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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19139 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $137K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 19% | 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.
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
- $137K typical home, up +224% since 2016
- Tax bill $524 to $1,491 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $12M assessed, $29,519/yr to the city, about $1,406 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +224% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +185% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Sales 21 Llc | 1 | 23 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lxr Lpp 13 Llc | 1 | 4 | $866K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Familia Mora Llc | 2 | 2 | $205K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gal Real Estate Holdings | 1 | 2 | $212K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ousby Groce Electro Llc | 1 | 1 | $137K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lcip Iii Inc | 1 | 1 | $1.3M | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5500 VINE ST | Absentee individual | $7.6M | —/— | 61,315 | 2005 | 0 | abated |
| 5501 VINE ST Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 2×: $22K in 2003 → $65K in 2022 (+199%). | Investor / LLC | $137K | 4/1 | 1,700 | 1920 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5525 VINE ST TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2006 → $42K in 2009 (+11%). | Absentee individual | $137K | 4/1 | 1,700 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 5526 VINE ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2011. | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 20,000 | 2013 | 0 | abated |
| 5527 VINE ST HistoryAppeal 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 TradedTraded 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
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)