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Who owns your block

1700 block of N 5th St

An investor-heavy block: 88% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 15 open code violations and 1 home behind $16,422 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 183% since 2016, now about $1.4M. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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
$1.4M
$165K–$6.4M
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$65
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
6.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$16K
typical · up to $90K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 8
$17K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
25%
2 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
63%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
15
L&I code
▲ block 25% · city 5%
Back taxes
$16K
1 of 8 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 38% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+28%
value · tax +$507
5 years
+109%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+183%
value · tax +$6K

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 $1.4M — about 6.5× 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$1.4M$278K$223K
Owner-occupied0%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 91 reported crimes (21 violent) and 140 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
91
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
140
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft20
Theft from Vehicle16
Other Assaults15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Thefts9
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection24
Abandoned Vehicle23
Maintenance Complaint22
Illegal Dumping16
Information Request10
Shoveling6

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$1.3M$2.5M$1.4M2016: $509K2017: $509K2018: $518K2019: $577K2020: $579K2021: $579K2022: $690K2023: $981K2024: $981K2025: $1.1M2026: $1.1M2027: $1.4M2016202020232027

▲ +183% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$13,2032016: $5,2122017: $7,1282018: $7,2502019: $8,0702020: $8,1012021: $8,1012022: $9,6572023: $11,7982024: $11,7982025: $12,6962026: $12,6962027: $13,2032016202020232027

▲ +153% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

1
1 property 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 $16,550 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%
$9,918pays now $26,467at the full rate

1710-14 N 5th St is assessed at $1.9M but pays $9,918 a year — about 37% of the $26,467 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 +9.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 283 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $283 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+183%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.4 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$13M$25M20042008201220162020
11arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 1 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$165K$2.4M+

The block's largest owner, Pp Factory Lts Llc, carries 1 open violation across 3 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pp Factory Lts Llc33$10.0Mphila.gov ↗
Ntm5 Llc11$165Kphila.gov ↗
1710 Qob Llc11$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Fifth Street Flats Llc11$486Kphila.gov ↗
Hutchgrove Investment Llc11$1.7Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 8 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1700-04 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $1.2M —/— 10,706 1925 0 rented
1706 N 5TH ST Bought for $275K in 2016. Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $165K —/— 2,544 1915 1 14 viol
1708 N 5TH ST Bought for $24K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Absentee individual $736K 3/3 4,080 1925 1 rented
1710-14 N 5TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $395K in 2012. Investor / LLC $1.9M —/— 14,400 1920 1 abated
1716 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $2.4M —/— 42,560 1915 0 rented
1719-23 N 5TH ST Bought for $305K in 2010, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $485K in 2014. Owner-occupied $486K —/— 8,100 1900 3 rented
1730 N 5TH ST Bought for $21M in 2021. Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $6.4M —/— 118,946 1915 1 rented1 viol
1750 N 5TH ST Bought for $70K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2012, sold for $685K in 2015 (+879%). Investor / LLC $1.7M —/— 26,622 1925 4

Neighborhood

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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.