Who owns your block
5700 block of Walker St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $3,219 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $250K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $250K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above 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 | $250K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (20 violent) and 67 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
- $250K typical home, up +69% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,950 to $2,535 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.2M assessed, $45,657/yr to the city, about $2,686 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +69% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +30% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5710 Walker St is assessed at $336K but pays $2,083 a year — about 44% of the $4,706 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% 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 $169 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 19 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 17 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 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2002 → $35K in 2015 (-61%). | Owner-occupied | $291K | —/— | 1,344 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5706 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2008 → $120K in 2016 (+85%). | Owner-occupied | $324K | 5/1 | 1,600 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5710 WALKER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $336K | —/— | 2,542 | 1950 | 1 | abated |
| 5711 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $85K in 2004 → $167K in 2015 (+96%). | Owner-occupied | $289K | —/— | 1,720 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5712 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $260K | —/— | 1,280 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5714 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | —/— | 1,008 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5716 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $329K | 4/2 | 2,662 | 1950 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 5717 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $229K | —/— | 1,639 | 1950 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 5721 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $283K | —/— | 1,500 | 1950 | 0 | abated |
| 5722 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $327K | 4/2 | 1,960 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5723 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2006 → $127K in 2009 (+27%). | Owner-occupied | $250K | —/— | 1,320 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5724 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 1,088 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 5726 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,088 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5728 WALKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $59K in 2000 → $99K in 2016 (+68%). | Owner-occupied | $198K | 3/1 | 1,088 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 5730 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $173K | 3/1 | 1,088 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 5732 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 1999 → $48K in 2016 (-13%). | Absentee individual | $181K | 3/1 | 1,088 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 5734 WALKER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $121K | —/— | 1,270 | 1920 | 1 | abatedtax 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)