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Who owns your block

1700 block of N 52nd St

An investor-heavy block: 78% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 1534% since 2016, now about $144K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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
$144K
$22K–$679K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$14
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$76
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 9
$15K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
44%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+294%
value · tax −$1
5 years
+312%
value · tax +$3
10 years
+83%
value · tax +$76

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $144K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below 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$144K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied0%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 118 reported crimes (50 violent) and 179 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
118
50 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
179
52 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults35
Thefts20
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9
All Other Offenses9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Motor Vehicle Theft8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection47
Abandoned Vehicle27
Maintenance Complaint26
Illegal Dumping19
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$125K$250K$144K2016: $9K2017: $78K2018: $35K2019: $35K2020: $35K2021: $35K2022: $35K2023: $35K2024: $35K2025: $37K2026: $37K2027: $144K2016202020232027

▲ +1534% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$50$100$762016: $272018: $732019: $732020: $732021: $732022: $732023: $732024: $732025: $772026: $772027: $762016202020232027

▲ +181% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

7
7 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 $15,189 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%
$2,375pays now $9,503at the full rate

1702-16 N 52nd St is assessed at $679K but pays $2,375 a year — about 25% of the $9,503 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 +28.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100200020162019202220252027This block 1634 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $1634 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+28.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+1534%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+28.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+25.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+22.4 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2005. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2005
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 9parcels
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$22K$282K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Centennial Village Lp515$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Centential Village Lp22$44Kphila.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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1700 N 52ND ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $235K 2,808 1925 0 abated
1701-05 N 52ND ST Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2014. Vacant $282K 0
1702-16 N 52ND ST demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2021). Investor / LLC $679K 37,835 2016 0 abated
1707-09 N 52ND ST demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2016). Investor / LLC $22K 1,822 2017 0 rentedabated
1711 N 52ND ST demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2016). Investor / LLC $22K 1,534 2016 0 rentedabated
1713 N 52ND ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $22K 1,534 2017 0 rentedabated
1715-17 N 52ND ST demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2016). Investor / LLC $22K 1,822 1915 0 rentedabated
1718-26 N 52ND ST demolished in 2012 and rebuilt (2012). Vacant $144K 1 2 viol
1719-29 N 52ND ST demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017). Investor / LLC $175K 9,216 2016 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.