Philadelphia property report

5800 block of E Wister St

A mostly vacant block: 6 empty lots, with 6 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($9,277 recorded then).

The typical home here is up 65% since 2016, now about $14K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year.

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By the Numbers

Median value
$14K
$13K–$151K
ZIP median $189K
Price / sq ft
$54
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.1×
the city median
city $230K
Recent sale
$8K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $14K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 7
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
$9K
6 of 7 listed
▲ block 86% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-9%
value · tax −$19
5 years
+0%
value · tax +$0
10 years
+0%
value · tax +$0

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 parcel here is $14K — about 0.1× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $189K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$14K$189K$230K
Owner-occupied0%57%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 61 reported crimes (about 5 a month, 25% of them violent) and 143 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
61
about 5/month · 25% violent
311 requests · 12mo
143
about 12/month · 41 open

Most reported crimes

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Thefts8
Motor Vehicle Theft7
All Other Offenses6
Other Assaults6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint40
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Abandoned Vehicle14
Illegal Dumping12
Other (Streets)9
Inlet Cleaning7

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$10K$20K$14K2016: $8K2017: $14K2018: $14K2019: $14K2020: $14K2021: $14K2022: $14K2023: $12K2024: $12K2025: $15K2026: $15K2027: $14K2016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$125$250$1952016: $1182017: $1952018: $1952019: $1952020: $1952021: $1952022: $1952023: $1642024: $1642025: $2142026: $2142027: $1952016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This 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
+4.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+65%
since 2016
Real return
+1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.8 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years). Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 21 arm's-length sales since 2010. The typical home has sold 3 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K201020122014201620182020
21arm's-length sales since 2010
3times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1Vacant: 6 7parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$13K$15K+

The block's largest owner, Mpga LLC, carries 14 open violations across 15 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Mpga LLC115$704K2141 St James St, Philadelphia PA, 19103phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Mazaltov Development LLC24$984K905 N Broad St, Philadelphia PA, 19123phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Niknak Interiors LLC14$597K267 E Bringhurst St, Philadelphia PA, 19144phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
5800 Wister Street LLC22$27K905 N Broad St, Philadelphia PA, 19123phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Tgm Holdings LLC11$13K905 N Broad St, Philadelphia PA, 19123phila.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).

Parcel by parcel

All 7 parcels on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

$0$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5801 E WISTER ST Vacant lot Traded 4×: $3K in 2010 → $17K in 2015 (+467%). Vacant $15K 4 $2K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger
5803 E WISTER ST Vacant lot Traded 4×: $4K in 2010 → $17K in 2015 (+325%). Vacant $13K 4 $3K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger
5805 E WISTER ST Vacant lot Bought for $23K in 2013. Owner pulled a combined lot line relocation and new dev… permit in 2023. Vacant $13K 3 $2K tax · Jun ’22
5807 E WISTER ST Vacant lot Traded 3×: $500 in 2010 → $23K in 2013 (+4500%). Vacant $15K 3 $402 tax · Jun ’22
5809 E WISTER ST Vacant lot Traded 3×: $200 in 2010 → $23K in 2013 (+11400%). Vacant $14K 3 $374 tax · Jun ’22
5811 E WISTER ST Vacant lot Traded 3×: $7K in 2012 → $23K in 2013 (+233%). Vacant $14K 3 $2K tax · Jun ’22
5813 E WISTER ST Apartment building Bought for $100K in 2020. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $151K 2,800 1925 1

Neighborhood

Median income
$32K
household
Own vs. rent
25%
owner-occupied
Median age
44.3
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:32 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.