Who owns your block
5700 block of Thomas Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $67,836 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 118% since 2016, now about $182K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $182K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above 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 | $182K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 53% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 91 reported crimes (42 violent) and 148 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
- $182K typical home, up +118% since 2016
- Tax bill $918 to $1,624 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.1M assessed, $43,010/yr to the city, about $2,264 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +118% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +77% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.3% 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 $218 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 24 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golfand Developers Llc | 1 | 3 | $251K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gibson Management Llc | 1 | 2 | $422K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5700 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $182K | 4/1 | 1,536 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 5701 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $179K | —/— | 3,042 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5702 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,386 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5704 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,386 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5706 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $10K in 2010 → $248K in 2023 (+2380%). | Owner-occupied | $265K | 4/2 | 1,386 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5707 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $320K | —/— | 2,835 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5708 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,386 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5709 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $326K | —/— | 2,835 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5710 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,386 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5711 THOMAS AVE ImprovedBought for $92K in 2017. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $320K | —/— | 2,835 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5712 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $55K in 2002 → $225K in 2024 (+309%). | Owner-occupied | $195K | 3/2 | 1,386 | 1925 | 6 | |
| 5713 THOMAS AVE Improved | Vacant | $71K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5714 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $185K | 4/1 | 1,578 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5718 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 1998 → $1K in 2002 (-93%). | Owner-occupied | $392K | —/— | 4,350 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5720 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2007 → $135K in 2012 (+42%). | Owner-occupied | $393K | —/— | 3,625 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5726 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2006 → $90K in 2018 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $364K | —/— | 3,625 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5728 THOMAS AVE New constructionBought for $20K in 2015, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $150K in 2022. | Vacant | $73K | —/— | — | — | 3 | |
| 5732 THOMAS AVE HistoryAppeal granted (2014); sold $299K (2016). | Absentee individual | $116K | —/— | 3,583 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5738 THOMAS AVE HistoryAppeal granted (2014); sold $299K (2016). | Absentee individual | $100K | —/— | 3,583 | 1925 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)