5900 block of Webster St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $165K — about 0.7× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $155K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (about 7 a month, 43% of them violent) and 325 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.

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

• $165K typical home, up +87% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $816 to $922 a year through 2027, +1%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $50,113/yr from taxable assessments, or $1,253 per home — not live account balances

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.

• 5915 Webster Stmajor assessment exemption0.10%$104/yr on $107K
• 5927 Webster Stmajor assessment exemption0.10%$105/yr on $108K
• 5920 Webster Stmajor assessment exemption0.10%$109/yr on $108K
• 5924 Webster Stmajor assessment exemption0.10%$109/yr on $108K
• 5939 Webster Stlower taxable assessment0.27%$328/yr on $123K
• …and 21 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 5920 Webster St has a $109/year assessment-based estimate on $108K assessed value — about 7% of the $1,509 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 +5.9% 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 $187 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 30 arm's-length sales since 1969. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Ddh Fund LLC, carries 38 open violations across 43 properties it owns around the city.

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 40 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

New construction

5949 Webster St

$171K · built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $223K in 1969.

New construction

5920 Webster St

$115K · Bought for $21K in 2000, built new under a 2009 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $90K in 20

New construction

5924 Webster St

$115K · built new under a 2010 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

5915 Webster St

$114K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

Renovated & sold on

5940 Webster St

$270K · Bought for $71K in 2018, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $208K in 2019 (+193%).

Improved

5936 Webster St

$191K · Bought for $40K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016.

Neighborhood