Who owns your block
1600 block of N 5th St
A mixed-ownership block: 32% owner-occupied, 32% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 137% since 2016, now about $504K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $504K — about 2.3× 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 | $504K | $278K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 21% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 129 reported crimes (27 violent) and 137 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
- $504K typical home, up +137% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,665 to $1,410 a year, -6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $29M assessed, $116,523/yr to the city, about $5,297 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +137% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -47% since 2016 · ~-6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1649 N 5th St is assessed at $16M but pays $22,885 a year — about 10% of the $228,866 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 +8.2% 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 $237 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L & M Turner Court Llc | 1 | 5 | $3.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Oxford Street Properties | 2 | 2 | $2.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| North Philly Realty Ventures Llc | 1 | 2 | $733K | phila.gov ↗ |
| New Stars Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pp Ave V Llc | 1 | 1 | $16M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ec Dynasty Llc | 1 | 1 | $564K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $1.1M in 2013. Owner pulled a use permit in 2008. | Investor / LLC | $175K | —/— | 1,460 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 1601 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $40K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/— | 3,298 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 1602-18 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $1.1M in 2013. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $2.2M | —/— | 34,220 | 1950 | 12 | |
| 1603-15 N 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a tank install/removal permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $1.5M | —/— | 24,370 | 1953 | 0 | |
| 1620 N 5TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $400K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $515K | 3/3 | 1,782 | 2019 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1622 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2019 | 1 | |
| 1624 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2018 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1626 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $439K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2018 | 1 | abated |
| 1628 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $400K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2018 | 1 | abated |
| 1630 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 1632 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $412K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2018 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1634 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $400K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2018 | 1 | abated |
| 1635 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit, sold for $49M in 2026. | Vacant | $730K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1636 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $442K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2019 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1638 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $442K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2018 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1640 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $436K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2018 | 1 | abated |
| 1642 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $420K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2018 | 1 | abated |
| 1644 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $427K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2019 | 1 | abated |
| 1646 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $505K in 2022. | Absentee individual | $504K | 3/2 | 1,728 | 2019 | 1 | abated |
| 1649 N 5TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2020 and rebuilt (2022), then sold for $24M in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $16M | —/— | 75,800 | 2021 | 1 | abated |
| 1650 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $117K | —/— | 1,496 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 1650 N 5TH ST | Investor / LLC | $564K | 3/2 | 2,457 | 2019 | 0 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)