House report

5531 Media St

4 bd1 ba2 stories1,931 sqftRSA5built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$150K OPA value, not a listing price
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Assessment and City record timeline

Published City assessments for this house against its block and ZIP. Dated City filings are marked on the same line. Select one to read it. Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals.

$0$100K$200KZIP 19131 (Wynnefield · West Park) median$147K2010201320162019202220252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19131 (Wynnefield · West Park) medianAssessmentPermit

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

Every dated record6 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitRoof Covering Replacement
  2. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  3. PermitRoof Covering Replacement
  4. PermitPlumbing
  5. PermitElectrical
  6. PermitElectrical

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$697/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $49,800 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $146,500. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

OPA 041248500
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,931 sqft livable area
Lot
1,479 sqft
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Block context

5500 block of Media St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5529 Media St  ·  5533 Media St

No business or residential license records

No business license or residential registration matched this OPA parcel in the latest City data.

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Open every source row 6 dated rows
  1. PermitRoof Covering Replacement

    Permit GM-2024-008532 · Expired

    For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work.

  2. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit RP-2022-009444 · Expired

    LEVEL II STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS (NO CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY) FOR RENOVATIONS TO AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO CONSTRUCT NEW SUPPORT BEAM AND COLUMNS IN THE BASEMENT LEVEL AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *2018 IRC REVIEW*

  3. PermitRoof Covering Replacement

    Permit GM-2022-003285 · Expired

    For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work.

  4. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 387202 · COMPLETED

    WATER SERVICE FROM HOUSE TO CURB

  5. PermitElectrical

    Permit 325811 · COMPLETED

    INSTALLATION OF 100 AMP SERVICE, REPLACE DEFECTIVE, OUTLETS, SWITCHES AND FIXTURES, INSTALLATION OF 6 SMOKE DETECTORS AS PER 2008 NEC

  6. PermitElectrical

    Permit 296632 · COMPLETED

    NEW INSTALLAITON OF 100 AMP SERVICE AND (6) 20 AMP BRANCH CIRCUITS AND (6) 15 AMP BRANCH CIRCUITS, INCLUDING (6) 110 VOLT SMOKES AS PER 2008 NEC (WEST DIST)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 10:57 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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