5500 block of Wheeler St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $103K — about 0.4× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $155K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 44 reported crimes (about 4 a month, 41% of them violent) and 62 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $103K typical home, up +108% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $673 to $1,307 a year through 2027, +6%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $61,677/yr from taxable assessments, or $995 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 5509 Wheeler Stlower taxable assessment0.00%$0/yr on $90K
• 5511 Wheeler Stmajor assessment exemption0.00%$0/yr on $89K
• 5512 Wheeler Stmajor assessment exemption0.00%$0/yr on $81K
• 5513 Wheeler Stmajor assessment exemption0.00%$0/yr on $90K
• 5515 Wheeler Stmajor assessment exemption0.00%$0/yr on $90K
• …and 18 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 5550 Wheeler St has a $22/year assessment-based estimate on $102K assessed value — about 2% of the $1,422 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% 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 $208 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 56 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 28 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Kelley Investment Group LP, carries 3 open violations across 22 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 62 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

5550 Wheeler St

$116K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $5K in 2005.

New construction

5562 Wheeler St

$113K · built new under a 2022 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

5569 Wheeler St

$112K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

5542 Wheeler St

$112K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $50K in 2004.

New construction

5536 Wheeler St

$108K · Bought for $50K in 2007, built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $45K in 2021.

New construction

5513 Wheeler St

$103K · built new under a 2023 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

Neighborhood