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Who owns your block

2600 block of S 5th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 106% since 2016, now about $283K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$283K
$242K–$356K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$237
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
67%
2 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
33%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-11%
value · tax −$496
5 years
+49%
value · tax −$91
10 years
+106%
value · tax +$639

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 $283K — about 1.3× 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 blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$283K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied67%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 171 reported crimes (39 violent) and 114 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
171
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
114
20 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts80
Other Assaults25
All Other Offenses19
Theft from Vehicle15
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping20
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection15
Abandoned Vehicle13
Salting11
Street Defect7
License Complaint5

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
John H Taggart
400 W Porter St · 485 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$250K$500K$283K2016: $138K2017: $138K2018: $138K2019: $175K2020: $190K2021: $190K2022: $190K2023: $279K2024: $279K2025: $319K2026: $319K2027: $283K2016202020232027

▲ +106% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5642016: $1,5052017: $1,9252018: $1,8592019: $2,4512020: $2,6552021: $2,6552022: $2,6552023: $2,7902024: $2,7902025: $3,0602026: $3,0602027: $2,5642016202020232027

▲ +70% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 206 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $206 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+106%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.3 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20002004200820122016
3arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Absentee individual: 1 3parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$242K$283K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 3 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2607 S 5TH ST Traded 2×: $43K in 2000 → $55K in 2016 (+29%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,050 1960 2
2609 S 5TH ST Owner-occupied $283K 3/3 1,050 1960 1
2611-15 S 5TH ST L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2018). Absentee individual $356K 3/1 1,500 1960 0 rented

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.