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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.

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
$504K
$117K–$16M
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$291
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $31K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
16 of 22
$288K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
32%
6 of 22
city 41%
Rentals
27%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+324%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+137%
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 $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 blockZIP 19122Philadelphia
Median home value$504K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied0%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.

Crimes · 12mo
129
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
137
21 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft24
Theft from Vehicle24
Thefts23
Other Assaults22
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
All Other Offenses7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection32
Maintenance Complaint22
Abandoned Vehicle19
Illegal Dumping11
Construction Complaints9
Street Defect7

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
James R Ludlow
550 W Master St · 237 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$504K2016: $213K2017: $213K2018: $703K2019: $119K2020: $119K2021: $119K2022: $119K2023: $119K2024: $119K2025: $504K2026: $504K2027: $504K2016202020232027

▲ +137% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$1,4102016: $2,6652017: $2,6652018: $1,7962025: $1,4102026: $1,4102027: $1,4102016202020232027

▼ -47% since 2016 · ~-6%/yr

16
16 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 $287,997 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%
$22,885pays now $228,866at the full rate

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

5610050020162019202220252027This block 237 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+8.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+137%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.7 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 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

$0$25M$50M20052010201520202025
28arm's-length sales since 2005
1times the typical home has sold
12most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 22 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 1 22parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels15 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$117K$1.5M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
L & M Turner Court Llc15$3.0Mphila.gov ↗
Oxford Street Properties22$2.4Mphila.gov ↗
North Philly Realty Ventures Llc12$733Kphila.gov ↗
New Stars Llc11$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Pp Ave V Llc11$16Mphila.gov ↗
Ec Dynasty Llc11$564Kphila.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

$0$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1600 N 5TH ST Bought for $1.1M in 2013. Owner pulled a use permit in 2008. Investor / LLC $175K —/— 1,460 1950 1
1601 N 5TH ST Bought for $40K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $214K —/— 3,298 1940 1
1602-18 N 5TH ST Bought 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 Owner pulled a tank install/removal permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $1.5M —/— 24,370 1953 0
1620 N 5TH ST demolished 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 built new (tax-abated), sold for $439K in 2019. Absentee individual $504K 3/2 1,728 2018 1 abated
1628 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $400K in 2019. Absentee individual $504K 3/2 1,728 2018 1 abated
1630 N 5TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $504K 3/2 1,728 2018 0 abated
1632 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $412K in 2019. Absentee individual $504K 3/2 1,728 2018 1 rentedabated
1634 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $400K in 2019. Absentee individual $504K 3/2 1,728 2018 1 abated
1635 N 5TH ST built new under a 2023 permit, sold for $49M in 2026. Vacant $730K —/— 1
1636 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $442K in 2019. Absentee individual $504K 3/2 1,728 2019 1 rentedabated
1638 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $442K in 2019. Absentee individual $504K 3/2 1,728 2018 1 rentedabated
1640 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $436K in 2019. Absentee individual $504K 3/2 1,728 2018 1 abated
1642 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $420K in 2019. Owner-occupied $504K 3/2 1,728 2018 1 abated
1644 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $427K in 2019. Owner-occupied $504K 3/2 1,728 2019 1 abated
1646 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $505K in 2022. Absentee individual $504K 3/2 1,728 2019 1 abated
1649 N 5TH ST demolished in 2020 and rebuilt (2022), then sold for $24M in 2022. Investor / LLC $16M —/— 75,800 2021 1 abated
1650 N 5TH ST built 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)

Where this comes from

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