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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

5900 block of W Thompson St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 72% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 homes behind $45,082 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $165K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$165K
$22K–$224K
ZIP median $189K
Price / sq ft
$113
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$305K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $165K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
9 of 32
$25K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
72%
23 of 32
city 41%
Rentals
6%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$45K
9 of 32 behind
▲ block 28% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
0%
value · tax −$38
5 years
+60%
value · tax +$0
10 years
+71%
value · tax −$341

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 $165K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19151 median of $189K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19151 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19151Philadelphia
Median home value$165K$189K$223K
Owner-occupied31%54%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 129 reported crimes (65 violent) and 256 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
129
65 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
256
65 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults48
Thefts16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
All Other Offenses9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8
Motor Vehicle Theft8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection84
Maintenance Complaint47
Illegal Dumping31
Abandoned Vehicle30
Sanitation Violation12
Other (Streets)7

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
Guion Bluford
5720 Media St · 490 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$100K$200K$165K2016: $96K2017: $96K2018: $96K2019: $99K2020: $103K2021: $103K2022: $103K2023: $134K2024: $134K2025: $166K2026: $166K2027: $165K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$9852016: $1,3262017: $1,3262018: $1,1472019: $1,1932020: $1,0252021: $1,0252022: $9852023: $9392024: $9392025: $1,0232026: $1,0232027: $9852016202020232027

▼ -26% since 2016 · ~-3%/yr

9
9 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 $25,099 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%
$1,361pays now $2,723at the full rate

5924 W Thompson St is assessed at $195K but pays $1,361 a year — about 50% of the $2,723 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
16arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
22homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 32 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 6 32parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels19 parcels11 parcels
$22K$195K+

The block's largest owner, 1260 Housing Development Corporation, carries 3 open violations across 23 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
1260 Housing Development Corporation123$504Kphila.gov ↗
Olalere Llc16$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Harland Group Llc14$448Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 32 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

New construction
5914 W Thompson St
$159K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $25K in 2005.
Frequently traded
5905 W Thompson St
$224K · Traded 4×: $1K in 2001 → $173K in 2017 (+17200%).
Traded
5923 W Thompson St
$190K · Traded 2×: $45K in 2025 → $305K in 2025 (+578%).
Traded
5925 W Thompson St
$190K · Traded 2×: $31K in 2001 → $190K in 2024 (+513%).
Traded
5919 W Thompson St
$154K · Traded 2×: $38K in 2002 → $56K in 2006 (+47%).
History
5901 W Thompson St
$171K · sold $110K (2024); Appeal withdrawn (2025).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5900 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $165K —/— 1,418 1925 1
5901 W THOMPSON ST Historysold $110K (2024); Appeal withdrawn (2025). Investor / LLC $171K 4/1 1,632 1925 1
5902 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $165K —/— 1,418 1925 0 abated
5903 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $160K —/— 1,408 1925 0 abated
5904 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $165K —/— 1,418 1925 0 tax lien
5905 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $1K in 2001 → $173K in 2017 (+17200%). Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 1,408 1925 4
5906 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $165K —/— 1,418 1925 0 tax lien
5907 W THOMPSON ST Investor / LLC $22K —/— 1,408 1925 0
5908 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $165K —/— 1,418 1925 0
5909 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $190K —/— 1,408 1925 0 rented
5910 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $165K —/— 1,418 1925 0
5911 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $167K 4/1 1,558 1925 0
5912 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $159K —/— 1,418 1925 0 abated
5913 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $154K —/— 1,408 1925 1 tax lien
5914 W THOMPSON ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $25K in 2005. Owner-occupied $159K —/— 1,418 1925 1 abated
5915 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $163K 4/1 1,600 1925 0 abated
5916 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $168K 4/1 1,592 1925 0 tax lien
5917 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $170K 4/1 1,696 1925 0
5918 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $159K —/— 1,408 1925 0 abatedtax lien
5919 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2002 → $56K in 2006 (+47%). Owner-occupied $154K —/— 1,408 1925 2
5920 W THOMPSON ST Investor / LLC $191K —/— 1,408 1925 1 rentedtax lien
5921 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $160K —/— 1,408 1925 0 abated
5922 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $195K —/— 1,472 1925 0
5923 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $45K in 2025 → $305K in 2025 (+578%). Absentee individual $190K —/— 1,408 1925 2
5924 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $195K —/— 1,472 1925 0 abated
5925 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $31K in 2001 → $190K in 2024 (+513%). Absentee individual $190K —/— 1,408 1925 2 tax lien
5926 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $168K —/— 1,472 1925 0
5927 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,504 1925 0
5928 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $195K —/— 1,472 1925 0
5929 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $160K —/— 1,408 1925 1 tax lien
5930 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $119K —/— 1,836 1925 0
5931 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $178K 4/1 1,758 1925 0 abated

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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