5500 block of Whitaker Ave

How the block compares

The typical parcel here is $330K — about 1.4× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19124 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 9 reported crimes (about 1 a month, 22% of them violent) and 3 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

• $330K typical home, up +276% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,228 to $4,619 a year through 2027, +13%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $301,203/yr from taxable assessments, or $8,859 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.

No fetched home has an estimate below 90% of the full assessment rate. That is not a finding about every possible exemption.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12.8% 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 $376 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). Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 8 arm's-length sales since 2011. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 30 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Roosevelt Blvd Investment, carries 41 open violations across 14 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).

Parcel by parcel

All 34 parcels 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 parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

Worth a look

New construction

5501 Whitaker Ave

$747K · built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $4.0M in 2024.

New construction

5520 Whitaker Ave

$193K · built new under a 2014 permit.

New construction

5520 Whitaker Ave

$193K · built new under a 2014 permit.

New construction

5520 Whitaker Ave

$193K · built new under a 2015 permit.

New construction

5520 Whitaker Ave

$186K · built new under a 2015 permit.

Renovated & sold on

5550 Whitaker Ave

$750K · Bought for $8.5M in 2021, plumbing permit in 2014, sold for $8.5M in 2021 (+325%).

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