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Who owns your block

5900 block of Summerdale Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $2,289 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 95% since 2016, now about $182K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$182K
$153K–$588K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$189
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
88%
14 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
13%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2K
1 of 16 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$85
5 years
+81%
value · tax +$316
10 years
+95%
value · tax +$301

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 $182K — about 0.8× 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$182K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied56%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 68 reported crimes (19 violent) and 110 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
68
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
110
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts11
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Other Assaults10
Theft from Vehicle10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint20
Dangerous Sidewalk18
Abandoned Vehicle15
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Illegal Dumping5
License Complaint5

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$100K$200K$182K2016: $93K2017: $93K2018: $93K2019: $96K2020: $100K2021: $100K2022: $100K2023: $142K2024: $142K2025: $178K2026: $178K2027: $182K2016202020232027

▲ +95% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4122016: $1,1112017: $1,1112018: $1,1112019: $1,3352020: $1,0962021: $1,0962022: $1,0962023: $9572024: $9572025: $1,2002026: $1,3272027: $1,4122016202020232027

▲ +27% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 195 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $195 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+95%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.3 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
19arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Absentee individual: 2 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels11 parcels2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$153K$213K+

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

House by house

All 16 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5901 SUMMERDALE AVE sold $120K (2016); Appeal denied (2017); Appeal withdrawn (2025). Owner-occupied $153K —/— 1,610 1925 1
5903 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 960 1925 1
5905 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $38K in 2000 → $61K in 2003 (+61%). Owner-occupied $189K 2/1 960 1925 2
5907 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $182K 2/1 960 1925 1
5909 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $65K in 2006 → $87K in 2007 (+33%). Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 960 1925 2
5911 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $180K 2/1 960 1925 1
5913 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $40K in 2000 → $85K in 2005 (+113%). Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 960 1925 2
5915 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $180K 3/1 960 1925 0
5917 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 3×: $82K in 2005 → $65K in 2016 (-21%). Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 960 1925 3
5919 SUMMERDALE AVE sold $90K (2005); Appeal complete (2022). Absentee individual $180K 3/1 960 1925 1 rented
5921 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $40K in 2015 → $174K in 2021 (+335%). Owner-occupied $213K 2/1 960 1925 2
5923 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 960 1925 1
5925 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 960 1925 1 rented
5927 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $180K 3/1 960 1925 0
5929 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $182K 3/1 960 1925 0
5931 SUMMERDALE AVE Absentee individual $588K —/— 10,699 1935 1

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

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.