Who owns your block
5500 block of Walnut St
A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 5 open code violations and 5 homes behind $39,763 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 203% since 2016, now about $276K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year.
- 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 $276K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above 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 | $276K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 22% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 161 reported crimes (49 violent) and 211 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
- $276K typical home, up +203% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,271 to $3,795 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $13M assessed, $152,781/yr to the city, about $3,321 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +203% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +199% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5526 Walnut St is assessed at $422K but pays $1,600 a year — about 27% of the $5,907 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 +10.6% 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 $303 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 37 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 46 parcels
- Owner-occupied 19
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 20
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do 2 Win Re Group Llc | 1 | 76 | $16M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Future Is Now Llc | 1 | 71 | $14M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bear & Co | 1 | 15 | $4.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kdnn Investment Limited L | 1 | 3 | $594K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1306 Realty Llc | 1 | 2 | $438K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5501 Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $545K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5325 Baltimore Avenue Llc | 1 | 1 | $451K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Stella L Burgess Revocable Trust | 1 | 1 | $273K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 46 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 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $353K | —/— | 3,608 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5501-09 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $545K | —/— | 1,815 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5502 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5504 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $85K in 2005 → $300K in 2019 (+252%). | Owner-occupied | $340K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 5506 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $85K in 2005 → $315K in 2021 (+271%). | Investor / LLC | $451K | 4/4 | 2,304 | 1925 | 3 | 3 viol |
| 5508 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5510 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $85K in 2005 → $54K in 2013 (-37%). | Absentee individual | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5512 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5514 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2013 → $55K in 2013 (+267%). | Owner-occupied | $340K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5515 WALNUT ST LandVacant land, last sold for $65K in 2005. | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 2,200 | 2006 | 1 | rented |
| 5516 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5517 WALNUT ST LandVacant land, last sold for $65K in 2005. | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 2,200 | 2006 | 1 | rented |
| 5518 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5519 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $273K | 3/2 | 2,210 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5520 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5521 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $273K | —/— | 2,210 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5522 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5523 WALNUT ST New constructionBought for $65K in 2014, built new (tax-abated), sold for $174K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $273K | —/— | 2,210 | 1925 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 5524 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5525 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $148K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $294K | —/— | 2,592 | 1925 | 1 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 5526 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $68K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $422K | 4/2 | 2,304 | 1925 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 5527 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $57K in 2002 → $68K in 2008 (+19%). | Investor / LLC | $272K | —/— | 2,210 | 1925 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 5528 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $275K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5529 WALNUT ST Improved | Absentee individual | $168K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5530 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5531 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $135K in 2018 → $275K in 2022 (+104%). | Owner-occupied | $271K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5532 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5533 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $20K in 2001 → $225K in 2025 (+1025%). | Investor / LLC | $271K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5534 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 5535 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5536 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5537 WALNUT ST HistoryAppeal withdrawn (2023); Appeal complete (2023). | Absentee individual | $271K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5538 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $20K in 2001 → $54K in 2003 (+170%). | Absentee individual | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 2 | 2 violtax lien |
| 5539 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $271K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5540 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5541 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $271K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5542 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5543 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $271K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5544 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5545 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $268K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5546 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5547 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $268K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5548 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $276K | —/— | 2,304 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5549 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $268K | —/— | 2,200 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5550 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 2,304 | 2005 | 0 | rented |
| 5551 WALNUT ST Historysold $65K (2007); Appeal granted with conditions (2008). | Owner-occupied | $433K | —/— | 3,600 | 1925 | 1 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)