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Who owns your block

200 block of N 5th St

A mixed-ownership block: 8% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 1 home behind $69,602 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 185% since 2016, now about $165K.

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
$165K
$26K–$285K
ZIP median $419K
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Owner-occupied
8%
0 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$70K
1 of 13 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+33%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+31%
value · tax +$0
10 years
+185%
value · tax +$0

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 $165K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19106 median of $419K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19106 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19106Philadelphia
Median home value$165K$419K$223K
Owner-occupied0%33%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 63 reported crimes (11 violent) and 149 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
63
11 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
149
6 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft13
Other Assaults9
Theft from Vehicle9
Thefts9
Fraud7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection41
Street Defect34
Information Request15
Homeless Encampment Request10
Graffiti Removal7
Maintenance Complaint7

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
General George A Mccall
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$100K$200K$165K2016: $58K2017: $58K2018: $58K2019: $126K2020: $126K2021: $126K2022: $126K2023: $124K2024: $124K2025: $124K2026: $124K2027: $165K2016202020232027

▲ +185% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

Not enough history yet.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 285 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $285 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+185%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.5 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Vacant: 13 13parcels
  • Vacant 13

Value distribution today

4 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$26K$209K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Delaware River Port (individual)1128$6.6Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 13 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$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
243R N 5TH ST Vacant $285K 0
243 N 5TH ST Vacant $26K 0
245 N 5TH ST Vacant $209K 0
247 N 5TH ST Vacant $170K 0
249 N 5TH ST Vacant $183K 0
251 N 5TH ST Vacant $169K 0 tax lien
253 N 5TH ST Vacant $165K 0
255R-57 N 5TH ST Vacant $53K 0
255 N 5TH ST Vacant $191K 0
257 N 5TH ST Vacant $117K 0
259 N 5TH ST Vacant $50K 0
261 N 5TH ST Vacant $45K 0
263 N 5TH ST Vacant $45K 0

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.