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Who owns your block

5700 block of Tulip St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 62% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $10,531 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $185K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$185K
$47K–$678K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$149
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$118K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $185K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
62%
19 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
21%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
1 of 34 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
0%
value · tax +$105
5 years
+82%
value · tax +$687
10 years
+84%
value · tax +$706

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 $185K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19135Philadelphia
Median home value$185K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied38%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 75 reported crimes (25 violent) and 92 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
75
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
92
30 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults17
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Theft from Vehicle9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Thefts7
All Other Offenses5

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle13
Maintenance Complaint12
Illegal Dumping11
Street Defect11
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
License Complaint7

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
James J Sullivan
5300 Ditman St · 378 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$125K$250K$185K2016: $101K2017: $101K2018: $101K2019: $95K2020: $102K2021: $102K2022: $102K2023: $145K2024: $145K2025: $186K2026: $186K2027: $185K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,8022016: $1,0962017: $1,0962018: $1,1662019: $1,0622020: $1,0952021: $1,0952022: $1,1152023: $1,3222024: $1,3222025: $1,6822026: $1,6972027: $1,8022016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9410025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 33 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
33arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 3 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

5 parcels3 parcels9 parcels9 parcels5 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$47K$338K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
O & Q Investments Llc15$600Kphila.gov ↗
5701-05 Ds Llc11$338Kphila.gov ↗
5727 Tulip Llc11$161Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 34 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5700 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2022 → $28K in 2022 (-8%). Absentee individual $137K 3/1 900 1920 2 1 violtax lien
5701-05 TULIP ST Investor / LLC $338K —/— 3,390 1960 1 rented
5702 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2021 → $175K in 2022 (+106%). Owner-occupied $160K 2/1 792 1920 2
5704 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $8K in 2002 → $32K in 2002 (+300%). Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 808 1920 2
5706 TULIP ST Absentee individual $124K 3/1 808 1920 1 rented
5707 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $240K 5/3 1,725 1990 1
5708 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $60K in 2005 → $110K in 2023 (+83%). Absentee individual $124K 2/1 812 1920 2 rented
5709 TULIP ST Vacant $54K —/— 0 tax lien
5710 TULIP ST Traded 3×: $15K in 2004 → $149K in 2019 (+890%). Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 900 1920 3
5711 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $204K —/— 1,344 1960 0
5712 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $158K 3/1 1,064 1920 0
5713 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $204K 2/2 1,344 1964 1
5714 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2020 → $105K in 2026 (+17%). Owner-occupied $157K 3/1 1,196 1920 2
5715 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $208K 2/2 1,400 1964 1
5715 1/2 TULIP ST Absentee individual $205K 2/2 1,344 1964 0 rented
5716 TULIP ST Absentee individual $158K 3/1 1,176 1920 0 rented
5717 TULIP ST Absentee individual $208K 2/2 1,400 1964 1
5717 1/2 TULIP ST Absentee individual $213K 2/2 1,344 1964 0
5718 TULIP ST Traded 3×: $25K in 2006 → $250K in 2026 (+900%). Owner-occupied $233K 5/2 2,093 1920 3
5719 TULIP ST Absentee individual $212K —/— 1,500 1920 0
5720 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $233K 5/2 2,093 1920 1
5721 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $205K —/— 1,350 1921 0
5722 TULIP ST Appeal city affirmed (2017). Owner-occupied $240K —/— 2,340 1920 0 rentedtax lien
5723 TULIP ST Vacant $54K —/— 1
5724 TULIP ST Absentee individual $47K —/— 1,183 1920 0 tax lien
5725 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $167K —/— 1,080 1930 1
5726R-28 TULIP ST Bought for $40K in 2017. Owner-occupied $48K —/— 1,200 1920 1
5726-28 TULIP ST Vacant $50K —/— 1 tax lien
5727 TULIP ST Investor / LLC $161K —/— 1,080 1930 1 rentedtax lien
5729-37 TULIP ST Traded 3×: $225K in 2003 → $365K in 2015 (+62%). Owner-occupied $678K —/— 13,557 1920 3
5730 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $212K 4/1 1,546 1920 1
5732-36 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $342K 8/3 4,230 1900 0 tax lien
5738-40 TULIP ST Absentee individual $251K 4/2 1,410 1920 1
5742-44 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $165K —/— 1,500 1920 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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