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Who owns your block

1000 block of N 5th St

A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 6% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 42% since 2016, now about $602K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$602K
$178K–$6.5M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$282
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$600K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $602K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 17
$114K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
41%
7 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
24%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+15%
value · tax −$332
5 years
+50%
value · tax +$109
10 years
+42%
value · tax +$481

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 $602K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$602K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied18%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 65 reported crimes (16 violent) and 248 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
65
16 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
248
52 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle15
Thefts12
Other Assaults11
Motor Vehicle Theft10
All Other Offenses4
Fraud3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection48
Maintenance Complaint24
Traffic (Other)23
Information Request19
Other (Streets)19
Illegal Dumping12

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
James R Ludlow
550 W Master St · 237 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$500K$1.0M$602K2016: $424K2017: $424K2018: $386K2019: $398K2020: $402K2021: $402K2022: $402K2023: $456K2024: $456K2025: $525K2026: $525K2027: $602K2016202020232027

▲ +42% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9592016: $2,3602017: $2,4782018: $2,4782019: $2,8502020: $2,8502021: $2,8502022: $2,8502023: $2,9932024: $2,9932025: $3,2912026: $3,2912027: $2,9592016202020232027

▲ +25% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

3
3 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 $114,159 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%
$0pays now $90,342at the full rate

1001-19 N 5th St is assessed at $6.5M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $90,342 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 +3.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9110025020162019202220252027This block 142 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $142 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+42%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.3 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2005201020152020
11arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 1 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels1 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$178K$943K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
1008 N 5th Street Llc11$795Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 17 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1000 N 5TH ST Vacant $232K —/— 0
1001-19 N 5TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $6.5M —/— 88,632 0 abated
1006 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $194K 1/1 455 2007 0
1006 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $210K 1/1 506 2007 0
1006 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $178K 1/1 350 2007 0
1006 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $211K 1/1 663 2007 0
1006 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Absentee individual $205K 1/1 637 2007 0 rented
1008 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $795K —/— 2,820 1915 0 rented
1010 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $795K —/— 3,686 1920 0 rented
1012 N 5TH ST Bought for $260K in 2003, alterations permit in 2020, sold for $805K in 2022 (+210%). Owner-occupied $943K 5/2 3,218 1920 4
1014 N 5TH ST Bought for $25K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $115K in 2001. Owner-occupied $602K 4/2 2,722 1920 2 abated
1016 N 5TH ST Bought for $256K in 2004, use permit in 2011, sold for $700K in 2020 (+173%). Owner-occupied $712K 4/3 2,438 1920 2
1018 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $265K in 2005 → $333K in 2014 (+26%). Owner-occupied $550K 4/2 2,438 1920 2
1020 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $453K —/— 2,833 1920 0
1022 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $791K —/— 3,840 1920 0 rented
1024 N 5TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $835K —/— 4,583 1920 0 abated
1028 N 5TH ST sold $31K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2017); L&I violation (2018). Absentee individual $889K —/— 9,848 1920 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.