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Who owns your block

5400 block of Upland Way

A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $41,739 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $186K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$186K
$125K–$333K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$141
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 27
$35K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
89%
24 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$42K
2 of 27 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$28
5 years
+71%
value · tax +$297
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$144

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 $186K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$186K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied78%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 54 reported crimes (12 violent) and 181 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
54
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
181
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft12
Thefts10
Other Assaults9
All Other Offenses5
Fraud5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection72
Maintenance Complaint30
Abandoned Vehicle16
Illegal Dumping16
Other (Streets)9
Street Trees5

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
Mastery Charter School At Mann
Middle · K-8
Rudolph Blankenburg
4600 W Girard Ave · 228 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$125K$250K$186K2016: $105K2017: $105K2018: $105K2019: $105K2020: $109K2021: $109K2022: $109K2023: $125K2024: $125K2025: $188K2026: $188K2027: $186K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1982016: $1,0542017: $1,0542018: $1,0542019: $9492020: $9012021: $9012022: $9012023: $6332024: $6332025: $1,3162026: $1,2262027: $1,1982016202020232027

▲ +14% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

1
1 property 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 $34,796 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%
$1,537pays now $3,060at the full rate

5487 Upland Way is assessed at $219K but pays $1,537 a year — about 50% of the $3,060 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 +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002004200820122016
20arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 27 parcels

Owner-occupied: 24Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 24
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels7 parcels9 parcels3 parcels2 parcels4 parcels
$125K$260K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 27 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

Frequently traded
5435 Upland Way
$230K · Traded 3×: $46K in 2014 → $150K in 2015 (+226%).
Traded
5423 Upland Way
$333K · Traded 2×: $86K in 2019 → $255K in 2019 (+197%).
Traded
5449 Upland Way
$237K · Traded 2×: $52K in 2008 → $125K in 2008 (+140%).
Traded
5439 Upland Way
$217K · Traded 2×: $60K in 2017 → $167K in 2017 (+178%).
Traded
5469 Upland Way
$181K · Traded 2×: $50K in 2003 → $70K in 2003 (+40%).
Traded
5427 Upland Way
$181K · Traded 2×: $32K in 2001 → $70K in 2002 (+118%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5423 UPLAND WAY TradedTraded 2×: $86K in 2019 → $255K in 2019 (+197%). Owner-occupied $333K 5/3 1,480 1925 2
5425 UPLAND WAY Historysold $105K (2017); Appeal moot (2019). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,318 1925 1
5425R-65 UPLAND WAY Vacant $277K —/— — — 0
5427 UPLAND WAY TradedTraded 2×: $32K in 2001 → $70K in 2002 (+118%). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,318 1925 2
5429 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5431 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $253K 3/2 1,318 1925 1
5433 UPLAND WAY TradedTraded 2×: $31K in 2000 → $60K in 2001 (+97%). Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,318 1925 2
5435 UPLAND WAY Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $46K in 2014 → $150K in 2015 (+226%). Owner-occupied $230K 3/2 1,318 1925 3
5437 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,318 1925 0 tax lien
5439 UPLAND WAY TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2017 → $167K in 2017 (+178%). Owner-occupied $217K 3/2 1,318 1925 2 rented
5441 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5443 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5445 UPLAND WAY Absentee individual $186K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5447 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5449 UPLAND WAY TradedTraded 2×: $52K in 2008 → $125K in 2008 (+140%). Owner-occupied $237K 3/1 1,318 1925 2
5451 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5453 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,318 1925 1
5455 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $260K 3/2 1,318 1925 1
5457 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5459 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5461 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,318 1925 1
5463 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5465 UPLAND WAY Absentee individual $181K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5467 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,318 1925 0 tax lien
5469 UPLAND WAY TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2003 → $70K in 2003 (+40%). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,318 1925 2
5471 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,318 1925 0
5487 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,488 1925 0 abated

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.