Philadelphia property report

5800 block of Wissahickon Ave

A corridor block: 2 business properties among 7 homes, 100% of the homes owner-occupied.

The typical home here is up 91% since 2016, now about $383K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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.
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By the Numbers

Median home value
$383K
7 homes of 10 parcels
ZIP median $207K
Commercial
$2.1M
2 buildings · $1269/sqft
Price / sq ft
$162
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $230K
Recent sale
$435K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $383K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1900
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
7 of 7
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Record caveats
6
of 10 parcels

How fast it's moving

1 year
+20%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+76%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+91%
value · tax +$2K

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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 $383K — about 1.7× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19144 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19144Philadelphia
Median home value$383K$207K$230K
Owner-occupied86%48%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 85 reported crimes (about 7 a month, 18% of them violent) and 48 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
85
about 7/month · 18% violent
311 requests · 12mo
48
about 4/month · 9 open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle20
Motor Vehicle Theft19
Other Assaults14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Fraud7
Thefts5

Top 311 complaints

Salting8
Street Light Outage7
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance6
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Maintenance Complaint3
Other (Streets)3

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
Anna L Lingelbach
6340 Wayne Ave · 366 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$383K2016: $200K2017: $200K2018: $200K2019: $226K2020: $217K2021: $217K2022: $217K2023: $264K2024: $264K2025: $320K2026: $320K2027: $383K2016202020232027

▲ +91% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,1072016: $2,3822017: $2,3822018: $2,3822019: $2,6082020: $2,4052021: $2,4052022: $2,4052023: $2,5712024: $2,5712025: $3,0782026: $3,0782027: $4,1072016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 191 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $191 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+91%
since 2016
Net rental yield
-2091504.4%
est., after tax carry
Total return
-2091498.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-2091501.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.4 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
4arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels3 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$29K$603K+

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

Parcel by parcel

All 10 parcels on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

$0$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5800 WISSAHICKON AVE Commercial Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $4.2M —/— 3,340 0
5825 WISSAHICKON AVE Owner-occupied $547K 7/2 2,499 1925 0
5829 WISSAHICKON AVE Bought for $428K in 2002. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $603K 5/2 4,112 1900 1
5831 WISSAHICKON AVE Owner-occupied $393K 5/2 2,100 1900 0
5835 WISSAHICKON AVE Traded 2×: $265K in 2018 → $435K in 2024 (+64%). Owner-occupied $383K 5/2 2,404 1900 2
5837 WISSAHICKON AVE Bought for $40K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $380K 5/2 2,100 1900 1
5839 WISSAHICKON AVE Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $341K 5/2 2,100 1900 0
5841 WISSAHICKON AVE Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $334K 5/2 2,100 1900 0
5843 WISSAHICKON AVE Vacant lot Vacant $33K —/— 0
5845 WISSAHICKON AVE Commercial Absentee individual $29K —/— 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$109K
household
Own vs. rent
95%
owner-occupied
Median age
5.7
residents
Median rent
$-667M
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:31 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.