Philadelphia property report
5400 block of Wayne Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 30 open code violations and 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($5,079 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 105% since 2016, now about $506K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- 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 $506K — about 2.2× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19144 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19144 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $506K | $207K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 48% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 73 reported crimes (about 6 a month, 34% of them violent) and 126 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.
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
- $506K typical home, up +105% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $3,038 to $5,794 a year through 2027, +6%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $146,090/yr from taxable assessments, or $12,174 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +105% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +91% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
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.
- 5401-07 Wayne Avemajor assessment exemption0.00%$0/yr on $596K
- 5432 Wayne Avelower taxable assessment1.06%$4,331/yr on $409K
- 5412 Wayne Avelower taxable assessment1.07%$4,559/yr on $426K
- 5427 Wayne Avemajor assessment exemption1.10%$44,054/yr on $4.0M
- 5446 Wayne Avelower taxable assessment1.15%$6,523/yr on $566K
- …and 3 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
One large gap: 5427 Wayne Ave has a $44,054/year assessment-based estimate on $4.0M assessed value — about 79% of the $55,855 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% 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 $205 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 14 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Germantown Apartments LLC, carries 3 open violations across 15 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown Apartments LLC | 1 | 15 | $3.5M | 3729 Stanton St, Philadelphia PA, 19129 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Gaudenzia Foundation INC (institution / nonprofit) | 1 | 13 | $8.7M | 35-41 E School House Ln, Philadelphia PA, 19144 | phila.gov ↗ |
| Asv Properties LLC | 1 | 6 | $1.5M | 6443 Rising Sun Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19111 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Traill Corp | 1 | 1 | $421K | 426 S 44th St, Philadelphia PA, 19104 | phila.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 14 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5400-02 WAYNE AVE Apartment building HistoryL&I violation (2015); Inspection failed (2015); Inspection failed ×2 (2016). | Investor / LLC | $421K | —/— | 3,100 | 1890 | 0 | $5K tax · Jun ’22 |
| 5401-07 WAYNE AVE Apartment building New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Investor / LLC | $596K | —/— | 6,612 | 1920 | 0 | licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 5404 WAYNE AVE Apartment building ImprovedBought for $338K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $407K | —/— | 4,062 | 1890 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 5409-19 WAYNE AVE Apartment building History9 L&I violations (2014); L&I: 5 failed, 3 passed (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2015); 9 L&I violations (2022); L&I: 4 failed, 2 passed (2022); 4 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2025). | Absentee individual | $2.3M | —/— | 23,093 | 1965 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 5410 WAYNE AVE Apartment building Renovated & sold onBought for $475K in 2025, addition and/or alteration permit in 2018, sold for $475K in 2025 (+131%). | Owner-occupied | $568K | 4/4 | 4,146 | 1890 | 3 | licensed rental |
| 5412 WAYNE AVE Apartment building New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Owner-occupied | $453K | —/— | 3,743 | 1890 | 0 | |
| 5426 WAYNE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $225K in 2002 → $535K in 2006 (+138%). | Owner-occupied | $789K | —/— | 8,469 | 1890 | 2 | |
| 5427 WAYNE AVE Apartment building New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $5.9M | —/— | 47,000 | 1927 | 1 | licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 5430 WAYNE AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $422K | —/— | 3,478 | 1890 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 5432 WAYNE AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $420K | —/— | 3,497 | 1890 | 0 | |
| 5438 WAYNE AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $364K | —/— | 4,857 | 1890 | 1 | |
| 5442 WAYNE AVE Apartment building TradedTraded 2×: $310K in 2003 → $825K in 2024 (+166%). | Investor / LLC | $527K | —/— | 7,254 | 1890 | 2 | licensed rental |
| 5446 WAYNE AVE | Owner-occupied | $559K | —/— | 4,810 | 1890 | 0 | |
| 5457 WAYNE AVE Apartment building New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Absentee individual | $5.9M | —/— | 145,000 | 1971 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified30 viol |
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Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)