Who owns your block
1400 block of N 5th St
A mixed-ownership block: 30% owner-occupied, 5% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 3 homes behind $23,849 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $366K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $366K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19122 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $366K | $278K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 15% | 21% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 112 reported crimes (16 violent) and 224 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $366K typical home, up +93% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,104 to $2,348 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $37M assessed, $59,522/yr to the city, about $2,976 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +93% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +12% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1401-25 N 5th St is assessed at $28M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $394,168 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 +6.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 10 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Absentee individual 12
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sk Five Developments Llc | 1 | 1 | $172K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400-52 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $2.4M | —/— | 7,429 | 1990 | 0 | abated |
| 1401-25 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $28M | —/— | 190,276 | 1940 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1427 N 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2008. | Absentee individual | $446K | —/— | 2,640 | 1894 | 0 | |
| 1429 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit, sold for $630K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $627K | 8/2 | 2,976 | 1894 | 1 | |
| 1431 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $310K | 2/2 | 1,052 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 1431 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $290K | 2/1 | 893 | 2017 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1431 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $288K | 2/1 | 907 | 2017 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1431 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $310K | 2/1 | 1,000 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 1431 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $410K | 3/2 | 1,769 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 1431 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $304K | 2/1 | 1,023 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 1431 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $297K | 2/1 | 945 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 1433 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $169K in 2016. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2016. | Vacant | $172K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1435 N 5TH ST New constructionBought for $61K in 2004, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $110K in 2011. | Absentee individual | $599K | 7/3 | 2,214 | 1894 | 3 | rentedabated |
| 1437 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $497K | 3/1 | 1,782 | 1894 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1439 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $344K | 4/1 | 1,564 | 1894 | 0 | abated |
| 1441 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $352K | 3/1 | 1,612 | 1894 | 0 | abated |
| 1443 N 5TH ST | Vacant | $198K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1445 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit, sold for $19K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $527K | 3/2 | 1,887 | 1894 | 1 | 1 violtax lien |
| 1447 N 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $5K in 2005, use permit in 2012, sold for $215K in 2015 (+4200%). | Owner-occupied | $487K | 4/1 | 2,248 | 1894 | 2 | rented |
| 1449 N 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $380K | —/— | 2,540 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)