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Who owns your block

300 block of N 55th St

A mixed-ownership block: 47% owner-occupied, 27% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 225% since 2016, now about $110K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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
$110K
$44K–$179K
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$96
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$505K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $110K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 15
$6K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
47%
7 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
20%
3 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
-1%
value · tax −$23
5 years
+137%
value · tax +$696
10 years
+225%
value · tax +$916

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 $110K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$110K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied27%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 143 reported crimes (76 violent) and 199 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
143
76 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
199
48 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults59
Thefts16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
All Other Offenses8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Disorderly Conduct6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint32
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection31
Abandoned Vehicle21
Illegal Dumping21
Salting20
Street Defect14

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
Guion Bluford
5720 Media St · 490 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$110K2016: $34K2017: $34K2018: $34K2019: $45K2020: $46K2021: $46K2022: $46K2023: $46K2024: $46K2025: $111K2026: $111K2027: $110K2016202020232027

▲ +225% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3332016: $4172017: $4172018: $4492019: $6132020: $6372021: $6372022: $6372023: $6372024: $6372025: $1,3562026: $1,3562027: $1,3332016202020232027

▲ +220% since 2016 · ~+11%/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 $5,599 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%
$300pays now $1,699at the full rate

331 N 55th St is assessed at $121K but pays $300 a year — about 18% of the $1,699 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 +11.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 325 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $325 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+11.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+225%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.8 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
20arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 4 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels4 parcels6 parcels
$44K$121K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Haddington Partners Iii L233$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Appletree Realty Group Llc114$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Up Top Realty Llc12$220Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 15 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
314-26 N 55TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $88K —/— 4,140 1925 0
323-25 N 55TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $44K —/— 2,640 1925 0
329 N 55TH ST Absentee individual $95K 3/1 954 1925 0
331 N 55TH ST Bought for $29K in 2004, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $65K in 2010. Owner-occupied $121K 3/1 954 1925 2 abated
333 N 55TH ST Traded 6×: $6K in 2014 → $60K in 2024 (+991%). Investor / LLC $95K 3/1 954 1925 6
335 N 55TH ST Absentee individual $95K 3/1 954 1925 0
337 N 55TH ST Owner-occupied $106K 3/1 1,185 1925 0 abated
338 N 55TH ST Bought for $50K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $112K 3/1 1,074 1925 2
339 N 55TH ST Owner-occupied $106K 3/1 1,185 1925 1
340 N 55TH ST sold $36K (2002); L&I violation (2014). Owner-occupied $115K 3/1 1,187 1925 1 rented
342 N 55TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,187 1925 0 abated
344 N 55TH ST Bought for $19K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $150K in 2023 (+677%). Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,187 1925 5
346 N 55TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $110K 3/1 1,187 1925 0
348 N 55TH ST Traded 2×: $16K in 2015 → $62K in 2018 (+288%). Absentee individual $110K 3/1 1,187 1925 2 rentedtax lien
350 N 55TH ST 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2023); sold $950K (2025). Investor / LLC $112K 3/1 1,255 1925 1 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.