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Who owns your block

5800 block of Tackawanna St

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $1,724 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 15% since 2016, now about $35K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$35K
$34K–$64K
ZIP median $207K
Vs. Philadelphia
0.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$507
typical · up to $889
city ≈$3K/yr
Owner-occupied
50%
0 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$41
5 years
+51%
value · tax +$167
10 years
+51%
value · tax +$167

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 $35K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19135Philadelphia
Median home value$35K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied0%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 39 reported crimes (11 violent) and 73 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
39
11 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
73
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Theft from Vehicle5
Thefts4
All Other Offenses2

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle20
Maintenance Complaint17
Salting9
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection7
Smoke Detector3
Alley Light Outage2

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
James J Sullivan
5300 Ditman St · 378 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$50K$100K$35K2016: $31K2017: $23K2018: $23K2019: $23K2020: $23K2021: $23K2022: $23K2023: $23K2024: $23K2025: $32K2026: $32K2027: $35K2016202020232027

▲ +15% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$4932016: $4302017: $3262018: $3262019: $3262020: $3262021: $3262022: $3262023: $3262024: $3262025: $4522026: $4522027: $4932016202020232027

▲ +15% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7610025020162019202220252027This block 115 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $115 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+15%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.2 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K200420052006200720082009
4arm's-length sales since 2004
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Vacant: 6 6parcels
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$34K$64K

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 6 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$50K$100K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5800 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $153K in 2004 → $153K in 2004 (+0%). Vacant $36K 2 1 viol
5806 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $64K 0
5810 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $64K 0 tax lien
5816 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $34K 1
5824 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $34K 1
5828 TACKAWANNA ST Vacant $34K 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.