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.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 block | ZIP 19139 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $98K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 21% | 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.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $98K typical home, up +217% since 2016
- Tax bill $164 to $1,370 a year, +21%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.1M assessed, $32,440/yr to the city, about $954 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +217% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +735% since 2016 · ~+21%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 34 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poolside Ventures Inc | 1 | 49 | $6.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philadelphia Cr1 Llc | 1 | 5 | $497K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Greenlee Holdings Enterprise Llc | 1 | 4 | $537K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Penn Properties Investment Group Llc | 1 | 3 | $223K | phila.gov ↗ |
| J&S Holdings Llc | 1 | 3 | $313K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lilliam Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $100K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tuatara Holdings | 1 | 1 | $60K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5910 SUMMER ST | Owner-occupied | $98K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5911 SUMMER ST TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $7K in 2017 → $155K in 2022 (+2083%). | Owner-occupied | $160K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 3 | tax lien |
| 5919 SUMMER ST TradedTraded 2×: $11K in 2016 → $120K in 2024 (+991%). | Investor / LLC | $98K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | rented3 viol |
| 5920 SUMMER ST Improved | 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $42K in 2006 → $158K in 2021 (+276%). | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,056 | 1920 | 3 | tax lien |
| 5930 SUMMER ST TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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)