Who owns your block
5700 block of Torresdale Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 14 open code violations and 2 homes behind $7,151 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 96% since 2016, now about $206K. 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 $206K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $206K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 23% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 174 reported crimes (48 violent) and 150 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
- $206K typical home, up +96% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,459 to $2,778 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.7M assessed, $53,320/yr to the city, about $2,424 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +96% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +90% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5700 Torresdale Ave is assessed at $2.4M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $33,378 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% 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 $196 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 40 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Voytec Properties Llc, carries 4 open violations across 11 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voytec Properties Llc | 1 | 11 | $781K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Prodigy Corp Llc | 1 | 8 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sjl&O Enterprise Llc | 1 | 1 | $119K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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 TORRESDALE AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $2.4M | —/— | 882 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
| 5701 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $7K in 2004 → $15K in 2018 (+121%). | Vacant | $39K | —/— | — | — | 3 | tax lien |
| 5703 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $200K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5705 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $65K in 2001 → $130K in 2018 (+100%). | Owner-occupied | $200K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 5707 TORRESDALE AVE | Investor / LLC | $197K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5709 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $120K in 2012 → $270K in 2024 (+125%). | Owner-occupied | $265K | 4/2 | 1,440 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 5711 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $36K in 2007 → $67K in 2012 (+86%). | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 5713 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $229K | 3/2 | 1,632 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 5715 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $62K in 2004 → $135K in 2023 (+118%). | Investor / LLC | $119K | 3/2 | 1,568 | 1920 | 2 | 9 viol |
| 5717 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $95K in 2005 → $165K in 2020 (+74%). | Owner-occupied | $231K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 4 | tax lien |
| 5719 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2019 → $185K in 2019 (+185%). | Owner-occupied | $268K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5721 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2022 → $214K in 2024 (+104%). | Owner-occupied | $265K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5723 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,584 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5725 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $115K in 2006 → $132K in 2022 (+15%). | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5727 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $12K in 2000 → $130K in 2007 (+982%). | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 5729 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $220K | 3/2 | 1,440 | 1920 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 5731 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $99K in 2006 → $190K in 2018 (+92%). | Owner-occupied | $240K | 3/2 | 1,440 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 5733 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $65K in 2004 → $67K in 2011 (+3%). | Absentee individual | $220K | 2/2 | 1,440 | 1920 | 3 | 1 viol |
| 5735 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $68K in 2005 → $92K in 2007 (+35%). | Owner-occupied | $200K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5737 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $200K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5739 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $118K in 2005 → $125K in 2013 (+6%). | Owner-occupied | $209K | 3/1 | 1,920 | 1920 | 2 | 3 viol |
| 5740 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $213K | —/— | 1,470 | 1950 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)