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Who owns your block

5800 block of Thomas Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 149% since 2016, now about $314K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$314K
$289K–$345K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$112
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 7
$7K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
57%
4 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
14%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 14% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+18%
value · tax +$657
5 years
+133%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+149%
value · tax +$3K

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 $314K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above 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$314K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied29%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 35 reported crimes (15 violent) and 85 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
35
15 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
85
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft7
Other Assaults7
Theft from Vehicle3
Thefts3
Weapon Violations3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection20
Illegal Dumping18
Abandoned Vehicle12
Maintenance Complaint10
Other (Streets)7
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance3

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$250K$500K$314K2016: $126K2017: $126K2018: $113K2019: $135K2020: $135K2021: $135K2022: $135K2023: $282K2024: $282K2025: $267K2026: $267K2027: $314K2016202020232027

▲ +149% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,3902016: $1,7652017: $1,7652018: $1,5822019: $1,8862020: $1,5962021: $1,5962022: $1,5962023: $3,9422024: $3,9422025: $3,7332026: $3,7332027: $4,3902016202020232027

▲ +149% 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 $6,844 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9010025020162019202220252027This block 249 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $249 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+149%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.1 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20062007200820092010
2arm's-length sales since 2006
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Absentee individual: 3 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$289K$314K+

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

House by house

All 7 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5809 THOMAS AVE Appeal granted with conditions (2009). Owner-occupied $314K 6/3 2,808 1925 0
5811 THOMAS AVE Owner-occupied $289K —/— 2,808 1925 0 abated2 viol
5813 THOMAS AVE Owner-occupied $314K —/— 2,808 1925 0
5815 THOMAS AVE Owner-occupied $289K —/— 2,808 1925 0
5817 THOMAS AVE Traded 2×: $68K in 2006 → $191K in 2010 (+181%). Absentee individual $314K —/— 2,808 1925 2
5819 THOMAS AVE Absentee individual $314K —/— 2,808 1925 0 rented
5821-35 THOMAS AVE Appeal withdrawn (2015); Appeal granted (2017). Absentee individual $345K —/— 20,000 1960 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.