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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

5800 block of Castor Ave

An investor-heavy block: 100% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 27% since 2016, now about $586K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Ownership

    This block is 100% investor-owned with zero owner-occupants, making it entirely a rental or investment market.

  2. 02
    Appreciation

    The block appreciated 27% since 2016 but lagged the city by 4.3 percentage points per year at 2.2% annual growth.

By the Numbers

Median value
$586K
$354K–$818K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$130
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$925K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $586K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1943
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 2
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$357
5 years
+12%
value · tax +$870
10 years
+27%
value · tax +$2K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $586K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19149 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19149 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19149Philadelphia
Median home value$586K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied0%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 153 reported crimes (30 violent) and 82 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
153
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
82
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts98
Other Assaults22
All Other Offenses8
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle16
Maintenance Complaint16
Street Light Outage12
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8
Traffic Signal Emergency5
Illegal Dumping4

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
Laura H Carnell
1100 Devereaux Ave · 652 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 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$500K$1.0M$586K2016: $461K2017: $461K2018: $530K2019: $523K2020: $524K2021: $524K2022: $524K2023: $551K2024: $551K2025: $561K2026: $561K2027: $586K2016202020232027

▲ +27% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$8,2042016: $6,4572017: $6,4572018: $7,4252019: $7,3202020: $7,3342021: $7,3342022: $7,3342023: $7,7072024: $7,7072025: $7,8482026: $7,8472027: $8,2042016202020232027

▲ +27% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 127 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $127 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+27%
since 2016
Net rental yield
0.4%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.3 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 3 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20052010201520202025
6arm's-length sales since 2001
3times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 2 parcels

Investor / LLC: 2 2parcels
  • Investor / LLC 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels
$354K$354K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Cwc Pa LLC11$354K57 E Levering Mill Rd, Bala Cynwyd PA, 19004phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Bowling Of America LLC11$818K264 Cambridge Rd, Clifton Heights PA, 19018phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 2 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5818 CASTOR AVE Bought for $155K in 2024. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $354K 2,720 1925 3
5830 CASTOR AVE Bought for $225K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2014, sold for $1.6M in 2025 (+633%). Investor / LLC $818K 11,250 1960 3

Neighborhood

Median income
$-667M
household
Own vs. rent
43%
owner-occupied
Median age
40.6
residents
Median rent
$857
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-09 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.