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Who owns your block

1900 block of N 5th St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 5 homes behind $49,792 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 176% since 2016, now about $234K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% a year.

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
$234K
$65K–$6.0M
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$173
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$495K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $234K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $84K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 30
$47K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
40%
12 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
10%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$50K
5 of 30 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-10%
value · tax −$416
5 years
+66%
value · tax +$823
10 years
+176%
value · tax +$823

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 $234K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below 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$234K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied7%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (24 violent) and 225 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
92
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
225
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts20
Other Assaults15
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Theft from Vehicle10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint65
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection44
Illegal Dumping18
Abandoned Vehicle16
Shoveling11
Street Defect11

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
William Mckinley
2101 N Orkney St · 275 students
High
Kensington Campus

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$250K$500K$234K2016: $85K2017: $85K2018: $81K2019: $142K2020: $141K2021: $141K2022: $141K2023: $178K2024: $178K2025: $249K2026: $260K2027: $234K2016202020232027

▲ +176% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0912016: $2432017: $2682018: $2682019: $2682020: $2682021: $2682022: $2682023: $7172024: $7832025: $1,5072026: $1,5072027: $1,0912016202020232027

▲ +349% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr

10
10 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 $46,661 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

13 homes pay the full 1.40%17 pay less
$3,306pays now $8,406at the full rate

The starkest example: 1917 N 5th St is assessed at $601K but pays $3,306 a year — about 39% of the $8,406 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 276 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $276 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+176%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.2 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20082012201620202024
16arm's-length sales since 2006
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 11 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 11

Value distribution today

8 parcels5 parcels2 parcels8 parcels3 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$65K$468K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)64773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
Apm Properties INC227$7.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Eko Realty LLC16$1.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Ana E Santos (individual)22$382Kphila.gov ↗
Blume Rlty Corp11$169Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1927 N 5th St LLC11$108Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Sebastian Hawker Richards-Pashak Trust11$468Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 30 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1900-18 N 5TH ST built new under a 2009 permit. Absentee individual $6.0M —/— 44,373 2002 0
1915R N 5TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); sold $1K (2017); L&I violation (2025). Vacant $169K —/— 1 tax lien
1915 N 5TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); sold $1K (2017); 2 L&I violations (2023); 3 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $65K —/— 1 2 violtax lien
1917 N 5TH ST Bought for $58K in 2020, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $601K 5/5 1,875 2024 3 rentedabatedtax lien
1919 N 5TH ST built new under a 2021 permit. Vacant $120K —/— 0 rented
1920 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $365K —/— 2,325 1925 0 abated
1921 N 5TH ST demolished in 2024 and rebuilt (2011). Vacant $140K —/— 0 abated2 viol
1922 N 5TH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated), sold for $215K in 2024. Owner-occupied $255K 3/1 1,360 1915 1 abated
1923 N 5TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 3 L&I violations incl VACANT BLDG - UNSAFE (2014); 4 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $127K —/— 0
1924 N 5TH ST Bought for $155K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,572 1915 2
1925 N 5TH ST Appeal withdrawn (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $120K —/— 0
1926 N 5TH ST Bought for $90K in 2006. Owner pulled a use permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $339K 4/2 1,440 1915 1
1927 N 5TH ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $66K in 2019. Vacant $108K —/— 1 rented
1928 N 5TH ST Bought for $2K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $315K 3/1 1,440 1915 3
1929 N 5TH ST built new under a 2021 permit. Investor / LLC $176K 4/2 2,145 1915 0
1930 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $261K 3/1 1,440 1915 0 abated
1931 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $321K —/— 2,160 1915 0 abated
1932 N 5TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $216K —/— 1,920 1915 0 abatedtax lien
1933 N 5TH ST Vacant $108K —/— 0
1934 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $294K 2/1 1,776 1915 0 abated
1935 N 5TH ST demolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2021). Vacant $108K —/— 0
1936 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $292K —/— 1,750 1915 0
1937 N 5TH ST Vacant $109K —/— 0
1938 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,061 1915 0
1939 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $133K —/— 2,046 1925 0 tax lien
1940 N 5TH ST built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $270K —/— 1,536 1915 0 abated
1941 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $218K —/— 3,360 1925 0 tax lien
1942 N 5TH ST built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $291K 3/1 1,462 1915 0 abatedtax lien
1944 N 5TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 4 L&I violations (2014); sold $115K (2022). Vacant $91K —/— 1 tax lien
1946 N 5TH ST Bought for $215K in 2022, change of use permit in 2023, sold for $495K in 2024 (+130%). Investor / LLC $468K 4/— 1,740 1915 2 tax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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