Who owns your block
5500 block of Thomas Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 134% since 2016, now about $146K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $146K — about 0.7× 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 | $146K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 77 reported crimes (25 violent) and 237 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
- $146K typical home, up +134% since 2016
- Tax bill $449 to $638 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.4M assessed, $36,192/yr to the city, about $1,206 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +134% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +42% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5500 Thomas Ave is assessed at $149K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,087 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 +8.1% 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 $234 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 30 parcels
- Owner-occupied 23
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Alion Investments Llc, carries 43 open violations across 48 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alion Investments Llc | 1 | 48 | $12M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Target Renovations Llc | 1 | 4 | $604K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5500 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $149K | 3/1 | 1,410 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 5502 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $45K in 2016 → $142K in 2026 (+216%). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 5504 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5506 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 5508 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5510 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $28K in 2005 → $85K in 2007 (+204%). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5512 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5514 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5516 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5518 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5520 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5522 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5524 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $9K in 2004 → $65K in 2005 (+622%). | Absentee individual | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5526 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $42K in 2004 → $170K in 2021 (+305%). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5528 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5530 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5532 THOMAS AVE | Investor / LLC | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 5534 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5536 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5538 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5540 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $11K in 2014 → $58K in 2015 (+416%). | Investor / LLC | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 5542 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5544 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5546 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5548 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5550 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5552 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5554 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5556 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5558 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1920 | 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)