Who owns your block
5500 block of Springfield Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 85% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 13 open code violations and 5 homes behind $61,218 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 114% since 2016, now about $123K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.
- 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 $123K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $123K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 59% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 139 reported crimes (71 violent) and 229 resident 311 requests to the city.
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
- $123K typical home, up +114% since 2016
- Tax bill $385 to $655 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.4M assessed, $25,024/yr to the city, about $927 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +114% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +70% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5505 Springfield Ave is assessed at $123K but pays $322 a year — about 19% of the $1,722 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% 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 $214 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 19 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 27 parcels
- Owner-occupied 23
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Shane Holdings Llc, carries 3 open violations across 33 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Holdings Llc | 1 | 33 | $5.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5501 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,256 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5503 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $159K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5505 SPRINGFIELD AVE New constructionBought for $45K in 1999, built new (tax-abated), sold for $78K in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 5507 SPRINGFIELD AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 5509 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 5511 SPRINGFIELD AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 5513 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Investor / LLC | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | rented2 viol |
| 5515 SPRINGFIELD AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 5517 SPRINGFIELD AVE TradedTraded 2×: $19K in 2002 → $5K in 2017 (-74%). | Owner-occupied | $84K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5519 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5521 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 5523 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 5525 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5527 SPRINGFIELD AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $42K in 2006. | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 5529 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5531 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 5533 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $156K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5535 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 5537 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 5539 SPRINGFIELD AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $53K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | abated1 viol |
| 5541 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5543 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 5545 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | 9 viol |
| 5547 SPRINGFIELD AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $29K in 2003 → $120K in 2018 (+314%). | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 3 | 1 viol |
| 5549 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $123K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5551 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Absentee individual | $125K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 5553 SPRINGFIELD AVE | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,062 | 1920 | 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)