Who owns your block
1900 block of S 5th St
A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 19% investor-held, with 1 home behind $15,524 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 176% since 2016, now about $318K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year.
- 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 $318K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19148 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $318K | $261K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 14% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 101 reported crimes (36 violent) and 371 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
- $318K typical home, up +176% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,102 to $3,119 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $130,097/yr to the city, about $3,098 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +176% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +183% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
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:
- 1912 S 5th Sttax-abated new construction0.13%$428/yr on $337K
- 1917 S 5th Sttax-abated new construction0.14%$441/yr on $315K
- 1917 S 5th Sttax-abated new construction0.14%$511/yr on $365K
- 1933 S 5th Sttax-abated new construction0.16%$512/yr on $325K
- 1916 S 5th Sttax-abated new construction0.19%$496/yr on $258K
- …and 17 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The starkest example: 1913 S 5th St is assessed at $757K but pays $2,120 a year — about 20% of the $10,599 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
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.
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 49 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 42 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 8
- Absentee individual 17
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Orem Management LLC, carries 8 open violations across 4 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orem Management LLC | 1 | 4 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Jbt Limited LLC | 3 | 3 | $877K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Paper Holding Company LLC | 1 | 2 | $529K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Jeune A LLC | 1 | 1 | $199K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Cyf LLC | 1 | 1 | $231K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 1939 South 5th LLC | 1 | 1 | $658K | phila.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 42 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $263K | —/— | 1,440 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1901 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $153K in 2008. Owner pulled a use permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $420K | —/— | 2,278 | — | 2 | |
| 1902 S 5TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $23K in 2002 → $393K in 2021 (+1647%). | Absentee individual | $364K | 8/2 | 2,340 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 1904 S 5TH ST Historysold $43K (2002); 2 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2013). | Investor / LLC | $342K | 8/2 | 2,340 | 1920 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 1905 S 5TH ST History2 L&I violations (2010); sold $220K (2022). | Investor / LLC | $199K | 3/3 | 1,360 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1906 S 5TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $5K in 2001 → $160K in 2009 (+3233%). | Owner-occupied | $385K | 6/2 | 2,535 | 1920 | 6 | |
| 1907 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $350K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $279K | 6/3 | 1,908 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1908 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $7K in 2001. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $344K | 5/2 | 1,462 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1909 S 5TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $350K in 2015 → $250K in 2018 (-29%). | Investor / LLC | $320K | 4/2 | 1,704 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1910 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/1 | 1,376 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1911 S 5TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $350K in 2015 → $270K in 2018 (-23%). | Investor / LLC | $279K | 5/3 | 1,908 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1912 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $337K | 4/1 | 1,836 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1913 S 5TH ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $100K in 2018, demolished and rebuilt (2017). | Absentee individual | $757K | 8/— | 2,838 | 2020 | 3 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1914 S 5TH ST History2 L&I violations (2010). | Owner-occupied | $330K | 6/2 | 1,838 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1915 S 5TH ST New constructionBought for $83K in 2008, built new under a 2021 permit. | Absentee individual | $745K | 7/— | 3,711 | 2023 | 2 | rented |
| 1916 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $258K | 3/1 | 1,428 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1917 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $315K | 2/— | 1,266 | 2022 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1917 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $365K | 2/— | 1,394 | 2022 | 0 | abated |
| 1918 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $294K | 4/1 | 1,816 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1919 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $184K | 3/1 | 1,240 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1920 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $62K in 2010. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. | Absentee individual | $290K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1921 S 5TH ST New constructionBought for $21K in 2014, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $455K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $440K | 3/2 | 2,080 | 2016 | 4 | |
| 1922 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $266K | 3/1 | 1,487 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1923 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $233K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1924 S 5TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2009); L&I violation (2017). | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/— | 1,714 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1925 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $306K | 4/2 | 1,520 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 1926 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $43K in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. | Absentee individual | $355K | 4/2 | 2,108 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1927 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $485K | 3/— | 1,918 | 2022 | 0 | abated |
| 1927 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $375K | 2/— | 1,908 | 2022 | 0 | abated |
| 1927 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $327K | 1/— | 853 | 2022 | 0 | abated |
| 1928 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $206K in 2024. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $231K | 3/1 | 1,146 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1929 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $245K | 3/1 | 1,220 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1930 S 5TH ST History2 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011). | Vacant | $115K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1931 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $70K in 2005. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $266K | 3/1 | 1,442 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1932 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $237K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1933 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $42K in 2002. | Absentee individual | $325K | 6/3 | 1,688 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 1934 S 5TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $6K in 2002 → $175K in 2019 (+2817%). | Investor / LLC | $300K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1935 S 5TH ST History2 L&I violations (2010); sold $41K (2017). | Absentee individual | $269K | 2/1 | 1,442 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1936 S 5TH ST New constructionBought for $19K in 2014, built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $386K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $384K | 3/2 | 1,670 | 2017 | 2 | abated |
| 1937 S 5TH ST New constructionBought for $160K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $500K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $400K | 3/2 | 1,532 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1938 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $168K in 2016. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $329K | 4/2 | 1,748 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1939 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $150K in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $658K | —/— | 3,618 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
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