5400 block of Woodcrest Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $359K — about 1.6× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19131 median of $165K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 45 reported crimes (about 4 a month, 22% of them violent) and 105 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.

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

• $359K typical home, up +113% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,936 to $3,657 a year through 2027, +6%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $159,793/yr from taxable assessments, or $3,995 per home — not live account balances

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.

• 5407 Woodcrest Avemajor assessment exemption0.12%$426/yr on $365K
• 5408 Woodcrest Avemajor assessment exemption0.62%$2,161/yr on $351K
• 5433 Woodcrest Avelower taxable assessment0.72%$1,489/yr on $206K
• 5439 Woodcrest Avelower taxable assessment0.81%$1,935/yr on $238K
• 5427 Woodcrest Avelower taxable assessment0.94%$2,818/yr on $301K
• …and 23 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 5407 Woodcrest Ave has a $426/year assessment-based estimate on $365K assessed value — about 8% of the $5,109 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 +7.1% 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 $213 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 35 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Discovery Property Holdings LLC, carries 6 open violations across 8 properties it owns around the city.

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 40 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

Worth a look

New construction

5429 Woodcrest Ave

$380K · built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $90K in 2014.

New construction

5407 Woodcrest Ave

$375K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

5408 Woodcrest Ave

$359K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $75K in 2000.

Renovated & sold on

5404 Woodcrest Ave

$458K · Bought for $172K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $380K in 2020 (+36%).

Renovated & sold on

5403 Woodcrest Ave

$385K · Bought for $219K in 2023, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2024, sold for $498K in 2025 (+128%).

Renovated & sold on

5402 Woodcrest Ave

$366K · Bought for $5K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $48K in 2013 (+860%).

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