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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

5500 block of Sansom St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 8 open code violations.

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
$214K
$53K–$249K
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
2 of 6
Open violations
8
L&I code
▲ block 33% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
Andrew Hamilton
6801 Cottage St · 686 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$53K$249K
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Chestnut Llc12$4.8Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5513 SANSOM ST Owner-occupied $143K 1925 0
5515 SANSOM ST Absentee individual $180K 1925 0 6 viol
5533 SANSOM ST Vacant $53K 0
5548 SANSOM ST Owner-occupied $249K 1925 0
5550 SANSOM ST Absentee individual $249K 1925 0 2 viol
5552 SANSOM ST Absentee individual $249K 1925 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)

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.