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Who owns your block

5800 block of Fernwood St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 73% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 11 parcels behind $46,639 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 131% since 2016, now about $148K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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
$148K
$13K–$343K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$113
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$173K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $148K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 51
$37K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
73%
36 of 51
city 41%
Rentals
12%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$47K
11 of 51 behind
▲ block 22% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+23%
value · tax −$49
5 years
+133%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+131%
value · tax +$889

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 $148K — about 0.7× the citywide median home, and in line with the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$148K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied49%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 51 reported crimes (27 violent) and 129 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
51
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
129
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults15
Aggravated Assault Firearm4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4
Fraud4
Theft from Vehicle4
Thefts4

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping32
Maintenance Complaint22
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
Abandoned Vehicle10
Other (Streets)8
Construction Complaints4

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 & Middle · K-8
Add B Anderson
1034 S 60th St · 318 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$148K2016: $64K2017: $64K2018: $64K2019: $58K2020: $63K2021: $63K2022: $63K2023: $106K2024: $106K2025: $120K2026: $120K2027: $148K2016202020232027

▲ +131% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4112016: $5222017: $5222018: $5222019: $5462020: $5682021: $2562022: $2572023: $4422024: $4422025: $1,1382026: $1,4602027: $1,4112016202020232027

▲ +170% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

1
1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $36,984 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

25 homes pay the full 1.40%26 pay less
$0pays now $1,989at the full rate

The starkest example: 5846 Fernwood St is assessed at $142K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,989 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9110025020162019202220252027This block 231 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $231 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+131%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.4 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 55 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
55arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 51 parcels

Owner-occupied: 36Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 3 51parcels
  • Owner-occupied 36
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels18 parcels19 parcels2 parcels8 parcels
$13K$244K+

The block's largest owner, Jubilee Homes LLC, carries 2 open violations across 6 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jubilee Homes LLC16$793Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Jmp Acquisition LLC15$840Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Gregory Ford (individual)23$454Kphila.gov ↗
B&H Invest LLC13$403Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Pq Investment LLC13$532Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Marilyn G Robinson (individual)22$160Kphila.gov ↗
Dca Properties LLC12$407Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Stellar Building Solutions LLC12$261Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
5826 Fernwood LLC11$142Kphila.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 51 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

New construction
5846 Fernwood St
$142K · built new (tax-abated).
Renovated & sold on
5825 Fernwood St
$343K · Bought for $23K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2019, sold for $195K in 2020 (+748%).
Renovated & sold on
5844 Fernwood St
$232K · Bought for $50K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $245K in 2021 (+390%).
Improved
5811 Fernwood St
$244K · Bought for $266K in 2024. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018.
Improved
5822 Fernwood St
$244K · Bought for $50K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023.
Improved
5851 Fernwood St
$217K · Bought for $15K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022.
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5801 FERNWOOD ST Vacant $16K —/— — — 1 tax lien
5803 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0
5805 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0
5807 FERNWOOD ST TradedTraded 2×: $36K in 2017 → $160K in 2019 (+349%). Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,300 1925 2
5809 FERNWOOD ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $25K in 2009 → $225K in 2021 (+800%). Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,166 1925 4
5811 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $266K in 2024. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $244K 3/3 1,300 1925 1 tax lien
5813 FERNWOOD ST Historysold $118K (2018); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2026). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,300 1925 1 2 viol
5814 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 1,417 1925 0 tax lien
5815 FERNWOOD ST Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0
5816 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $2K in 2014. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 1 tax lien
5817 FERNWOOD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $14K in 2001 → $65K in 2003 (+381%). Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 3
5818 FERNWOOD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $75K in 2009 → $136K in 2021 (+81%). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 3
5819 FERNWOOD ST Vacant $13K —/— — — 0 tax lien
5820 FERNWOOD ST Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 0
5821 FERNWOOD ST Vacant $13K —/— — — 1
5822 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $244K 3/1 1,280 1925 2
5823 FERNWOOD ST Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0
5824 FERNWOOD ST HistoryL&I violation (2012). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 0
5825 FERNWOOD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $23K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2019, sold for $195K in 2020 (+748%). Owner-occupied $343K 3/1 2,600 1925 3 tax lien
5826 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $34K in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 1
5827 FERNWOOD ST TradedTraded 2×: $41K in 2007 → $100K in 2011 (+145%). Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,300 1925 2
5828 FERNWOOD ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 1
5829 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0 tax lien
5830 FERNWOOD ST Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 0 tax lien
5831 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $65K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 1,300 1925 1
5832 FERNWOOD ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 1
5833 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $80K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 2
5834 FERNWOOD ST History3 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 0
5835 FERNWOOD ST Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 1 tax lien
5836 FERNWOOD ST Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 1
5837 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0 tax lien
5838 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $70K in 2022. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 1 rented
5839 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $65K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 2
5840 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 0
5841 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0
5842 FERNWOOD ST TradedTraded 2×: $21K in 2003 → $70K in 2006 (+231%). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 2
5843 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0 rented
5844 FERNWOOD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $50K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $245K in 2021 (+390%). Absentee individual $232K 3/2 1,170 1925 2 rented
5845 FERNWOOD ST Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0
5846 FERNWOOD ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $142K 4/1 1,280 1925 0 abated1 viol
5847 FERNWOOD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $15K in 2019 → $158K in 2023 (+950%). Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 3 1 viol
5848 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $58K in 2016. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 2 rentedtax lien
5849 FERNWOOD ST Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 0
5850 FERNWOOD ST Investor / LLC $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 1 rented
5851 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $15K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $217K 3/1 1,300 1925 3
5852 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 0
5853 FERNWOOD ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2018 → $180K in 2023 (+500%). Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,300 1925 2
5854 FERNWOOD ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,280 1925 0
5855 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $35K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,300 1925 3
5856 FERNWOOD ST ImprovedBought for $206K in 2019. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $152K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5857 FERNWOOD ST HistoryL&I violation (2018); sold $80K (2025). Investor / LLC $165K 4/1 1,815 1925 1 rentedtax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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