Who owns your block
5700 block of Boyer St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $48,276 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $159K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $159K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19138 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $159K | $187K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 38% | 53% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (30 violent) and 169 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
- $159K typical home, up +104% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,076 to $2,016 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.3M assessed, $14,100/yr to the city, about $1,763 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +104% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +87% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% 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 $204 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 8 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5124 Rubicam Llc | 1 | 6 | $947K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Watson And Son Financial Inc | 1 | 2 | $503K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 8 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5701 BOYER ST ImprovedBought for $67K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $163K | 3/1 | 1,354 | 1905 | 1 | |
| 5702 BOYER ST TradedTraded 2×: $26K in 2022 → $233K in 2023 (+796%). | Owner-occupied | $236K | 3/2 | 1,198 | 1905 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5703 BOYER ST | Owner-occupied | $152K | 3/1 | 1,192 | 1905 | 1 | |
| 5704 BOYER ST Historysold $8K (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2023); 4 L&I violations (2025). | Owner-occupied | $100K | 3/1 | 1,114 | 1905 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5705 BOYER ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $39K in 2002 → $55K in 2019 (+41%). | Investor / LLC | $163K | 3/1 | 1,164 | 1905 | 5 | rented |
| 5706 BOYER ST Renovated & sold onBought for $5K in 2014, electrical permit in 2014, sold for $157K in 2022 (+3378%). | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,114 | 1905 | 3 | |
| 5707 BOYER ST | Investor / LLC | $184K | 3/1 | 1,906 | 1905 | 0 | |
| 5708 BOYER ST TradedTraded 2×: $22K in 2000 → $59K in 2002 (+168%). | Absentee individual | $155K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1905 | 2 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)