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Who owns your block

1300 block of S 5th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 79% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 1 home behind $226 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 95% since 2016, now about $587K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$587K
$384K–$850K
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$333
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$589K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $587K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 14
$9K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
79%
11 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
14%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$226
1 of 14 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+17%
value · tax +$557
5 years
+52%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+95%
value · tax +$3K

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 $587K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$587K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied43%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 93 reported crimes (39 violent) and 316 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
93
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
316
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults27
Theft from Vehicle21
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Fraud9
Thefts8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Salting85
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection49
Maintenance Complaint44
Illegal Dumping22
Construction Complaints18
Abandoned Vehicle17

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
Vare-Washington ES
1198 S 5th St · 370 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$587K2016: $301K2017: $301K2018: $301K2019: $357K2020: $387K2021: $387K2022: $387K2023: $457K2024: $457K2025: $500K2026: $500K2027: $587K2016202020232027

▲ +95% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,3592016: $3,9852017: $4,1972018: $4,1772019: $4,4532020: $4,8022021: $4,8022022: $4,8022023: $5,4552024: $5,5432025: $6,8022026: $6,8022027: $7,3592016202020232027

▲ +85% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 $9,387 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%
$9,516pays now $11,904at the full rate

1315 S 5th St is assessed at $850K but pays $9,516 a year — about 80% of the $11,904 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 195 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $195 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+95%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.2 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
25arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels10 parcels
$384K$620K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Reed Five Lp11$395Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 14 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1305 S 5TH ST Bought for $167K in 2006. Owner pulled a parking only permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $615K 3/2 1,760 2006 2
1308 S 5TH ST Owner-occupied $585K 3/2 1,704 2005 1
1309 S 5TH ST Traded 2×: $229K in 2006 → $355K in 2014 (+55%). Owner-occupied $611K 3/2 1,760 2006 2
1310 S 5TH ST Traded 2×: $249K in 2005 → $435K in 2019 (+75%). Owner-occupied $587K 3/2 1,760 2005 2
1315 S 5TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $228K in 2006. Owner-occupied $850K 3/2 2,640 2006 1 abated
1321 S 5TH ST Owner-occupied $611K 3/2 1,760 2005 1
1322 S 5TH ST Owner-occupied $587K 3/2 1,760 2005 1
1324 S 5TH ST Traded 3×: $237K in 2005 → $350K in 2014 (+47%). Absentee individual $531K 4/2 1,760 2005 3
1328 S 5TH ST Vacant land, last sold for $250K in 2005. Owner-occupied $587K 3/2 1,760 2005 2
1330 S 5TH ST Traded 2×: $261K in 2005 → $330K in 2012 (+26%). Absentee individual $587K 3/2 1,760 2005 2 rented
1331 S 5TH ST Bought for $229K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $611K 3/2 1,760 2005 1
1332 S 5TH ST Vacant land, last sold for $70K in 2000. Owner-occupied $384K 3/2 1,704 2005 2 7 violtax lien
1333 S 5TH ST Bought for $226K in 2006, zoning permit in 2007, sold for $395K in 2019 (+75%). Owner-occupied $620K 3/2 1,760 2005 4
1334 S 5TH ST Bought for $220K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $395K 3/2 1,700 2005 1 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)

Where this comes from

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