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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19120 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $146K | $171K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 29% | 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.
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
- $146K typical home, up +71% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,187 to $1,971 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.1M assessed, $33,375/yr to the city, about $1,589 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +71% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +66% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economical Homes Corp | 1 | 1 | $153K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $19K in 2000 → $240K in 2025 (+1171%). | Owner-occupied | $143K | 4/3 | 1,102 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 5405 TENNIS AVE TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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)