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Who owns your block

3800 block of N 5th St

A mixed-ownership block: 35% owner-occupied, 15% investor-held, with 2 homes behind $13,620 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 103% since 2016, now about $140K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$140K
$57K–$644K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$97
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
35%
8 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$14K
2 of 26 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$318
5 years
+116%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+65%
value · tax +$943

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 $140K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above 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$140K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied15%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (33 violent) and 144 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
95
33 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
144
14 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults27
All Other Offenses26
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Theft from Vehicle7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Thefts5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Illegal Dumping29
Maintenance Complaint22
Street Defect16
Smoke Detector6
Salting5

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 · K-5
Bayard Taylor
3698 N Randolph St · 359 students
Middle · 6-8
Roberto Clemente
122 W Erie Ave · 279 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$140K2016: $69K2017: $85K2018: $70K2019: $67K2020: $65K2021: $65K2022: $65K2023: $104K2024: $104K2025: $127K2026: $127K2027: $140K2016202020232027

▲ +103% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,9642016: $8992017: $1,0212018: $9442019: $8922020: $8292021: $8292022: $8292023: $1,4522024: $1,4522025: $1,7322026: $1,6462027: $1,9642016202020232027

▲ +118% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9410025020162019202220252027This block 203 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $203 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+103%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.1 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2004200720102013
10arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 13Vacant: 3 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 13
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

5 parcels16 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$57K$525K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pasquale J Ciammetti (individual)813$2.8Mphila.gov ↗
Nilda Cruz (individual)410$2.2Mphila.gov ↗
Kezama Llc14$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Bafa Properties Llc13$364Kphila.gov ↗
Idans Housing Llc12$223Kphila.gov ↗
W H Carol Inc11$144Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 26 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3800 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $477K —/— 2,937 1950 0
3801-05 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $644K —/— 3,680 0 tax lien
3807 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,440 1960 0 tax lien
3808-14 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $536K —/— 3,600 1925 0 tax lien
3809 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Absentee individual $140K 3/1 1,440 1920 0
3811 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $140K 3/1 1,440 1920 1
3813 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,440 1920 0
3815 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,440 1920 0
3816-18 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $525K —/— 3,069 1925 0
3817 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. Absentee individual $150K 3/1 1,440 1920 0
3819-21 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a lot line relocation permit in 2024. Absentee individual $176K 3/1 1,960 1920 0
3820 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Absentee individual $149K —/— 2,370 1925 0
3822 N 5TH ST sold $80K (2003); L&I violation (2009). Owner-occupied $111K —/— 1,765 1925 1
3823 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a sign permit in 2012. Absentee individual $93K —/— 1,472 1920 0
3824-28 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2009); sold $25K (2010). Absentee individual $175K —/— 916 1925 1
3825 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2011 → $130K in 2013 (+73%). Owner-occupied $131K —/— 2,076 1920 2
3827-29 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $313K —/— 3,750 1920 0
3831 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2020. Absentee individual $140K 3/1 1,440 1920 0
3833 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $140K 3/1 1,440 1920 0
3835-37 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $150K —/— 1,560 1920 0
3848 N 5TH ST Vacant $58K —/— 0
3850 N 5TH ST Vacant $57K —/— 0
3852 N 5TH ST 4 L&I violations (2019). Vacant $57K —/— 0
3854 N 5TH ST Bought for $18K in 2004. Owner pulled a use permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $126K —/— 2,007 1925 1 tax lien
3856 N 5TH ST Bought for $95K in 2007. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $152K —/— 2,417 1925 2
3858 N 5TH ST Bought for $26K in 2002. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $144K —/— 2,610 1925 2

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.