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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19122 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.4M | $278K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 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.
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
- $1.4M typical home, up +183% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,212 to $13,203 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $15M assessed, $193,419/yr to the city, about $24,177 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +183% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +153% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 8 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Pp Factory Lts Llc, carries 1 open violation across 3 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pp Factory Lts Llc | 3 | 3 | $10.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ntm5 Llc | 1 | 1 | $165K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1710 Qob Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Fifth Street Flats Llc | 1 | 1 | $486K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hutchgrove Investment Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.7M | phila.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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700-04 N 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 10,706 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 1706 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought 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 ImprovedBought 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 New constructionbuilt 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $2.4M | —/— | 42,560 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1719-23 N 5TH ST New constructionBought 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 ImprovedBought 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 Renovated & sold onBought for $70K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2012, sold for $685K in 2015 (+879%). | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 26,622 | 1925 | 4 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)