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Who owns your block

5500 block of Walton Ave

An investor-heavy block: 46% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations and 8 homes behind $54,110 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 119% since 2016, now about $126K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$126K
$16K–$400K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$121
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 48
$24K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
38%
18 of 48
city 41%
Rentals
44%
21 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$54K
8 of 48 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax +$405
5 years
+85%
value · tax +$731
10 years
+119%
value · tax +$814

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 $126K — about 0.6× 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 blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$126K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied29%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (38 violent) and 274 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
95
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
274
80 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults19
Thefts15
All Other Offenses12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Fraud6
Weapon Violations6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint73
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection37
Illegal Dumping32
Abandoned Vehicle23
Salting21
Street Defect15

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
Mastery Charter School At Harrity
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$126K2016: $58K2017: $58K2018: $58K2019: $66K2020: $68K2021: $68K2022: $68K2023: $101K2024: $101K2025: $128K2026: $128K2027: $126K2016202020232027

▲ +119% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6192016: $8052017: $8052018: $8052019: $7402020: $7382021: $7382022: $8882023: $9622024: $9622025: $1,3102026: $1,2142027: $1,6192016202020232027

▲ +101% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

3
3 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 $24,349 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%
$2,277pays now $5,599at the full rate

5520 Walton Ave is assessed at $400K but pays $2,277 a year — about 41% of the $5,599 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 +7.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 219 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $219 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+119%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.9 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 57 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M200020052010201520202025
57arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 48 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 17Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 4 48parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 17
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels4 parcels0 parcels26 parcels8 parcels4 parcels
$16K$205K+

The block's largest owner, S3 Enterprises Llc, carries 7 open violations across 77 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
S3 Enterprises Llc177$6.7Mphila.gov ↗
Steamboat Scm Fund B Llc161$5.6Mphila.gov ↗
Wpre Iv Lp150$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Lotus 09 Llc142$5.5Mphila.gov ↗
City Block Acq Vii Llc139$11Mphila.gov ↗
Ag Housing Vi Llc120$3.0Mphila.gov ↗
Shalom Group Flats Llc215$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Loobia Llc114$487Kphila.gov ↗
Ag Housing Ii Llc19$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Ldc Realty Ii Llc19$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
1962 Park Llc17$324Kphila.gov ↗
A&P Construction Llc16$1.0Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 48 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5510 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $29K in 2000 → $50K in 2019 (+72%). Investor / LLC $161K 3/1 1,040 1925 2 rented
5511 WALTON AVE Traded 4×: $30K in 2004 → $363K in 2012 (+1110%). Investor / LLC $25K 3/1 1,130 1925 4 rented
5512 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0
5513 WALTON AVE Traded 6×: $14K in 2000 → $911K in 2018 (+6648%). Investor / LLC $87K 3/1 1,040 1925 6 rented
5514 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 1 rented
5515 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $9K in 2004 → $26K in 2012 (+189%). Investor / LLC $76K 3/1 1,040 1925 2 rented
5516 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 1
5517 WALTON AVE Absentee individual $87K 3/1 1,040 1925 1
5518 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 abatedtax lien
5519 WALTON AVE Vacant $16K —/— 0 tax lien
5520 WALTON AVE Investor / LLC $400K 3/2 1,260 2024 0 abated2 violtax lien
5521 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0
5522 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $65K in 2020 → $195K in 2021 (+200%). Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,040 1925 2
5523 WALTON AVE Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0
5524 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 tax lien
5525 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $24K in 2008 → $75K in 2014 (+214%). Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,040 1925 2
5526 WALTON AVE Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 rented
5527 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0
5528 WALTON AVE built new (tax-abated), sold for $32K in 2017. Investor / LLC $177K 3/1 1,040 1925 1 rentedabated
5529 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 tax lien
5530 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 tax lien
5531 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $1K in 2006 → $249K in 2021 (+24790%). Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 2 rented
5532 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0
5533 WALTON AVE Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 rented
5534 WALTON AVE Investor / LLC $205K 3/2 1,040 1925 1 rented
5535 WALTON AVE Vacant $16K —/— 0 tax lien
5536 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0
5537 WALTON AVE Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 1 rented
5538 WALTON AVE Traded 4×: $17K in 2004 → $140K in 2021 (+748%). Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 4 rentedtax lien
5539 WALTON AVE Bought for $750 in 2004. Vacant $16K —/— 1 tax lien
5540 WALTON AVE Investor / LLC $205K 4/2 1,040 1925 1
5541 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $135K 3/3 1,166 1925 0
5542 WALTON AVE Vacant $16K —/— 0 tax lien
5543 WALTON AVE Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 1 rented
5544 WALTON AVE Traded 3×: $15K in 2009 → $363K in 2012 (+2320%). Absentee individual $25K —/1 1,166 1925 3 rented
5545 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0
5546 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 1 rented
5547 WALTON AVE Investor / LLC $161K 3/1 1,040 1925 0
5548 WALTON AVE Traded 3×: $24K in 2015 → $125K in 2021 (+421%). Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 3 tax lien
5549 WALTON AVE Traded 4×: $10K in 2000 → $119K in 2020 (+1153%). Absentee individual $161K 3/1 1,040 1925 4 rentedtax lien
5550 WALTON AVE Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 0
5551 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $32K in 2006 → $40K in 2018 (+25%). Absentee individual $161K 3/1 1,040 1925 2 rentedtax lien
5552 WALTON AVE Traded 3×: $25K in 2015 → $89K in 2021 (+255%). Investor / LLC $161K 3/1 1,040 1925 3 rented
5553 WALTON AVE Traded 2×: $26K in 2005 → $80K in 2016 (+208%). Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 2
5554 WALTON AVE Traded 3×: $26K in 2010 → $3.0M in 2020 (+11443%). Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 3 rented
5555 WALTON AVE Investor / LLC $165K 3/1 1,040 1925 1 rented
5556 WALTON AVE Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 1 tax lien
5557 WALTON AVE Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,040 1925 1 rentedtax lien

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

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