Philadelphia property report

300 block of N 5th St

An investor-heavy block: 100% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is down 7% since 2019, now about $1.3M. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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.
The readRecord analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    This block lost 7% value since 2019 while the typical Philadelphia home gained 6.5% per year over the same span.

  2. 02
    Abatements

    The single home on this block received $15K in annual tax abatements despite a $1.3M valuation.

  3. 03
    Ownership

    All 1 homes on the block are investor-owned with zero owner-occupied units, per the fact sheet.

By the Numbers

Median value
$1.3M
$1.3M–$1.3M
ZIP median $392K
Price / sq ft
$545
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
5.7×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 1
$15K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 1
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 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
+0%
value · tax −$1
5 years
-7%
value · tax −$1K

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 parcel here is $1.3M — about 5.7× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19106 median of $392K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19106 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19106Philadelphia
Median parcel value (ZIP/city: homes)$1.3M$392K$230K
Owner-occupied0%40%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (5 violent) and 159 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
59
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
159
4 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft13
Theft from Vehicle11
Burglary Non-Residential6
Fraud6
Thefts6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection40
Information Request21
Homeless Encampment Request20
Graffiti Removal13
Maintenance Complaint8
Salting8

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 · 2019–2027

$0$1.0M$2.0M$1.3M2019: $1.4M2020: $1.4M2021: $1.4M2022: $1.4M2023: $1.5M2024: $1.5M2025: $1.3M2026: $1.3M2027: $1.3M2019202220242027

▼ -7% since 2019

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,6772019: $4,7342020: $4,7342021: $4,7342022: $4,7342023: $4,1372024: $4,1372025: $3,6782026: $3,6782027: $3,6772019202220242027

▼ -22% since 2019 · ~-3%/yr

1
1 property 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 $14,715 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -0.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

931002002019202220252027This block 93 Philadelphia 179

Rebased to 100 in 2019, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $93 today versus $179 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
-0.9%/yr
price, since 2019
Total appreciation
-7%
since 2019
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
-0.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-7.4 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 1 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1 1parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1

Value distribution today

Not enough data.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Zen And Ben Investments LLC11$1.3M1115 Jefferson Lane, Huntingdon Valley PA, 19006phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 1 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
309-11 N 5TH ST demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2016). Investor / LLC $1.3M 4/4 2,409 2018 0 abated

Neighborhood

Median income
$95K
household
Own vs. rent
37%
owner-occupied
Median age
33.3
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.