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Who owns your block

1300 block of S 53rd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 61% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 17 open code violations and 12 homes behind $65,602 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 338% since 2016, now about $231K. Property taxes are climbing about 16% a year.

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
$231K
$67K–$393K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$131
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 33
$21K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
61%
19 of 33
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
17
L&I code
▲ block 18% · city 5%
Back taxes
$66K
12 of 33 behind
▲ block 36% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-4%
value · tax −$226
5 years
+152%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+338%
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 $231K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$231K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied39%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 131 reported crimes (65 violent) and 178 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
131
65 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
178
31 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults44
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Thefts13
All Other Offenses10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection44
Maintenance Complaint37
Abandoned Vehicle17
Illegal Dumping16
Traffic Signal Emergency7
Street Light Outage6

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
Benjamin B Comegys
5100 Greenway Ave · 213 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$250K$500K$231K2016: $53K2017: $53K2018: $53K2019: $85K2020: $92K2021: $92K2022: $92K2023: $158K2024: $158K2025: $241K2026: $241K2027: $231K2016202020232027

▲ +338% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,8742016: $3812017: $3812018: $3812019: $6762020: $7322021: $6542022: $6542023: $1,1582024: $1,1582025: $2,1002026: $2,1002027: $1,8742016202020232027

▲ +392% since 2016 · ~+16%/yr

1
1 property 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 $21,430 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 $3,232at the full rate

1307 S 53rd St is assessed at $231K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,232 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 +14.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 438 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $438 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+14.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+338%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+14.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+11.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+7.9 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 27 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
27arm's-length sales since 2004
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 33 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 5 33parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels1 parcels3 parcels14 parcels2 parcels7 parcels
$67K$307K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Do 2 Win Re Group Llc176$16Mphila.gov ↗
City Block Acquisition Xi Llc315$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
City Block Acquisition X Llc18$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Equity Holding Corp Tr13$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Romell & Janet Realty Llc23$551Kphila.gov ↗
Evelyn M Reid (individual)23$644Kphila.gov ↗
Bds3 Llc12$474Kphila.gov ↗
Odbu Leo Llc11$283Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 33 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 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $200K —/— 1,742 1915 0 1 viol
1301 S 53RD ST Bought for $38K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $218K 4/1 1,760 1920 1 rentedtax lien
1302 S 53RD ST L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $234K —/— 1,694 1915 0
1303 S 53RD ST Owner-occupied $227K 4/1 1,760 1915 0
1304 S 53RD ST Bought for $21K in 2004, zoning/use permit in 2009, sold for $38K in 2011 (+85%). Owner-occupied $191K —/— 1,013 1915 2 tax lien
1305 S 53RD ST Bought for $75K in 2016. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $231K 4/1 1,760 1915 1 1 viol
1306 S 53RD ST Owner-occupied $238K —/— 1,694 1915 0
1307 S 53RD ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $80K in 2020. Owner-occupied $231K 4/1 1,760 1915 1 abated
1308 S 53RD ST Bought for $50K in 2005, alteration permit in 2008, sold for $135K in 2013 (+171%). Owner-occupied $238K —/— 1,694 1915 2
1309 S 53RD ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2013 → $40K in 2020 (-47%). Investor / LLC $283K —/— 1,760 1915 2 tax lien
1310 S 53RD ST Bought for $45K in 2005. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2017. Absentee individual $321K —/— 1,885 1915 2 1 viol
1311 S 53RD ST Bought for $120K in 2024. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Absentee individual $283K —/— 1,760 1915 2
1312 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Absentee individual $116K —/— 1,848 1915 0 3 violtax lien
1313 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Absentee individual $283K —/— 1,760 1915 0
1314 S 53RD ST sold $5K (2004); 3 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 12 (2017); 5 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2023); 5 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $171K —/— 1,848 1915 1 10 violtax lien
1315 S 53RD ST Owner-occupied $231K 4/1 1,760 1915 1
1316 S 53RD ST Bought for $29K in 2017, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $250K in 2023 (+762%). Investor / LLC $393K 6/3 2,218 1915 3
1317 S 53RD ST L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $231K 4/1 1,760 1915 0 tax lien
1318 S 53RD ST Bought for $20K in 2016. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $307K 6/2 1,742 1915 2 1 viol
1319 S 53RD ST Bought for $55K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $231K 4/1 1,760 1915 1 tax lien
1320 S 53RD ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2016 → $205K in 2019 (+925%). Vacant $67K —/— 2
1321 S 53RD ST Owner-occupied $283K —/— 1,760 1915 0 tax lien
1322 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a combined lot line relocation and new dev… permit in 2026. Vacant $97K —/— 0
1323 S 53RD ST Bought for $79K in 2006. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $231K 4/1 1,760 1915 1
1324 S 53RD ST Vacant $97K —/— 0
1325 S 53RD ST Owner-occupied $158K 4/1 1,760 1915 0 tax lien
1326 S 53RD ST Vacant $97K —/— 1
1327 S 53RD ST Owner-occupied $231K 4/1 1,760 1915 0
1328 S 53RD ST Vacant $97K —/— 1
1329 S 53RD ST Owner-occupied $231K 4/1 1,760 1915 0
1331 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a fast form building permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $231K 4/1 1,760 1915 0
1334 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $242K —/— 1,742 1915 0 tax lien
1336 S 53RD ST Investor / LLC $260K 5/1 1,742 1915 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)

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