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Who owns your block

5900 block of Summer St

A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 12 homes behind $72,047 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 217% since 2016, now about $98K. Property taxes are climbing about 21% 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
$98K
$13K–$160K
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$102
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$135K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $98K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 34
$11K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
44%
14 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
24%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$72K
12 of 34 behind
▲ block 35% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$106
5 years
+98%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+217%
value · tax +$1K

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 $98K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$98K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied21%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 190 reported crimes (91 violent) and 332 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
190
91 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
332
64 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults61
All Other Offenses43
Thefts13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Aggravated Assault Firearm8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection81
Maintenance Complaint74
Illegal Dumping37
Abandoned Vehicle36
Sanitation Violation14
Other (Streets)13

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$100K$200K$98K2016: $31K2017: $31K2018: $31K2019: $48K2020: $50K2021: $50K2022: $50K2023: $58K2024: $58K2025: $91K2026: $91K2027: $98K2016202020232027

▲ +217% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3702016: $1642017: $1662018: $652019: $1442020: $4962021: $4962022: $2942023: $2942024: $4962025: $1,0252026: $1,2642027: $1,3702016202020232027

▲ +735% since 2016 · ~+21%/yr

5
5 properties 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 $11,127 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$25pays now $1,425at the full rate

5933 Summer St is assessed at $102K but pays $25 a year — about 2% of the $1,425 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 317 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $317 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+11.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+217%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.6 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 34 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20052010201520202025
34arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 4 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels20 parcels1 parcels5 parcels
$13K$160K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Poolside Ventures Inc149$6.2Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Cr1 Llc15$497Kphila.gov ↗
Greenlee Holdings Enterprise Llc14$537Kphila.gov ↗
Penn Properties Investment Group Llc13$223Kphila.gov ↗
J&S Holdings Llc13$313Kphila.gov ↗
Lilliam Properties Llc11$100Kphila.gov ↗
Tuatara Holdings11$60Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 34 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5910 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $98K 3/1 960 1920 0
5911 SUMMER ST Traded 2×: $13K in 2019 → $130K in 2024 (+940%). Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 1,170 1920 2
5912 SUMMER ST Investor / LLC $100K 3/1 1,008 1920 0
5913 SUMMER ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
5914 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $98K 3/1 960 1920 0 abatedtax lien
5915 SUMMER ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
5916 SUMMER ST Investor / LLC $60K 3/1 960 1920 1
5917 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $98K 3/1 960 1920 1 rented
5918 SUMMER ST Traded 3×: $7K in 2017 → $155K in 2022 (+2083%). Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 960 1920 3 tax lien
5919 SUMMER ST Traded 2×: $11K in 2016 → $120K in 2024 (+991%). Investor / LLC $98K 3/1 960 1920 2 rented3 viol
5920 SUMMER ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
5921 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $102K 3/1 1,056 1920 0 tax lien
5922 SUMMER ST Investor / LLC $60K 3/1 960 1920 1
5923 SUMMER ST Traded 2×: $8K in 2009 → $24K in 2009 (+220%). Absentee individual $102K 3/1 1,056 1920 2 tax lien
5924 SUMMER ST Absentee individual $98K —/— 960 1920 1
5925 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $101K 4/1 1,020 1920 1
5926 SUMMER ST Absentee individual $98K 4/1 960 1920 0 abated
5927 SUMMER ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2005 → $30K in 2006 (+50%). Investor / LLC $98K 3/1 960 1920 2 rented
5928 SUMMER ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
5929 SUMMER ST Traded 3×: $42K in 2006 → $158K in 2021 (+276%). Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,056 1920 3 tax lien
5930 SUMMER ST Traded 2×: $2K in 2013 → $35K in 2018 (+1650%). Absentee individual $98K 3/1 960 1920 2
5931 SUMMER ST Absentee individual $98K 3/1 960 1920 1 rented
5932 SUMMER ST Traded 2×: $27K in 2020 → $165K in 2021 (+511%). Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 960 1920 2
5933 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $102K 3/1 1,056 1920 0 abatedtax lien
5934 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 1,020 1920 0 abated
5935 SUMMER ST Traded 4×: $4K in 2013 → $135K in 2025 (+3641%). Investor / LLC $98K 3/1 960 1920 4 rented
5936 SUMMER ST Absentee individual $22K 3/1 960 1920 1 rented
5937 SUMMER ST Absentee individual $22K 3/1 960 1920 1 rented
5938 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $98K 3/1 960 1920 0
5939 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $98K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
5940 SUMMER ST Absentee individual $98K 3/1 960 1920 1
5941 SUMMER ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 960 1920 1
5942 SUMMER ST Investor / LLC $98K 3/1 924 1920 1 rented
5943 SUMMER ST Absentee individual $145K —/— 980 1920 1 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

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