Philadelphia property report

5900 block of Ludlow St

A commercial block: 1 storefronts and businesses, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 16% since 2016, now about $445K.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readRecord analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Ownership

    This block is 100% investor-owned with zero owner-occupants, making it entirely a commercial investment corridor.

  2. 02
    Appreciation

    Values are 1.9x the city median but appreciation has averaged only 1.4% annually since 2016, trailing city growth by 5.1 points per year.

  3. 03
    Safety

    The 200-meter radius recorded 283 crimes in 12 months including 80 violent incidents, a notably high concentration for this corridor.

AI-generated from the public record; it can contain errors. Verify with the cited sources before relying on it.

By the Numbers

Median value
$445K
$445K–$445K
ZIP median $136K
Commercial
$445K
1 building · $90/sqft
Vs. Philadelphia
1.9×
the city median
city $230K
Major assessment exemptions
1 of 1
$6K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 1
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 100% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+9%
value · tax +$0
10 years
+16%
value · tax +$0

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 parcel here is $445K — about 1.9× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $136K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$445K$136K$230K
Owner-occupied0%38%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 283 reported crimes (about 24 a month, 28% of them violent) and 243 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
283
about 24/month · 28% violent
311 requests · 12mo
243
about 20/month · 65 open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses103
Other Assaults49
Thefts21
Fraud17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Weapon Violations12

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint59
Illegal Dumping33
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection31
Abandoned Vehicle21
License Complaint14
Sanitation Violation13

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
Commodore John Barry
5900 Race St · 442 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$445K2016: $383K2017: $383K2018: $408K2019: $408K2020: $408K2021: $408K2022: $408K2023: $445K2024: $445K2025: $445K2026: $445K2027: $445K2016202020232027

▲ +16% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

Not enough history yet.

1
1 property on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $6,229. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 116 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $116 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+16%
since 2016
Real return
-1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.1 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years). Informational only, not investment advice.

Who owns it

Ownership of 1 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1 1parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1

Value distribution today

Not enough data.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
City Of Phila (city agency)13871$6.6B1401 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia PA, 19102phila.gov ↗

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).

Parcel by parcel

All 1 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5957 LUDLOW ST Commercial demolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2019). Investor / LLC $445K 4,968 1930 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified1 viol

Neighborhood

Median income
$-667M
household
Own vs. rent
51%
owner-occupied
Median age
35.1
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 7:23 PM 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.