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Who owns your block

5500 block of Blakemore St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 24 open code violations and 13 homes behind $84,509 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $113K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$113K
$11K–$263K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$111
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$126K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $113K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
14 of 84
$29K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
40%
32 of 84
city 41%
Rentals
35%
29 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
24
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$85K
13 of 84 behind
▲ block 15% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 1% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$25
5 years
+154%
value · tax +$961
10 years
+104%
value · tax +$803

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 $113K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$113K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied23%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 102 reported crimes (51 violent) and 256 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
102
51 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
256
96 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults34
All Other Offenses14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Thefts7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint90
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection43
Abandoned Vehicle42
Illegal Dumping18
Salting12
Sanitation Violation11

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
Mastery Charter School At Pastorius
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$113K2016: $55K2017: $55K2018: $55K2019: $46K2020: $44K2021: $44K2022: $44K2023: $81K2024: $81K2025: $111K2026: $111K2027: $113K2016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5762016: $7732017: $7732018: $7342019: $6432020: $6152021: $6152022: $6152023: $1,1252024: $1,1252025: $1,5592026: $1,5512027: $1,5762016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

14
14 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 $28,927 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 63 of 84 homes pay that full rate — and 21 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.

1.40% — the full rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
home on this blocktax-abated
$1,243pays now $2,504at the full rate

The starkest example: 5519 Blakemore St is assessed at $179K but pays $1,243 a year — about 50% of the $2,504 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

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

8010025020162019202220252027This block 204 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $204 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+104%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.2 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 96 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 33 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20052010201520202025
96arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
33homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 84 parcels

Owner-occupied: 32Investor / LLC: 25Absentee individual: 21Vacant: 6 84parcels
  • Owner-occupied 32
  • Investor / LLC 25
  • Absentee individual 21
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels52 parcels10 parcels13 parcels
$11K$179K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Drew Demarco (individual)3493$68Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Lotus 08 LLC162$8.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Revive Invest 2018 LLC114$2.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
S&E Management LLC111$1.7Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Sv Pa Phi 1 LLC19$1.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Grange Holdings LLC14$782Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
The Chance Trust23$558Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Mmf Properties LLC13$433Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Brielle Elan LLC12$297Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
2232 Oakford Street Ltd LLC11$133Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
5523 Blakemore LLC11$137Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Domo Properties LLC11$137Kphila.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 84 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

