Who owns your block
5900 block of Walnut St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 3 homes behind $2,967 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 213% since 2016, now about $177K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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 $177K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19139 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $177K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 40% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 133 reported crimes (60 violent) and 267 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
- $177K typical home, up +213% since 2016
- Tax bill $620 to $2,182 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.9M assessed, $72,153/yr to the city, about $2,062 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +213% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +252% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5923 Walnut St is assessed at $2.5M but pays $1,762 a year — about 5% of the $35,237 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.9% 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 $313 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 36 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 35 parcels
- Owner-occupied 21
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 10
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kael Properties Solutions Llc | 1 | 3 | $604K | phila.gov ↗ |
| La Hacienda Farms Inc | 1 | 1 | $166K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Urban Market Dev Inc | 1 | 1 | $90K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 35 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 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $183K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5901 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $233K | 4/1 | 2,700 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5902 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $161K | 4/1 | 1,550 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5903 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $218K | 4/1 | 2,475 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5904 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $161K | 4/1 | 1,550 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5905 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2021 → $300K in 2022 (+275%). | Owner-occupied | $272K | 4/2 | 1,500 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5906 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $161K | 4/1 | 1,550 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5907 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $159K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5908 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $156K | 4/1 | 1,550 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5909 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $169K | 4/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5910 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $156K | 4/1 | 1,550 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5911 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $170K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5912 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 4/1 | 1,550 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5913 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $178K | 4/1 | 1,650 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5914 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $68K in 2003 → $230K in 2020 (+238%). | Owner-occupied | $270K | 4/2 | 1,550 | 1925 | 5 | tax lien |
| 5915 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $169K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5916 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $58K in 2004. | Owner-occupied | $166K | 4/1 | 1,550 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 5917 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $170K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5918 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2017 → $137K in 2018 (+448%). | Investor / LLC | $166K | 4/1 | 1,550 | 1925 | 2 | 3 viol |
| 5919 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $177K | 4/1 | 1,650 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5920 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $38K in 2010 → $99K in 2018 (+161%). | Owner-occupied | $180K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 5921 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $115K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5922 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2020 → $85K in 2020 (+372%). | Investor / LLC | $187K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5923 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $2.5M | —/— | 40,120 | 1912 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 5924 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $186K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5926 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $187K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5928 WALNUT ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2011 and rebuilt (2025), then sold for $40K in 2017. | Vacant | $90K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 5930 WALNUT ST Improved | Vacant | $90K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5932 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $85K in 2005 → $55K in 2013 (-35%). | Absentee individual | $271K | —/— | 2,240 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 5934 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $82K in 2004 → $165K in 2025 (+101%). | Absentee individual | $271K | —/— | 2,240 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5936 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $295K | 5/3 | 2,240 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5938 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $68K in 1999 → $43K in 2014 (-38%). | Absentee individual | $305K | —/— | 2,400 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5940 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 2,240 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 5942 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $45K in 2006 → $67K in 2008 (+49%). | Owner-occupied | $240K | —/— | 2,240 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 5944 WALNUT ST Historysold $45K (2007); Appeal granted with conditions (2008); Appeal approved (2008). | Absentee individual | $287K | —/— | 425 | 1925 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)