Who owns your block
5800 block of Sylvester St
A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 7% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 9 homes behind $24,545 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 73% since 2016, now about $175K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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 $175K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19149 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19149 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19149 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $175K | $234K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 23% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 93 reported crimes (30 violent) and 133 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
- $175K typical home, up +73% since 2016
- Tax bill $999 to $1,104 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.7M assessed, $74,419/yr to the city, about $1,240 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +73% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +11% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5827 Sylvester St is assessed at $175K but pays $1,562 a year — about 64% of the $2,455 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 +5.1% 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 $173 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 57 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 60 parcels
- Owner-occupied 22
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 24
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylinkco Llc | 2 | 2 | $186K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Equity Trust Company Custodian Fbo Si-Yu | 1 | 1 | $175K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Icn Investments Llc | 1 | 1 | $175K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5801 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2019 → $175K in 2019 (+150%). | Absentee individual | $204K | 3/1 | 1,068 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 5803 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5805 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 2003 → $155K in 2019 (+168%). | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5807 SYLVESTER ST Historysold $74K (2004); Appeal complete (2024). | Absentee individual | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5809 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5811 SYLVESTER ST Historysold $75K (2004); Appeal complete (2024). | Absentee individual | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 5813R SYLVESTER ST Historysold $75K (2004); Appeal request review (2021). | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 5813 SYLVESTER ST Historysold $75K (2004); Appeal complete (2025). | Absentee individual | $181K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5815 SYLVESTER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $70K in 2016 → $180K in 2021 (+157%). | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 5815R SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2016 → $120K in 2016 (+71%). | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 5817 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 5819 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 5819R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5821R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5821 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5823 SYLVESTER ST Historysold $40K (2013); Appeal complete (2025). | Absentee individual | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5823R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5825R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5825 SYLVESTER ST Historysold $71K (2004); Appeal complete (2025). | Absentee individual | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 5827 SYLVESTER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $54K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | abated |
| 5827R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 5829R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5829 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 5831R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5831 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5833 SYLVESTER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 0 | abated |
| 5833R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5835 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5835R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5837 SYLVESTER ST Historysold $59K (2001); Appeal complete (2025). | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5837R SYLVESTER ST Historysold $59K (2001); Appeal complete (2025). | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 5839 SYLVESTER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $76K in 2004 → $225K in 2021 (+196%). | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 5839R SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $76K in 2004 → $225K in 2021 (+196%). | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 5841R SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2001 → $103K in 2005 (+173%). | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 2 | 3 viol |
| 5841 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2001 → $103K in 2005 (+173%). | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5843R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5843 SYLVESTER ST HistoryAppeal complete (2025); sold $153K (2025). | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 5845R SYLVESTER ST HistoryAppeal complete (2025). | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5845 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 5847 SYLVESTER ST Historysold $76K (2010); Appeal complete (2024). | Investor / LLC | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 5847R SYLVESTER ST Historysold $76K (2010); Appeal complete (2024). | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 5849R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 5849 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5851 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5851R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 5853R SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $33K in 2002 → $68K in 2003 (+105%). | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 5853 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $33K in 2002 → $68K in 2003 (+105%). | Owner-occupied | $182K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5855 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $86K in 2011 → $229K in 2025 (+166%). | Investor / LLC | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5855R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5857 SYLVESTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $130K in 2022 → $205K in 2022 (+58%). | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 5857R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5859 SYLVESTER ST | Investor / LLC | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5859R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 1 viol |
| 5861R SYLVESTER ST | Vacant | $10K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 3 viol |
| 5861 SYLVESTER ST HistoryAppeal complete (2025); sold $195K (2025). | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 5863 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 5865 SYLVESTER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $89K in 2010 → $125K in 2018 (+40%). | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 5867 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 5869 SYLVESTER ST | Absentee individual | $175K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 5871 SYLVESTER ST | Owner-occupied | $192K | 3/1 | 966 | 1950 | 1 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)