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Who owns your block

5900 block of Tulip St

A mixed-ownership block: 52% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $260K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$260K
$50K–$410K
ZIP median $207K
Price / sq ft
$142
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$600K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $260K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 23
$11K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
52%
11 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
48%
11 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
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+21%
value · tax +$742
5 years
+99%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+104%
value · tax +$2K

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 $260K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above 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$260K$207K$223K
Owner-occupied22%44%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 49 reported crimes (18 violent) and 70 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
49
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
70
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults12
Fraud6
Theft from Vehicle6
Thefts5
All Other Offenses4
Motor Vehicle Theft4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint29
Abandoned Vehicle15
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Street Defect4
Illegal Dumping2
Information Request2

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$250K$500K$260K2016: $128K2017: $128K2018: $128K2019: $125K2020: $131K2021: $131K2022: $131K2023: $256K2024: $256K2025: $215K2026: $215K2027: $260K2016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,6452016: $1,7892017: $1,7892018: $1,7892019: $1,7532020: $1,8272021: $1,8272022: $1,8272023: $3,2182024: $3,5782025: $2,9032026: $2,9032027: $3,6452016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

2
2 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 $10,525 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%
$3,982pays now $5,745at the full rate

5911 Tulip St is assessed at $410K but pays $3,982 a year — about 69% of the $5,745 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 204 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $204 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+104%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.2 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2005201020152020
24arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 1 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels9 parcels4 parcels5 parcels
$50K$355K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Lotus 20 Llc235$6.5Mphila.gov ↗
Jab Properties Llc11$50Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 23 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5900 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $193K in 2013 → $350K in 2023 (+81%). Owner-occupied $355K 4/2 2,780 1990 2
5901-03 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $297K 4/3 2,339 1930 1 rented
5904 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $71K in 2003 → $155K in 2021 (+118%). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,080 1930 2 tax lien
5905 TULIP ST Absentee individual $313K 4/3 2,160 1930 1 rented
5906 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $135K in 2006 → $161K in 2024 (+19%). Owner-occupied $184K 4/2 1,080 1930 2
5908-10 TULIP ST Absentee individual $330K 5/2 2,325 1930 0
5911 TULIP ST Bought for $148K in 2001, built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated), sold for $900K in 2024. Investor / LLC $410K 3/3 2,160 1930 5 rentedabated
5913 TULIP ST Bought for $148K in 2001, built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated), sold for $900K in 2024. Investor / LLC $410K 3/3 2,160 1930 5 rentedabated
5914 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $285K 4/1 1,750 1950 0
5916 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $53K in 2006 → $37K in 2015 (-30%). Owner-occupied $175K —/1 864 1950 2 rented
5918 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2003 → $250K in 2020 (+213%). Investor / LLC $50K —/— 1,260 1950 2
5919 TULIP ST Traded 2×: $43K in 2005 → $169K in 2009 (+293%). Owner-occupied $262K 5/1 2,160 1930 2
5921 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $275K 4/1 2,400 1930 0
5924 TULIP ST Absentee individual $260K 2/2 1,920 1985 0 rented
5926 TULIP ST Absentee individual $260K 2/2 1,920 1985 0 rented
5927 TULIP ST Vacant $90K —/— 0
5928 TULIP ST Absentee individual $260K 2/2 1,920 1985 0 rented
5930 TULIP ST Absentee individual $260K 2/2 1,920 1985 0 rented
5931 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $256K 4/1 1,575 1930 0
5932 TULIP ST Absentee individual $260K 2/2 1,920 1985 0 rented
5933 TULIP ST Owner-occupied $232K 4/1 1,575 1930 0
5934 TULIP ST Absentee individual $268K 2/2 1,920 1985 0 rented
5935 TULIP ST Appeal city affirmed (2016); Appeal approved (2019). Owner-occupied $263K 3/2 1,822 1930 0

Neighborhood

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

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