Philadelphia property report
5900 block of Wayne Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 2 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($11,834 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $401K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $401K — about 1.7× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19144 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19144 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $401K | $207K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 62% | 48% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 19 reported crimes (about 2 a month, 26% of them violent) and 104 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
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
- $401K typical home, up +76% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $2,755 to $4,307 a year through 2027, +4%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $86,067/yr from taxable assessments, or $4,098 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +76% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +56% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.
- 5918 Wayne Avemajor assessment exemption0.65%$2,734/yr on $419K
- 5901 Wayne Avemajor assessment exemption0.74%$3,579/yr on $482K
- 5937 Wayne Avelower taxable assessment0.86%$2,255/yr on $261K
- 5929 Wayne Avelower taxable assessment0.91%$2,612/yr on $287K
- 5904 Wayne Avelower taxable assessment1.01%$3,596/yr on $357K
- …and 8 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
One large gap: 5901 Wayne Ave has a $3,579/year assessment-based estimate on $482K assessed value — about 53% of the $6,740 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.3% 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 $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 18
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Brisman Management LLC, carries 2 open violations across 5 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisman Management LLC | 1 | 5 | $1.6M | 201 Crest Hill Rd, Toms River NJ, 08755 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Individual owner on record (individual) | 2 | 3 | $637K | — | phila.gov ↗ |
| Individual owner on record (individual) | 2 | 3 | $672K | — | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5901 Wayne LLC | 1 | 1 | $800K | 5534 Morris St, Philadelphia PA, 19144 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 23 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — 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 WAYNE AVE ImprovedBought for $425K in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $358K | 3/1 | 2,244 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 5901 WAYNE AVE Apartment building New constructionBought for $370K in 2017, built new under a 2018 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $1.4M in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $800K | —/— | 8,894 | 1900 | 2 | licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 5902R WAYNE AVE | Absentee individual | $4K | —/— | 198 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5902 WAYNE AVE ImprovedBought for $144K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $408K | 3/1 | 2,244 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 5902R WAYNE AVE | Absentee individual | $4K | —/— | 198 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5904 WAYNE AVE | Owner-occupied | $354K | 4/— | 2,244 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 5906 WAYNE AVE | Owner-occupied | $401K | 3/1 | 2,244 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 5908 WAYNE AVE | Owner-occupied | $401K | 3/1 | 2,244 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 5909-19 WAYNE AVE Commercial ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | —/— | 19,031 | 1920 | 0 | 5 viol |
| 5910 WAYNE AVE Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $386K | 3/2 | 2,244 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 5912 WAYNE AVE Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $461K | 4/2 | 2,985 | 1900 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 5914 WAYNE AVE Apartment building | Owner-occupied | $450K | 6/4 | 2,823 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 5916 WAYNE AVE | Owner-occupied | $401K | 3/1 | 2,244 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 5918 WAYNE AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $401K | 3/1 | 2,244 | 1900 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 5920 WAYNE AVE ImprovedBought for $280K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $417K | 3/1 | 2,360 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 5922 WAYNE AVE ImprovedBought for $230K in 2018. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $408K | 3/1 | 2,244 | 1900 | 1 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 5925 WAYNE AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $510K | 5/3 | 2,850 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 5927 WAYNE AVE ImprovedBought for $287K in 2006. Owner pulled a use permit in 2007. | Investor / LLC | $434K | 3/1 | 2,649 | 1900 | 2 | 2 viol |
| 5929 WAYNE AVE | Owner-occupied | $286K | 3/2 | 2,649 | 1900 | 0 | $665 tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 5931 WAYNE AVE Apartment building | Owner-occupied | $417K | 5/3 | 2,716 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 5933 WAYNE AVE Apartment building Historysold $225K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2014); Inspection failed ×3 (2014); L&I: 1 failed, 2 passed (2015). | Owner-occupied | $417K | 5/3 | 2,716 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 5935 WAYNE AVE Apartment building Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $102K in 2004 → $132K in 2011 (+29%). | Absentee individual | $417K | 5/3 | 2,716 | 1900 | 3 | $11K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 5937 WAYNE AVE Apartment building ImprovedBought for $80K in 2004. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $320K | 4/3 | 3,065 | 1889 | 2 |
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Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)