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Who owns your block

5900 block of Tackawanna St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 108% since 2016, now about $177K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$177K
$173K–$227K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$164
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$225K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $177K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
75%
21 of 28
city 41%
Rentals
29%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$101
5 years
+88%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+108%
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 $177K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19135Philadelphia
Median home value$177K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied46%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 52 reported crimes (17 violent) and 91 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
52
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
91
21 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Theft from Vehicle8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
All Other Offenses5
Thefts3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint26
Abandoned Vehicle16
Salting14
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection11
Alley Light Outage5
Sanitation Violation3

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
Henry W Lawton
6101 Jackson St · 513 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$177K2016: $85K2017: $85K2018: $85K2019: $91K2020: $95K2021: $95K2022: $95K2023: $130K2024: $130K2025: $170K2026: $170K2027: $177K2016202020232027

▲ +108% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,4312016: $1,1682017: $9742018: $7792019: $1,2512020: $1,3002021: $1,3002022: $1,3002023: $1,7902024: $1,7902025: $2,3302026: $2,3302027: $2,4312016202020232027

▲ +108% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 +6.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 208 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $208 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+108%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 57 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K19982004201020162022
57arm's-length sales since 1998
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 5 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

19 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$173K$210K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jomich Llc114$2.8Mphila.gov ↗
Nanqu Realty Llc14$857Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 28 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5910 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,080 1940 1
5911 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,080 1940 1
5912 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 1 rented
5913 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 1
5914 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $55K in 2002 → $175K in 2023 (+219%). Absentee individual $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 3
5915 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 1 rented
5916 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $48K in 2009 → $134K in 2022 (+179%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 3
5917 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $32K in 1998 → $130K in 2019 (+313%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 2
5918 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $38K in 2003 → $210K in 2024 (+453%). Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,080 1940 3
5919 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 5×: $51K in 2003 → $169K in 2020 (+231%). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,080 1940 5
5920 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 4×: $55K in 2000 → $119K in 2008 (+116%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 4
5921 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2018 → $130K in 2018 (+160%). Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,080 1940 2
5922 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 0
5923 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2017 → $118K in 2019 (+136%). Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,080 1940 2 rented
5924 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $52K in 2005 → $64K in 2010 (+23%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 3
5925 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $175K 3/1 1,080 1940 1
5926 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $10K in 2012 → $194K in 2021 (+1835%). Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,080 1940 2
5927 TACKAWANNA ST Absentee individual $174K 3/1 1,080 1940 1 rented
5928 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $98K in 2005 → $50K in 2018 (-49%). Investor / LLC $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 2 rented
5929 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $57K in 2004 → $105K in 2019 (+86%). Investor / LLC $174K 3/1 1,080 1940 2 rented
5930 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $94K in 2005 → $45K in 2015 (-52%). Absentee individual $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 2 rented
5931 TACKAWANNA ST Absentee individual $173K 3/1 1,080 1940 1 rented
5932 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2005 → $240K in 2026 (+182%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,080 1940 2
5933 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 2×: $135K in 2023 → $199K in 2024 (+47%). Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,080 1940 2
5934 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $89K in 2002 → $115K in 2013 (+30%). Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,080 1923 3
5935 TACKAWANNA ST Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,080 1940 0
5936 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 4×: $49K in 2004 → $120K in 2012 (+145%). Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,080 1923 4
5937 TACKAWANNA ST Traded 3×: $63K in 2000 → $60K in 2016 (-5%). Absentee individual $188K 3/1 1,080 1940 3

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.