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified
5307 WESTMINSTER AVE demolished in 2015. Absentee individual $148K —/— 5,119 1925 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified6 viol
5317 WESTMINSTER AVE Vacant lot 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2021); Inspection failed ×2 (2021); Inspection failed (2022); L&I violation (2023); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2023); sold $40K (2024); 3 L&I violations (2024); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2024). Vacant $96K —/— 1 2 viol
5318-20 WESTMINSTER AVE Owner-occupied $119K —/— 1,108 1925 0
5326 WESTMINSTER AVE Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $331K 3/3 5,086 1925 0 lien in pre-2017 ledger
5328 WESTMINSTER AVE Bought for $24K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $152K 3/1 1,168 1925 2
5330 WESTMINSTER AVE built new under a 2024 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $70K in 2018. Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,040 1925 1 assessment exemption · basis unverified
5331 WESTMINSTER AVE Apartment building Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $4.5M —/— 35,000 1982 0 licensed rental
5336 WESTMINSTER AVE Apartment building Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 8,870 1983 0 licensed rental

Neighborhood

Median income
$36K
household
Own vs. rent
54%
owner-occupied
Median age
50.6
residents
Median rent
$1K
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, 3:09 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.