Who owns your block
2600 block of N 5th St
A mixed-ownership block: 42% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 1 home behind $455 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 203% since 2016, now about $164K. Property taxes are climbing about 20% 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 $164K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19133 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $164K | $83K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 25% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 166 reported crimes (58 violent) and 119 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
- $164K typical home, up +203% since 2016
- Tax bill $167 to $1,202 a year, +20%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $16M assessed, $79,176/yr to the city, about $3,299 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +203% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +620% since 2016 · ~+20%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2600-24 N 5th St is assessed at $5.3M but pays $982 a year — about 1% of the $74,598 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 +10.6% 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 $303 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 12
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 3 | 4773 | $1418M | phila.gov ↗ |
| School District Of Phila (individual) | 2 | 304 | $2524M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Apm Properties Inc | 1 | 27 | $7.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Crowdcopia Llc | 1 | 6 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| David Ruiz (individual) | 2 | 4 | $658K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600-24 N 5TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2019). | Absentee individual | $5.3M | —/— | 250,000 | 2016 | 0 | abated |
| 2601 N 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $206K | —/— | 4,045 | 1925 | 0 | 1 violtax lien |
| 2603-09 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $3.3M | —/— | 63,130 | 1957 | 0 | abated |
| 2611-35 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $896K | —/— | 17,160 | 1960 | 0 | abated5 viol |
| 2626 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $159K | —/— | 2,320 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2628 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $180K | —/— | 1,820 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2630 N 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $12K in 2001, zoning/use permit in 2007, sold for $43K in 2017 (+254%). | Absentee individual | $236K | 6/3 | 2,166 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 2632 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $233K | —/— | 924 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2634 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit, sold for $100K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $215K | 5/1 | 2,175 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2636 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $180K | —/— | 1,820 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2637-45 N 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $650K in 2011, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $2.7M in 2017 (+315%). | Investor / LLC | $3.4M | —/— | 17,865 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 2638 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $155K | 6/3 | 924 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2640 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $14K in 2012. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $138K | —/— | 925 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 2642 N 5TH ST New constructionBought for $55K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $100K in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $493K | 5/5 | 2,190 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 2644 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $102K | —/1 | 725 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2646 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $11K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $102K | —/1 | 725 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 2647 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $133K | —/1 | 1,079 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2649 N 5TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $12K in 2000 → $30K in 2000 (+161%). | Owner-occupied | $130K | —/1 | 1,068 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2651 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $123K | —/1 | 940 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 2653 N 5TH ST New constructionBought for $14K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $30K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $124K | —/1 | 880 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 2655 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $121K | —/1 | 900 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2657 N 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $130K | —/1 | 1,079 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2659 N 5TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2018). | Owner-occupied | $67K | —/— | 1,258 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2661 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $35K in 2005. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. | Absentee individual | $169K | —/— | 1,712 | 1920 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)