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Who owns your block

1300 block of N 53rd St

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 18% investor-held, with 8 open code violations and 5 homes behind $7,632 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 175% since 2016, now about $137K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$137K
$92K–$266K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$82
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 34
$18K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
56%
19 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
29%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
5 of 34 behind
▲ block 15% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax +$189
5 years
+136%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+175%
value · tax +$1K

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 $137K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$137K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied35%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 181 reported crimes (91 violent) and 277 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
181
91 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
277
90 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults64
All Other Offenses25
Aggravated Assault No Firearm16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Thefts11

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint75
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection58
Illegal Dumping28
Abandoned Vehicle24
Sanitation Violation20
Street Defect14

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
Edward Heston
1621 N 54th St · 219 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$100K$200K$137K2016: $50K2017: $50K2018: $50K2019: $55K2020: $58K2021: $58K2022: $58K2023: $86K2024: $86K2025: $120K2026: $120K2027: $137K2016202020232027

▲ +175% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,8352016: $6962017: $6962018: $6962019: $7262020: $7592021: $7572022: $7652023: $1,1702024: $1,1772025: $1,6462026: $1,6462027: $1,8352016202020232027

▲ +164% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

2
2 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 $18,375 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%
$711pays now $2,385at the full rate

1324 N 53rd St is assessed at $170K but pays $711 a year — about 30% of the $2,385 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 +9.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 275 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $275 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+175%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.1 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 38 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20002005201020152020
38arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 11 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 11

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels4 parcels13 parcels0 parcels9 parcels5 parcels
$92K$185K+

The block's largest owner, 1-4 Rental Sfig Llc, carries 6 open violations across 72 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
1-4 Rental Sfig Llc172$9.0Mphila.gov ↗
Scottie A Williamson (individual)216$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Sila Properties Llc114$2.2Mphila.gov ↗
Peloton Properties Llc18$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Ua Investment Group Llc17$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Dynamic Equity Partners Inc16$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Capable One Construction Llc11$130Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 34 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1300 N 53RD ST Absentee individual $143K —/— 1,742 1925 1
1301 N 53RD ST Bought for $115K in 2021. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,836 1925 1
1302 N 53RD ST Bought for $16K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $30K in 2016 (+93%). Absentee individual $132K 4/1 1,622 1925 3 tax lien
1303 N 53RD ST Bought for $52K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Absentee individual $135K 4/— 1,708 1925 1
1304 N 53RD ST Bought for $40K in 2005. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Absentee individual $94K 4/1 1,745 1925 3
1305 N 53RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,708 1925 0
1306 N 53RD ST L&I violation (2013). Owner-occupied $136K 4/1 1,734 1925 0
1307 N 53RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $138K 4/1 1,813 1925 0 3 viol
1308 N 53RD ST L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $132K 4/1 1,622 1925 0
1309 N 53RD ST L&I violation (2010); 8 L&I violations (2012); sold $22K (2015); L&I violation (2022). Investor / LLC $94K 4/1 1,708 1925 1 rented
1310 N 53RD ST Bought for $45K in 2016. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Absentee individual $132K 4/1 1,622 1925 1
1311 N 53RD ST Traded 2×: $13K in 1999 → $20K in 2015 (+57%). Investor / LLC $178K —/— 1,804 1925 2 rented
1312 N 53RD ST Absentee individual $132K 4/1 1,622 1925 0 tax lien
1313 N 53RD ST Bought for $15K in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $92K 4/2 1,708 1925 2 rented
1314 N 53RD ST Bought for $53K in 2001, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $136K in 2024 (+157%). Investor / LLC $169K 4/2 1,622 1925 4 rented
1315 N 53RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Absentee individual $171K —/— 1,708 1925 0 rented
1316 N 53RD ST Owner-occupied $128K 4/1 1,622 1925 0 tax lien
1317 N 53RD ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $133K 4/1 1,708 1925 0 abated
1318 N 53RD ST Traded 2×: $35K in 2011 → $110K in 2011 (+218%). Owner-occupied $163K 4/1 1,622 1925 2
1319 N 53RD ST Bought for $33K in 2010, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $98K in 2010 (+197%). Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,708 1925 2
1320 N 53RD ST Traded 2×: $26K in 2012 → $97K in 2013 (+273%). Owner-occupied $163K 4/1 1,622 1925 2
1321 N 53RD ST Bought for $94K in 2016. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $171K —/— 1,708 1925 1
1322 N 53RD ST Owner-occupied $179K —/— 1,836 1925 1
1323 N 53RD ST Owner-occupied $132K 4/1 1,915 1925 0 tax lien
1324 N 53RD ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $170K 4/1 1,760 1925 0 rentedabatedtax lien
1325 N 53RD ST Bought for $63K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $266K 4/1 1,760 1925 1 rented
1326 N 53RD ST Bought for $60K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $130K 4/1 1,632 1925 1 3 viol
1327 N 53RD ST 2 L&I violations (2022). Owner-occupied $128K 4/1 1,660 1925 0 2 viol
1328 N 53RD ST Owner-occupied $134K 4/1 1,758 1925 0 tax lien
1329 N 53RD ST sold $59K (2007); 4 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014). Absentee individual $169K —/— 1,660 1925 1 rented
1330 N 53RD ST Bought for $57K in 2005, use permit in 2019, sold for $131K in 2019 (+130%). Owner-occupied $130K 4/1 1,632 1925 2
1331 N 53RD ST Bought for $48K in 2018, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2018, sold for $160K in 2018 (+237%). Owner-occupied $185K 4/1 1,660 1925 2 tax lien
1332 N 53RD ST Bought for $60K in 2017. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Absentee individual $220K 4/2 1,632 1925 2 rented
1333 N 53RD ST Bought for $75K in 2017. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $169K 4/1 1,660 1925 2 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

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