Who owns your block
3400 block of N 5th St
A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 19% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $23,912 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $94K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $94K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $94K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 19% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 70 reported crimes (22 violent) and 142 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
- $94K typical home, up +80% since 2016
- Tax bill $309 to $1,065 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.9M assessed, $29,380/yr to the city, about $1,399 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +80% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +245% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3404 N 5th St is assessed at $94K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,313 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 +5.5% 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 $180 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 14 arm's-length sales since 1995. 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 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vega Property Management | 1 | 7 | $686K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Arkedia Llc | 1 | 5 | $516K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Oscar Torres (individual) | 2 | 3 | $247K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3810 N 19th Llc | 1 | 2 | $625K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philmac Corp | 1 | 1 | $194K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3400 N 5TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $19K in 2004 → $135K in 2019 (+622%). | Investor / LLC | $146K | —/— | 3,080 | 1920 | 3 | 1 violtax lien |
| 3402 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $56K | —/— | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 3404 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $94K | —/— | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 3406 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $94K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 3408 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 3410 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3412 N 5TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $7K in 2012 → $12K in 2012 (+71%). | Investor / LLC | $94K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 3414 N 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $94K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 3416 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 3418 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $94K | 2/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 3420 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 3422 N 5TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $5K in 2006 → $40K in 2025 (+676%). | Absentee individual | $94K | 2/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 3424 N 5TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $2K in 2003 → $20K in 2016 (+900%). | Absentee individual | $110K | —/— | 1,060 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 3426 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $90K | —/— | 1,702 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 3428 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $63K | 3/1 | 1,060 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 3430-32 N 5TH ST | Vacant | $76K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3433 N 5TH ST | Vacant | $129K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3435-45 N 5TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 1995 → $10K in 1996 (-75%). | Investor / LLC | $430K | —/— | 8,601 | 1925 | 2 | 1 violtax lien |
| 3435R-45 N 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. | Vacant | $194K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3436-38 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $9K in 2001. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $439K | —/— | 2,340 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 3440 N 5TH ST Historysold $25K (2001); 3 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2009); 2 L&I violations (2014). | Vacant | $222K | —/— | — | — | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)