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Who owns your block

5900 block of Upland Way

A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 4 homes behind $37,243 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $217K. 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
$217K
$138K–$339K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$129
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$120K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $217K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
77%
23 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
13%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$37K
4 of 30 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-5%
value · tax −$151
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$564
10 years
+93%
value · tax +$443

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 $217K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$217K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied57%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 38 reported crimes (10 violent) and 129 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
38
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
129
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults8
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Theft from Vehicle6
Fraud5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
All Other Offenses2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection50
Illegal Dumping19
Maintenance Complaint18
Abandoned Vehicle12
Street Defect9
Other (Streets)4

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 & Middle · K-8
Samuel Gompers
5701 Wynnefield Ave · 236 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$125K$250K$217K2016: $113K2017: $113K2018: $113K2019: $113K2020: $137K2021: $137K2022: $137K2023: $156K2024: $156K2025: $228K2026: $229K2027: $217K2016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,9182016: $1,4752017: $1,4752018: $1,4752019: $1,3352020: $1,3542021: $1,3542022: $1,3542023: $1,0572024: $1,1232025: $2,0802026: $2,0692027: $1,9182016202020232027

▲ +30% 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 193 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+93%
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 25 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M2004201020162022
25arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 7 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 7

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels3 parcels6 parcels11 parcels2 parcels5 parcels
$138K$269K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Brooklyn Keys Properties Llc111$2.3Mphila.gov ↗
A And A Holdings Llc19$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Rk & Ek Llc15$801Kphila.gov ↗
Suite Living Llc13$562Kphila.gov ↗
Flamingo Contracting Llc13$490Kphila.gov ↗
Won Pa Llc11$179Kphila.gov ↗
5960 Upland Way Lp11$338Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 30 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
5901 UPLAND WAY Traded 2×: $125K in 2007 → $75K in 2012 (-40%). Owner-occupied $221K 4/2 1,760 1925 2
5903 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $222K 4/1 1,728 1925 1
5905 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $211K 4/1 1,728 1925 0
5907 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $206K 4/1 1,728 1925 0
5909 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $201K 4/1 1,728 1925 1
5911 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $216K 4/1 1,728 1925 0
5913 UPLAND WAY Traded 2×: $72K in 2013 → $160K in 2014 (+121%). Owner-occupied $264K 4/1 1,728 1925 2
5915 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $211K 4/1 1,728 1925 0
5917 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $221K 4/1 1,728 1925 1
5919 UPLAND WAY Investor / LLC $217K 4/1 1,728 1925 1 1 viol
5921 UPLAND WAY Appeal complete (2024); Appeal complete (2025). Owner-occupied $157K 4/1 1,728 1925 0 1 viol
5923 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $225K 4/1 1,728 1925 0
5925 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $217K 4/1 1,728 1925 1
5927 UPLAND WAY Investor / LLC $217K 4/1 1,728 1925 1 rented
5929 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $212K 4/1 1,728 1925 0
5931 UPLAND WAY Investor / LLC $213K 4/1 1,728 1925 1 rented
5933 UPLAND WAY Investor / LLC $138K 4/1 1,728 1925 1 1 violtax lien
5935 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $223K 4/1 1,728 1925 0
5937 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $229K 4/1 1,728 1925 1
5939 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $233K 4/1 1,728 1925 1
5941 UPLAND WAY Traded 2×: $88K in 2010 → $188K in 2011 (+114%). Owner-occupied $339K 4/2 1,728 1925 2
5943 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $253K 4/1 1,728 1925 0 tax lien
5945 UPLAND WAY Appeal moot (2014). Owner-occupied $269K 4/1 1,920 1925 0 tax lien
5953 UPLAND WAY sold $65K (1999); Appeal granted (2019). Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 1,314 1925 1
5955 UPLAND WAY Traded 2×: $99K in 2004 → $180K in 2019 (+82%). Owner-occupied $179K 3/2 1,188 1925 2
5957 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,188 1925 0
5959 UPLAND WAY Investor / LLC $179K 3/1 1,188 1925 1 rented
5960 UPLAND WAY Traded 3×: $250K in 2008 → $2.5M in 2014 (+900%). Investor / LLC $338K —/— 3,600 1911 3
5961 UPLAND WAY Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,188 1925 0
5963 UPLAND WAY Traded 2×: $63K in 2002 → $160K in 2022 (+154%). Investor / LLC $231K 3/2 1,360 1925 2 rented

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

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