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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $260K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 22% | 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.
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
- $260K typical home, up +104% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,789 to $3,645 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.9M assessed, $72,537/yr to the city, about $3,154 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +104% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Lotus 20 Llc | 2 | 35 | $6.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jab Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $50K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5900 TULIP ST TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 TradedTraded 2×: $53K in 2006 → $37K in 2015 (-30%). | Owner-occupied | $175K | —/1 | 864 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 5918 TULIP ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2003 → $250K in 2020 (+213%). | Investor / LLC | $50K | —/— | 1,260 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 5919 TULIP ST TradedTraded 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 HistoryAppeal city affirmed (2016); Appeal approved (2019). | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/2 | 1,822 | 1930 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)