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Who owns your block

5900 block of Algon Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 121% since 2016, now about $201K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$201K
$110K–$246K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$170
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$255K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $201K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 17
$16K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
88%
15 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax +$257
5 years
+99%
value · tax +$706
10 years
+121%
value · tax +$648

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.

2027
  • 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 $201K — about 0.9× 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 blockZIP 19149Philadelphia
Median home value$201K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied65%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 56 reported crimes (13 violent) and 50 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
56
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
50
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Thefts8
Burglary Residential7
Motor Vehicle Theft7
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle27
Salting11
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection3
Information Request2
Complaint (Streets)1
Dead Animal in Street1

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
Laura H Carnell
1100 Devereaux Ave · 652 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 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$125K$250K$201K2016: $91K2017: $91K2018: $91K2019: $96K2020: $101K2021: $101K2022: $101K2023: $140K2024: $140K2025: $180K2026: $180K2027: $201K2016202020232027

▲ +121% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,7902016: $1,2492017: $1,1422018: $1,2462019: $1,0302020: $1,0842021: $1,0842022: $1,0842023: $1,3772024: $1,3772025: $1,7022026: $1,5332027: $1,7902016202020232027

▲ +43% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 $15,696 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

5 homes pay the full 1.40%12 pay less
$2,447pays now $2,745at the full rate

The starkest example: 5923 Algon Ave is assessed at $196K but pays $2,447 a year — about 89% of the $2,745 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 221 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $221 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+121%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+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 25 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
25arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels7 parcels5 parcels4 parcels
$110K$237K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Np Algon Ave Industrial LLC11$110Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 17 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5901 ALGON AVE Bought for $138K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,188 1950 3
5903 ALGON AVE Traded 2×: $55K in 2016 → $255K in 2025 (+364%). Owner-occupied $237K 3/1 1,188 1950 2
5905 ALGON AVE Bought for $67K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,188 1950 2
5907 ALGON AVE Traded 2×: $80K in 2008 → $200K in 2023 (+150%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/— 1,188 1950 2
5909 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,188 1950 1
5910R ALGON AVE Vacant $110K —/— 0
5911 ALGON AVE Bought for $88K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,188 1950 1
5913 ALGON AVE 2 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $202K 3/1 1,188 1950 0 rented
5915 ALGON AVE sold $85K (2012); L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,188 1950 1
5917 ALGON AVE Traded 3×: $64K in 2013 → $220K in 2021 (+246%). Owner-occupied $234K 3/1 1,188 1950 3
5919 ALGON AVE Traded 2×: $81K in 2017 → $135K in 2017 (+68%). Owner-occupied $228K 3/1 1,188 1950 2
5921 ALGON AVE L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,188 1950 0
5923 ALGON AVE built new (tax-abated), sold for $65K in 2011. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,188 1950 1 abated
5925 ALGON AVE Traded 3×: $65K in 2000 → $76K in 2011 (+17%). Owner-occupied $195K 3/1 1,188 1950 3
5927 ALGON AVE Bought for $72K in 2002. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,188 1950 1
5929 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,188 1950 0
5931 ALGON AVE Bought for $82K in 2008. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $246K 3/1 1,188 1950 3

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.