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Who owns your block

5500 block of Tabor Ave

An investor-heavy block: 67% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 homes behind $25,234 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 30% since 2016, now about $578K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$578K
$80K–$8.7M
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$72
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$750K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $578K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $122K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
2 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$25K
2 of 6 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-36%
value · tax −$5K
5 years
-5%
value · tax −$412
10 years
+30%
value · tax +$2K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $578K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$578K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied0%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 10 reported crimes (2 violent) and 11 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
10
2 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
11
2 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft4
Theft from Vehicle2
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
Other Assaults1
Other Sex Offenses (Not Commercialized)1
Thefts1

Top 311 complaints

Traffic Signal Emergency4
Illegal Dumping3
Hydrant Request1
Salting1
Street Defect1
Street Light Outage1

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
Universal Institute Charter School At Creighton
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 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$5.0M$10M$578K2016: $445K2017: $445K2018: $590K2019: $607K2020: $607K2021: $607K2022: $607K2023: $754K2024: $754K2025: $901K2026: $901K2027: $578K2016202020232027

▲ +30% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$8,0902016: $6,2332017: $6,2332018: $8,2552019: $8,5022020: $8,5022021: $8,5022022: $8,5022023: $10,5522024: $10,5522025: $12,6092026: $12,6092027: $8,0902016202020232027

▲ +30% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 130 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $130 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+30%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.1 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M20052010201520202025
8arm's-length sales since 2002
2times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 1Vacant: 3 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$80K$8.7M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Londono Properties Llc12$8.9Mphila.gov ↗
Penwalt Corp11$760Kphila.gov ↗
Meld Llc11$8.7Mphila.gov ↗
Meld 5551 Tabor Llc11$396Kphila.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).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5500-62 TABOR AVE Bought for $1.0M in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $8.7M 217,224 1921 2
5500R-62 TABOR AVE Vacant $760K 0
5501 TABOR AVE Bought for $2.0M in 2002. Owner-occupied $8.7M 119,386 1950 2
5551 TABOR AVE Traded 2×: $300K in 2007 → $750K in 2025 (+150%). Investor / LLC $396K 4,120 1985 2
5564 TABOR AVE Vacant $319K 1 tax lien
5566R TABOR AVE Vacant $80K 1 tax lien

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.