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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $133K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 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.
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
- $133K typical home, up +121% since 2016
- Tax bill $578 to $567 a year, 0%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.8M assessed, $23,834/yr to the city, about $1,192 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +121% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -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:
- 5707 Elmwood Aveexemption0.35%$459/yr on $133K
- 5709 Elmwood Aveexemption0.35%$459/yr on $133K
- 5711 Elmwood Aveexemption0.35%$459/yr on $133K
- 5713 Elmwood Aveexemption0.35%$459/yr on $133K
- 5719 Elmwood Aveexemption0.35%$459/yr on $133K
- …and 6 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Lev INC, carries 7 open violations across 13 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lev INC | 1 | 13 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Martinezs Investments INC | 2 | 3 | $514K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Masjid Al Amin Community Center INC | 1 | 1 | $49K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5701 ELMWOOD AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $100K in 2021, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $100K in 2021 (+100%). | Owner-occupied | $187K | —/— | 2,077 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5703 ELMWOOD AVE ImprovedBought 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 ImprovedOwner 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $133K | 3/1 | 1,106 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5713 ELMWOOD AVE ImprovedBought 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 ImprovedOwner 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $133K | 3/1 | 1,106 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5721 ELMWOOD AVE History2 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2013). | Absentee individual | $141K | 3/1 | 1,106 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5722 ELMWOOD AVE TradedTraded 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $141K | 3/1 | 1,106 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5727 ELMWOOD AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $141K | 3/1 | 1,106 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5729 ELMWOOD AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $141K | 3/1 | 1,106 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5731 ELMWOOD AVE New constructionbuilt 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 ImprovedBought 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.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)