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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.

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
$94K
$56K–$439K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$88
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$40K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $94K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 21
$11K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
38%
8 of 21
city 41%
Rentals
5%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$24K
2 of 21 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+23%
value · tax +$326
5 years
+162%
value · tax +$809
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$544

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 $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 blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$94K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied19%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.

Crimes · 12mo
70
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
142
36 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses20
Other Assaults9
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations3

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping31
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
Maintenance Complaint19
Salting11
Abandoned Vehicle10
Street Defect10

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
Luis Munoz-Marin
3300 N 3rd St · 482 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$100K$200K$94K2016: $52K2017: $52K2018: $52K2019: $47K2020: $36K2021: $36K2022: $36K2023: $58K2024: $58K2025: $76K2026: $76K2027: $94K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0652016: $3092017: $5212018: $3092019: $2562020: $2562021: $2562022: $2562023: $2562024: $7242025: $7392026: $7392027: $1,0652016202020232027

▲ +245% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr

8
8 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 $11,107 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%
$0pays now $1,313at the full rate

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

6910025020162019202220252027This block 180 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+80%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1 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 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

$0$100K$200K19982004201020162022
14arm's-length sales since 1995
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 21 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 4 21parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

14 parcels3 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$56K$430K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Vega Property Management17$686Kphila.gov ↗
Arkedia Llc15$516Kphila.gov ↗
Oscar Torres (individual)23$247Kphila.gov ↗
3810 N 19th Llc12$625Kphila.gov ↗
Philmac Corp11$194Kphila.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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3400 N 5TH ST Traded 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 built 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 built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,060 1920 0 abatedtax lien
3412 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2012 → $12K in 2012 (+71%). Investor / LLC $94K 3/1 1,060 1920 2
3414 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $94K 3/1 1,060 1920 0 rented
3416 N 5TH ST built 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 Traded 2×: $5K in 2006 → $40K in 2025 (+676%). Absentee individual $94K 2/1 1,060 1920 2
3424 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $2K in 2003 → $20K in 2016 (+900%). Absentee individual $110K —/— 1,060 1925 2 tax lien
3426 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $90K —/— 1,702 1920 0 abated
3428 N 5TH ST built 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 Traded 2×: $40K in 1995 → $10K in 1996 (-75%). Investor / LLC $430K —/— 8,601 1925 2 1 violtax lien
3435R-45 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Vacant $194K —/— 0 tax lien
3436-38 N 5TH ST Bought for $9K in 2001. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010. Absentee individual $439K —/— 2,340 1915 1
3440 N 5TH ST sold $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)

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.