Torn down & rebuilt
5579 Blakemore St
$76K · demolished in 2021 and rebuilt (2020).
New construction
5519 Blakemore St
$179K · Bought for $985K in 2016, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $4.1M in 2020.
New construction
5534 Blakemore St
$113K · built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated).
New construction
5548 Blakemore St
$113K · built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated).
New construction
5554 Blakemore St
$113K · built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated).
New construction
5513 Blakemore St
$112K · built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated), sold for $34K in 2001.
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5500 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $249K —/— 2,148 1925 0 rented
5501 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $10K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $104K —/— 1,599 1925 2
5502 BLAKEMORE ST History3 L&I violations (2008). Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 1,188 1925 0 rented
5503 BLAKEMORE ST History3 L&I violations (2026). Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 3 viol
5504 BLAKEMORE ST TradedTraded 2×: $45K in 2018 → $52K in 2019 (+16%). Investor / LLC $133K 3/1 1,426 1925 2 rentedtax lien
5505 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 rented
5506 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 rented
5507 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 rented
5508 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0
5509 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $40K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $62K 3/1 1,010 1925 2 18 viol
5510 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abated
5511 BLAKEMORE ST Historysold $37K (2007); 2 L&I violations (2022). Investor / LLC $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 1
5512 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 tax lien
5513 BLAKEMORE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated), sold for $34K in 2001. Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 abatedtax lien
5514 BLAKEMORE ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2001 → $105K in 2022 (+320%). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 2 tax lien
5515 BLAKEMORE ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2019 → $56K in 2019 (+124%). Absentee individual $121K 3/1 1,010 1925 2 rented
5516 BLAKEMORE ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $25K in 2002 → $143K in 2020 (+472%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,426 1925 5 tax lien
5517 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 tax lien
5518 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abated
5519 BLAKEMORE ST New constructionBought for $985K in 2016, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $4.1M in 2020. Investor / LLC $179K 3/1 1,426 1925 2 rentedabated
5520 BLAKEMORE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $26K in 2004 → $44K in 2015 (+67%). Investor / LLC $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 3 rented
5521 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0
5522 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abated
5523 BLAKEMORE ST TradedTraded 2×: $47K in 2006 → $15K in 2018 (-68%). Investor / LLC $137K 3/1 1,010 1925 2 rentedtax lien
5524 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $38K in 2005. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 2 rented
5525 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $26K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 rented
5526 BLAKEMORE ST Investor / LLC $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 1
5527 BLAKEMORE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $58K in 2005 → $130K in 2020 (+124%). Owner-occupied $195K 3/1 1,426 1925 3
5528 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abated
5529 BLAKEMORE ST HistoryL&I violation (2011); 3 L&I violations (2013); sold $31K (2022). Investor / LLC $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 rented
5530 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0
5531 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0
5532 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 tax lien
5533 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $33K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $137K 3/1 1,010 1925 3 rented
5534 BLAKEMORE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abatedtax lien
5535 BLAKEMORE ST TradedTraded 2×: $21K in 2013 → $120K in 2025 (+471%). Investor / LLC $137K 3/1 1,010 1925 2 rented
5536 BLAKEMORE ST Renovated & sold onBought for $65K in 2018, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $250K in 2024 (+826%). Owner-occupied $263K 2/2 1,010 1925 5 rented
5537 BLAKEMORE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit. Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 3 viol
5538 BLAKEMORE ST Vacant $11K —/— — — 0
5539 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $53K in 2005. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2021. Vacant $11K —/— — — 1
5540 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $113K —/1 1,010 1925 0
5541 BLAKEMORE ST Historysold $35K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2018). Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 rented
5542 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $11K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $138K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 rented
5543 BLAKEMORE ST Improved Vacant $11K —/— — — 0 tax lien
5544 BLAKEMORE ST History9 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8 (2016); L&I violation (2017); sold $67K (2022). Investor / LLC $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 rentedtax lien
5545 BLAKEMORE ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2016 → $185K in 2022 (+517%). Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,010 1925 2
5546 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $126K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 1 tax lien
5547 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $31K in 2023. Vacant $11K —/— — — 1 tax lien
5548 BLAKEMORE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abatedtax lien
5549 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $72K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 4
5550 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 rented
5551 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $500 in 2019. Vacant $11K —/— — — 1 tax lien
5552 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $38K in 2018. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,426 1925 2 tax lien
5553 BLAKEMORE ST Renovated & sold onBought for $127K in 2020, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $170K in 2024 (+34%). Owner-occupied $165K 3/— 1,010 1925 2 tax lien
5554 BLAKEMORE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abated
5555 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0
5556 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $70K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $138K 3/1 1,010 1925 2
5557 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abated
5558 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 1
5559 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abated
5560 BLAKEMORE ST TradedTraded 2×: $14K in 2001 → $45K in 2002 (+217%). Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,010 1925 2
5561 BLAKEMORE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,010 1925 0 abated
5562 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $117K —/— 1,056 1920 0 abatedtax lien
5563 BLAKEMORE ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $16K in 2016 → $143K in 2025 (+785%). Investor / LLC $143K 3/1 1,067 1925 4 rented
5564 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $117K 3/1 1,056 1925 0
5565 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $116K 3/1 1,067 1925 1
5566 BLAKEMORE ST Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,056 1925 1 tax lien
5567 BLAKEMORE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $70K in 2007 → $81K in 2022 (+15%). Investor / LLC $143K 3/1 1,067 1925 3 rented
5568 BLAKEMORE ST TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2002 → $33K in 2007 (-40%). Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,056 1925 2 rented
5569 BLAKEMORE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $31K in 2007 → $125K in 2025 (+303%). Owner-occupied $116K 3/1 1,070 1925 3
5570 BLAKEMORE ST HistoryL&I violation (2012); sold $9K (2013); 2 L&I violations (2013); 3 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2025). Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,056 1925 1
5571 BLAKEMORE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $23K in 2015 → $32K in 2016 (+42%). Investor / LLC $199K 4/1 2,140 1925 3 rented
5572 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,056 1925 0 rented
5573 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $162K 4/1 2,140 1925 0
5574 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $73K in 2005. Vacant $12K —/— — — 2 tax lien
5575 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $163K 4/1 2,140 1925 0
5576 BLAKEMORE ST History3 L&I violations (2012); L&I violation (2015); sold $55K (2016); 2 L&I violations (2018); 3 L&I violations (2019). Investor / LLC $143K 3/1 1,056 1925 1
5577 BLAKEMORE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $4K in 2002 → $20K in 2016 (+398%). Investor / LLC $163K 4/1 2,146 1925 3 rented
5578 BLAKEMORE ST History2 L&I violations (2019); sold $83K (2022); L&I violation (2023). Investor / LLC $159K 3/1 1,056 1925 1 rented
5579 BLAKEMORE ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2021 and rebuilt (2020). Absentee individual $76K 4/1 2,146 1925 0 abated
5580 BLAKEMORE ST History2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $118K 3/1 1,056 1925 0 tax lien
5581 BLAKEMORE ST TradedTraded 2×: $72K in 2006 → $8K in 2013 (-90%). Investor / LLC $162K 4/1 2,146 1925 2 rented
5582 BLAKEMORE ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,218 1925 1 tax lien
5583 BLAKEMORE ST ImprovedBought for $15K in 2011. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,242 1925 1 rented

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