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Who owns your block

2900 block of N 5th St

A mixed-ownership block: 22% owner-occupied, 37% investor-held, with 36 open code violations and 5 homes behind $34,236 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 56% since 2016, now about $127K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$127K
$62K–$1.4M
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$63
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $19K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 46
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
22%
10 of 46
city 41%
Rentals
11%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
36
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$34K
5 of 46 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+15%
value · tax +$270
5 years
+86%
value · tax +$781
10 years
+56%
value · tax +$625

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 $127K — about 0.6× 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 blockZIP 19133Philadelphia
Median home value$127K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied2%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 203 reported crimes (50 violent) and 180 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
203
50 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
180
31 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses37
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations36
Other Assaults24
Thefts16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Theft from Vehicle11

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint36
Illegal Dumping34
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection20
Street Defect10
Information Request9
License Complaint9

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
Julia Deburgos
401 W Lehigh Ave · 512 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$125K$250K$127K2016: $82K2017: $82K2018: $68K2019: $68K2020: $68K2021: $68K2022: $68K2023: $98K2024: $98K2025: $110K2026: $110K2027: $127K2016202020232027

▲ +56% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,7382016: $1,1132017: $1,1132018: $9182019: $9462020: $9532021: $9572022: $9572023: $1,3682024: $1,3682025: $1,4002026: $1,4682027: $1,7382016202020232027

▲ +56% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

3
3 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 $4,595 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$391pays now $3,833at the full rate

2914 N 5th St is assessed at $274K but pays $391 a year — about 10% of the $3,833 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8310025020162019202220252027This block 156 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $156 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+56%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.4 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 44 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
44arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 46 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Investor / LLC: 16Absentee individual: 20 46parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Investor / LLC 16
  • Absentee individual 20

Value distribution today

27 parcels6 parcels3 parcels2 parcels2 parcels1 parcels5 parcels
$62K$580K+

The block's largest owner, S3 Enterprises Llc, carries 7 open violations across 77 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
S3 Enterprises Llc177$6.7Mphila.gov ↗
2024 E Hazard Llc18$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
2906-8 N Five Corp24$534Kphila.gov ↗
Humble Hearts Home Care Llc23$232Kphila.gov ↗
2900 N 5th Street Llc12$845Kphila.gov ↗
Sg Holding Properties Llc22$325Kphila.gov ↗
Virgen Villanueva (individual)22$228Kphila.gov ↗
La Cinco Agency Llc22$136Kphila.gov ↗
Major Triumph Investments11$172Kphila.gov ↗
Business Explorations Llc11$110Kphila.gov ↗
Celik Commercial Properties Ii Llc11$95Kphila.gov ↗
Los Taxes Philadelphia Inc11$68Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 46 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2900-02 N 5TH ST built new under a 2023 permit. Investor / LLC $650K —/— 5,242 1915 0 rented
2901 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $140K in 2007 → $270K in 2008 (+93%). Investor / LLC $173K —/— 2,889 1920 2 rentedtax lien
2903 N 5TH ST Traded 3×: $38K in 2004 → $100K in 2016 (+163%). Absentee individual $151K —/— 2,967 1920 3
2904 N 5TH ST Bought for $170K in 2020. Owner pulled a use permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $127K —/— 2,396 1920 1
2905 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a city demolition permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $190K —/— 3,720 1915 0
2906 N 5TH ST Bought for $170K in 2020. Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $129K —/— 2,040 1920 1
2907-11 N 5TH ST Bought for $420K in 2009. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010. Absentee individual $562K —/— 4,500 1915 1
2908 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a sign permit in 2010. Absentee individual $297K —/— 4,950 1920 0
2910 N 5TH ST Bought for $10K in 1999, zoning permit in 2007, sold for $130K in 2020 (+1200%). Absentee individual $136K —/— 2,154 3
2912 N 5TH ST Bought for $20K in 2003. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $219K —/— 3,642 1920 1
2913 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $127K —/— 2,015 1920 0 rented
2914 N 5TH ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $274K 6/3 2,832 1920 0 abated
2915 N 5TH ST Bought for $113K in 2007. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010. Investor / LLC $172K —/— 1,638 1915 1
2916 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2009); 2 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2012). Absentee individual $108K —/— 1,710 1920 0 tax lien
2917 N 5TH ST Bought for $8K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $134K —/— 2,130 1920 1 tax lien
2918 N 5TH ST Traded 3×: $65K in 2002 → $120K in 2023 (+85%). Investor / LLC $95K —/— 1,800 1920 3 rentedtax lien
2919 N 5TH ST Bought for $20K in 2008. Owner pulled a use permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $110K —/— 1,740 1925 1 rented
2920 N 5TH ST Bought for $18K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $135K in 2021 (+650%). Owner-occupied $230K —/— 1,634 1925 2
2921-27 N 5TH ST built new under a 2010 permit. Absentee individual $1.4M —/— 13,200 1925 0 1 viol
2922-26 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2010. Absentee individual $580K —/— 4,730 1925 0
2928 N 5TH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $74K —/— 1,390 1920 0 abatedtax lien
2929 N 5TH ST sold $3K (2000); L&I violation (2007); 3 L&I violations (2009); 3 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $364K —/— 2,912 1925 1 tax lien
2930 N 5TH ST Bought for $10K in 2005. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010. Investor / LLC $74K —/— 1,390 1920 1
2931 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2009); sold $50K (2020). Investor / LLC $78K —/— 1,232 1920 1
2932 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a sign permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $62K —/— 1,172 1920 0
2933 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2007); sold $100K (2020). Investor / LLC $114K —/— 1,804 1920 1
2934 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $85K —/— 1,350 1920 0
2935-37 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Absentee individual $298K —/— 6,200 1920 0 tax lien
2936 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2013. Absentee individual $87K —/— 1,384 1920 0
2938 N 5TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $107K —/— 1,692 1920 0 abated
2939 N 5TH ST Bought for $80K in 2014. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Absentee individual $155K —/— 2,580 1920 2 tax lien
2940 N 5TH ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $80K in 2005. Absentee individual $1.0M —/— 6,696 1925 1
2941 N 5TH ST Bought for $38K in 2007. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $95K —/— 1,500 1920 3 tax lien
2943 N 5TH ST Bought for $95K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $68K —/— 1,080 1920 1
2945-47 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $425K —/— 2,830 1925 0 4 viol
2946 N 5TH ST Bought for $40K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Absentee individual $121K —/— 2,292 1920 3 7 viol
2948 N 5TH ST Bought for $10K in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $102K —/— 1,928 1920 1 tax lien
2949 N 5TH ST Bought for $10K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Absentee individual $160K —/— 1,120 1925 3
2950 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $66K —/— 1,236 1925 0
2951 N 5TH ST Bought for $62K in 2000. Owner pulled a use permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $88K —/— 1,403 1920 2 tax lien
2952-60 N 5TH ST built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $150K in 2006. Owner-occupied $462K —/— 9,237 1925 1 12 viol
2953 N 5TH ST Bought for $75K in 2005. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2010. Investor / LLC $77K —/— 1,228 1920 1
2955 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $66K —/— 1,238 1920 0 tax lien
2957 N 5TH ST Bought for $12K in 2012. Owner pulled a use permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $83K —/— 1,310 1920 2
2959-61 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2007); 2 L&I violations (2009); 8 L&I violations (2011); 7 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $103K —/— 2,140 1920 0 7 violtax lien
2963 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Absentee individual $105K —/— 1,664 1920 0 5 viol

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

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