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Who owns your block

5700 block of Elmwood Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 3 homes behind $13,325 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 121% since 2016, now about $133K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$133K
$49K–$264K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$120
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$567
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
80%
16 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$13K
3 of 20 behind
▲ block 15% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 15% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$21
5 years
+104%
value · tax +$265
10 years
+121%
value · tax −$11

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 $133K — 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$133K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied55%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 67 reported crimes (27 violent) and 153 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
67
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
153
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults22
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4
All Other Offenses2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint32
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection31
Street Defect23
Inlet Cleaning11
Illegal Dumping8
Other (Streets)8

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 · K-5
Thomas G Morton
2501 S 63rd St · 363 students
Middle · 5-8
William Tilden
6601 Elmwood Ave · 230 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$133K2016: $60K2017: $60K2018: $60K2019: $60K2020: $65K2021: $65K2022: $65K2023: $79K2024: $79K2025: $125K2026: $125K2027: $133K2016202020232027

▲ +121% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5672016: $5782017: $5782018: $4522019: $3012020: $3022021: $3022022: $3022023: $502024: $502025: $4032026: $5462027: $5672016202020232027

▼ -2% since 2016 · ~0%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

9 homes pay the full 1.40%11 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 221 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $221 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+121%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20042008201220162020
9arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels15 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$49K$187K+

The block's largest owner, Lev INC, carries 7 open violations across 13 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Lev INC113$1.6Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Martinezs Investments INC23$514Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Masjid Al Amin Community Center INC11$49Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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 20 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
5701 ELMWOOD AVE Bought for $100K in 2021, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $100K in 2021 (+100%). Owner-occupied $187K —/— 2,077 1925 3
5703 ELMWOOD AVE Bought for $150K in 2021. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $173K —/— 1,000 1925 1
5705 ELMWOOD AVE Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 553 1925 1
5707 ELMWOOD AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5709 ELMWOOD AVE Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5711 ELMWOOD AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,106 1925 0 tax lien
5713 ELMWOOD AVE Bought for $75K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,106 1925 1
5715 ELMWOOD AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $133K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5717 ELMWOOD AVE Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,106 1925 0 tax lien
5719 ELMWOOD AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5721 ELMWOOD AVE 2 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2013). Absentee individual $141K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5722 ELMWOOD AVE Traded 2×: $50K in 2001 → $50K in 2001 (+0%). Owner-occupied $49K —/— 2,200 1925 2
5723 ELMWOOD AVE Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5725 ELMWOOD AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5727 ELMWOOD AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5729 ELMWOOD AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5731 ELMWOOD AVE built new under a 2019 permit. Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5733 ELMWOOD AVE Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,106 1925 0
5735 ELMWOOD AVE Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,106 1925 0 tax lien
5737 ELMWOOD AVE Bought for $185K in 2015. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010. Absentee individual $264K —/— 1,320 1925 1 1 viol

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.