Who owns your block
5800 block of Torresdale Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $3,550 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 9% since 2016, now about $178K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $178K — about 0.8× 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 block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $178K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 4% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 155 reported crimes (43 violent) and 113 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
- $178K typical home, up +9% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,010 to $2,409 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.0M assessed, $94,060/yr to the city, about $3,762 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +9% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +20% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5810 Torresdale Ave is assessed at $196K but pays $1,587 a year — about 58% of the $2,746 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 +0.8% 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 $109 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 8
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Maxwell Investments Llc, carries 5 open violations across 13 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell Investments Llc | 1 | 13 | $4.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| L&M Properties Management Llc | 1 | 1 | $146K | phila.gov ↗ |
| North East Real Holdings | 1 | 1 | $227K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Blessing Of God Holding Company Llc | 1 | 1 | $152K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5800 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $234K | —/— | 2,600 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5801 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $247K | —/— | 2,749 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 5802 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $128K in 2011 → $160K in 2013 (+25%). | Absentee individual | $172K | —/— | 1,812 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 5803 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $120K | —/— | 1,260 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 5804 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $146K | —/— | 1,536 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5805-07 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $299K in 2004 → $390K in 2011 (+30%). | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 10,550 | 1957 | 2 | 2 viol |
| 5806 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $166K | —/— | 1,752 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5808 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $72K in 2004 → $70K in 2016 (-3%). | Absentee individual | $161K | —/— | 1,696 | 1945 | 3 | |
| 5809-11 TORRESDALE AVE HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2010). | Owner-occupied | $639K | —/— | 13,175 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 5810 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $196K | —/— | 2,066 | 1945 | 0 | abated |
| 5812 TORRESDALE AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $173K | —/— | 1,824 | 1945 | 0 | abated |
| 5814 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $146K | —/— | 1,536 | 1945 | 0 | abated |
| 5815 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $619K | —/— | 7,790 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 5816 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $227K | —/— | 2,520 | 1945 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5817 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $269K | —/— | 1,600 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 5818 TORRESDALE AVE LandVacant land, last sold for $425K in 2005. | Owner-occupied | $719K | —/— | 11,990 | 2009 | 3 | |
| 5820 TORRESDALE AVE | Absentee individual | $240K | 4/2 | 1,600 | 1945 | 1 | rented |
| 5822 TORRESDALE AVE ImprovedBought for $68K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $152K | —/— | 1,600 | 1945 | 3 | rented |
| 5824 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $68K in 2010 → $175K in 2024 (+157%). | Owner-occupied | $152K | —/— | 1,600 | 1945 | 3 | |
| 5826 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $88K in 2012 → $193K in 2023 (+119%). | Absentee individual | $152K | —/— | 1,600 | 1945 | 2 | |
| 5828 TORRESDALE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2002 → $125K in 2017 (+25%). | Owner-occupied | $222K | —/— | 1,440 | 1945 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5830 TORRESDALE AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $40K in 2004 → $75K in 2011 (+88%). | Absentee individual | $167K | —/— | 1,760 | 1945 | 4 | rented |
| 5832 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 1,760 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5834 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $137K | —/— | 1,440 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 5836 TORRESDALE AVE | Owner-occupied | $178K | —/— | 1,872 | 1945 | 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)