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Who owns your block

5400 block of Tennis Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 76% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $3,175 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $146K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$146K
$137K–$181K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$132
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$240K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $146K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 21
$10K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
76%
16 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
14%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
1 of 21 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-5%
value · tax −$109
5 years
+80%
value · tax +$837
10 years
+71%
value · tax +$784

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.

2027
  • 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 $146K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$146K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied29%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 45 reported crimes (14 violent) and 95 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
45
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
95
16 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft9
Other Assaults7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Thefts4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Street Defect14
Salting13
Maintenance Complaint11
Abandoned Vehicle7
License Complaint5

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
Olney Elementary
5301 N Water St · 666 students
High · 9-12
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave · 1036 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$146K2016: $85K2017: $85K2018: $85K2019: $75K2020: $81K2021: $81K2022: $81K2023: $114K2024: $114K2025: $154K2026: $154K2027: $146K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,9712016: $1,1872017: $1,1872018: $1,1872019: $1,0542020: $1,1342021: $1,1342022: $1,1342023: $1,5932024: $1,5832025: $2,1002026: $2,0802027: $1,9712016202020232027

▲ +66% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $10,345 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,289pays now $2,268at the full rate

5420 Tennis Ave is assessed at $162K but pays $1,289 a year — about 57% of the $2,268 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% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8910025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K200020052010201520202025
21arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

3 parcels5 parcels4 parcels4 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$137K$163K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Economical Homes Corp11$153Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 21 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

$0$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5401 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,102 1940 1
5402 TENNIS AVE Absentee individual $143K 3/1 1,102 1940 1 rented
5403 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $149K —/— 1,102 1940 0
5404 TENNIS AVE Traded 3×: $19K in 2000 → $240K in 2025 (+1171%). Owner-occupied $143K 4/3 1,102 1940 3
5405 TENNIS AVE Traded 2×: $25K in 2001 → $56K in 2002 (+124%). Investor / LLC $153K —/— 1,102 1940 2
5406 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,102 1940 1
5407 TENNIS AVE Traded 3×: $44K in 2000 → $95K in 2011 (+116%). Owner-occupied $154K —/— 1,102 1940 3
5408 TENNIS AVE Absentee individual $146K 3/1 1,102 1940 1
5410 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,102 1940 1 rented
5411 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $145K 3/1 1,080 1940 0
5412 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,102 1940 0 abated
5413 TENNIS AVE Traded 2×: $70K in 2006 → $53K in 2017 (-24%). Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,088 1940 2
5414 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $137K 3/1 1,076 1940 0
5415 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 1,131 1940 0
5416 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,102 1940 1 rented
5418 TENNIS AVE Traded 3×: $22K in 2001 → $39K in 2003 (+75%). Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,102 1940 3 tax lien
5420 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,276 1940 0 abated
5424 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,102 1940 0
5426 TENNIS AVE Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,102 1940 0
5428 TENNIS AVE Traded 2×: $35K in 2012 → $105K in 2018 (+200%). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,254 1940 2
5430 TENNIS AVE Absentee individual $141K 3/1 1,102 1940 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)

Where this comes from

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