Who owns your block

5900 block of Malvern Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 3 homes behind $17,802 on taxes.

Owner-occupied
Investor / LLC
Absentee
Vacant
Has violations

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

$195K

$183K–$14M

Median built

1925

year built

city 1925

Owner-occupied

82%

14 of 17

Open violations

L&I code

▲ block 18% · city 5%

Back taxes

$18K

3 of 17 behind

▲ block 18% · city 9%

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle · K-8

Samuel Gompers

5701 Wynnefield Ave · 236 students

High · 9-12

Overbrook High

5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied 14
Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

$183K$312K+

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

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).

Worth a look

Address	Ownership	Value & trend	Sq ft	Built	Flags
5900 MALVERN AVE	Absentee individual	$290K	—	1925
5901 MALVERN AVE	Absentee individual	$14M	—	1932	5 viol
5902 MALVERN AVE	Absentee individual	$195K	—	1925
5904 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$190K	—	1925
5906 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$195K	—	1925
5908 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$190K	—	1925
5910 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$190K	—	1925
5912 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$195K	—	1925
5914 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$291K	—	1925
5916 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$183K	—	1925
5918 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$183K	—	1925	1 viol
5920 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$188K	—	1925	4 viol
5922 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$240K	—	1925
5924 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$218K	—	1925
5926 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$211K	—	1925
5928 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$222K	—	1925
5930 MALVERN AVE	Owner-occupied	$312K	—	1920

Neighborhood

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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, Dept. of Revenue tax balances, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)