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Who owns your block

5500 block of Vine St

A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 224% since 2016, now about $137K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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
$137K
$89K–$7.6M
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$89
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$94K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $137K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 21
$134K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
43%
9 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
19%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-4%
value · tax +$25
5 years
+162%
value · tax +$890
10 years
+224%
value · tax +$998

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 $137K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$137K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied19%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 124 reported crimes (61 violent) and 149 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
124
61 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
149
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults49
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Thefts13
All Other Offenses11
Fraud6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection25
Maintenance Complaint17
Salting17
Illegal Dumping15
Abandoned Vehicle11
Information Request11

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 · K-8
Guion Bluford
5720 Media St · 490 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$137K2016: $42K2017: $42K2018: $42K2019: $50K2020: $52K2021: $52K2022: $52K2023: $52K2024: $52K2025: $142K2026: $142K2027: $137K2016202020232027

▲ +224% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4912016: $5242017: $4932018: $4622019: $5812020: $6012021: $6012022: $6012023: $6012024: $6012025: $1,4472026: $1,4662027: $1,4912016202020232027

▲ +185% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

4
4 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 $134,346 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $106,560at the full rate

5500 Vine St is assessed at $7.6M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $106,560 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 +11.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 324 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $324 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+11.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+224%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.8 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20052010201520202025
20arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 5 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

18 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$89K$1.3M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Carter Sales 21 Llc123$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Lxr Lpp 13 Llc14$866Kphila.gov ↗
Familia Mora Llc22$205Kphila.gov ↗
Gal Real Estate Holdings12$212Kphila.gov ↗
Ousby Groce Electro Llc11$137Kphila.gov ↗
Lcip Iii Inc11$1.3Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 21 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5500 VINE ST Absentee individual $7.6M —/— 61,315 2005 0 abated
5501 VINE ST Traded 3×: $50K in 2002 → $101K in 2014 (+102%). Absentee individual $241K —/— 1,897 1960 3
5503 VINE ST Investor / LLC $105K —/— 1,020 1920 1
5505 VINE ST Investor / LLC $100K —/— 1,020 1920 1
5507 VINE ST Owner-occupied $122K —/— 1,200 1920 1
5509 VINE ST Absentee individual $107K —/— 1,050 1920 1
5511 VINE ST Traded 2×: $9K in 2015 → $12K in 2019 (+34%). Investor / LLC $89K 3/1 1,216 1965 2 tax lien
5513 VINE ST Absentee individual $182K —/— 2,250 1920 0 rented
5515 VINE ST Traded 2×: $96K in 2009 → $114K in 2017 (+19%). Investor / LLC $164K —/— 1,835 1920 2 rented
5517 VINE ST Owner-occupied $137K —/— 1,700 1920 0
5519 VINE ST Owner-occupied $137K 4/1 1,700 1920 1
5521 VINE ST Owner-occupied $140K 4/1 1,796 1920 0
5523 VINE ST Traded 2×: $22K in 2003 → $65K in 2022 (+199%). Investor / LLC $137K 4/1 1,700 1920 2 tax lien
5525 VINE ST Traded 2×: $38K in 2006 → $42K in 2009 (+11%). Absentee individual $137K 4/1 1,700 1920 2 rented
5526 VINE ST demolished in 2011. Investor / LLC $1.3M —/— 20,000 2013 0 abated
5527 VINE ST Appeal complete (2025). Owner-occupied $137K 4/1 1,700 1920 0
5529 VINE ST Owner-occupied $161K —/— 1,700 1920 1
5531 VINE ST Owner-occupied $124K —/— 1,231 1920 0 abated
5533 VINE ST Investor / LLC $125K —/— 1,259 1920 1 rented
5535 VINE ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2008 → $47K in 2018 (+6%). Owner-occupied $125K —/— 1,259 1920 2 tax lien
5537-39 VINE ST Owner-occupied $372K —/— 6,186 1920 0 abated

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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