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Who owns your block

1600 block of N 52nd St

A mixed-ownership block: 22% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 1 home behind $1,536 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 58% since 2016, now about $253K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$253K
$33K–$2.9M
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$96
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$275K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $253K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $40K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 9
$7K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
22%
2 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
22%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2K
1 of 9 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+23%
value · tax +$686
5 years
+51%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+58%
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 $253K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above 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$253K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied0%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 369 reported crimes (92 violent) and 248 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
369
92 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
248
68 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts204
Other Assaults72
All Other Offenses20
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm11
Motor Vehicle Theft10

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection60
Maintenance Complaint55
Abandoned Vehicle28
Illegal Dumping27
Traffic Signal Emergency10
Street Defect9

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$250K$500K$253K2016: $160K2017: $160K2018: $161K2019: $166K2020: $167K2021: $167K2022: $167K2023: $225K2024: $190K2025: $206K2026: $206K2027: $253K2016202020232027

▲ +58% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9702016: $1,7502017: $1,7502018: $1,7502019: $1,8352020: $1,9072021: $1,9072022: $1,9072023: $2,6612024: $2,0832025: $2,2842026: $2,2842027: $2,9702016202020232027

▲ +70% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 $6,590 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 $3,534at the full rate

1630 N 52nd St is assessed at $253K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,534 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 +4.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 158 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $158 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+58%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.3 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20082012201620202024
5arm's-length sales since 2006
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

4 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$33K$1.4M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pinelake Management11$2.9Mphila.gov ↗
Dbe Partners Lp11$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
1628 N 52nd Street Llc11$267Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 9 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1600 N 52ND ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $212K —/— 3,408 1915 1
1602 N 52ND ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $164K —/— 2,976 1915 0 tax lien
1604-18 N 52ND ST Bought for $2.0M in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $2.9M —/— 30,066 1960 1 rented6 viol
1620 N 52ND ST Bought for $195K in 2016. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $1.4M —/— 15,000 1915 1
1622 N 52ND ST 2 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $33K —/— 0
1624 N 52ND ST built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $202K —/— 2,368 1915 0 abated
1626 N 52ND ST L&I violation (2007); 2 L&I violations (2010). Absentee individual $253K —/— 2,615 1915 0
1628 N 52ND ST Bought for $55K in 2012, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $275K in 2025 (+400%). Investor / LLC $267K 3/3 2,458 1915 2 rented
1630 N 52ND ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $253K —/— 4,968 1947 0 abated

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.