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Who owns your block

5700 block of Virginian Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 96% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 8 open code violations and 10 homes behind $60,504 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 65% since 2016, now about $197K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$197K
$191K–$286K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$128
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$135K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $197K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
96%
51 of 53
city 41%
Rentals
2%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$61K
10 of 53 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$76
5 years
+84%
value · tax +$496
10 years
+65%
value · tax +$138

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 $197K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$197K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied70%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 70 reported crimes (23 violent) and 248 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
70
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
248
66 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Thefts11
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Theft from Vehicle6
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection63
Maintenance Complaint60
Abandoned Vehicle22
Illegal Dumping15
Street Trees15
Smoke Detector10

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
Joseph Pennell
1800 Nedro Ave · 249 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$197K2016: $119K2017: $119K2018: $119K2019: $112K2020: $107K2021: $107K2022: $107K2023: $151K2024: $151K2025: $194K2026: $194K2027: $197K2016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3962016: $1,2582017: $1,2582018: $1,2582019: $1,0372020: $8862021: $8862022: $9002023: $9872024: $9872025: $1,3202026: $1,3202027: $1,3962016202020232027

▲ +11% since 2016 · ~+1%/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 +4.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8910025020162019202220252027This block 165 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $165 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+65%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.9 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 52 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 26 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K19982004201020162022
52arm's-length sales since 1997
1times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
26homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 53 parcels

Owner-occupied: 51Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 53parcels
  • Owner-occupied 51
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

41 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$191K$262K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Most High Transportation Llc11$193Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 53 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
5700 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $191K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5701 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $243K 5/3 1,650 1925 1
5702 VIRGINIAN RD Absentee individual $193K 3/1 1,512 1925 1 rented
5703 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $55K in 2006 → $110K in 2007 (+100%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,592 1925 2
5704 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5705 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 1
5706 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $59K in 2015 → $148K in 2016 (+151%). Owner-occupied $237K 3/2 1,512 1925 2
5707 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 0
5708 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $73K in 2007 → $169K in 2021 (+132%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,512 1925 2 tax lien
5709 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 0
5710 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 1
5711 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 0 7 violtax lien
5712 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5713 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 0
5714 VIRGINIAN RD Appeal complete (2024). Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5715 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 3×: $32K in 2000 → $108K in 2005 (+238%). Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 3
5716 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 1
5717 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 1
5718 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5719 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 0
5720 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 7×: $35K in 2000 → $240K in 2023 (+586%). Owner-occupied $286K 3/2 1,512 1925 7
5721 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 1
5722 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5723 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 0
5724 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5725 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $160K in 2017 → $220K in 2022 (+38%). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,592 1925 2
5726 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $37K in 2002 → $84K in 2003 (+127%). Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 2
5727 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 0
5728 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 3×: $31K in 2000 → $139K in 2006 (+348%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,512 1925 3
5729 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $43K in 2008 → $148K in 2009 (+243%). Owner-occupied $262K 3/1 1,592 1925 2
5730 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,512 1925 0 tax lien
5731 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 1
5732 VIRGINIAN RD Investor / LLC $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 1 tax lien
5733 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,592 1925 0
5734 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5735 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 0
5736 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5737 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $50K in 2004 → $105K in 2005 (+110%). Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 2
5738 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 3×: $65K in 2008 → $195K in 2022 (+200%). Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,512 1925 3
5739 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $47K in 2010 → $130K in 2011 (+179%). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,592 1925 2
5740 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $128K in 2022 → $295K in 2023 (+130%). Owner-occupied $279K 4/3 1,512 1925 2
5741 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 0 tax lien
5742 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0 tax lien
5743 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $55K in 2018 → $260K in 2022 (+373%). Owner-occupied $262K 3/2 1,592 1925 2
5744 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $87K in 2016 → $165K in 2017 (+90%). Owner-occupied $237K 4/1 1,512 1925 2
5745 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,592 1925 1 tax lien
5746 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0 tax lien
5747 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,592 1925 0
5748 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5749 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $206K 4/1 1,696 1925 0 tax lien
5750 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $51K in 2014 → $150K in 2014 (+194%). Owner-occupied $262K 3/2 1,512 1925 2
5752 VIRGINIAN RD Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,512 1925 0
5754 VIRGINIAN RD Traded 2×: $85K in 2000 → $140K in 2006 (+65%). Owner-occupied $269K 4/1 2,336 1925 2 1 violtax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.