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Who owns your block

4800 block of N 5th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 3 homes behind $16,614 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 86% since 2016, now about $164K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$164K
$19K–$274K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$95
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$175K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $164K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 48
$36K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
77%
36 of 48
city 41%
Rentals
15%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$17K
3 of 48 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-4%
value · tax −$78
5 years
+82%
value · tax +$206
10 years
+86%
value · tax +$218

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 $164K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$164K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied48%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 127 reported crimes (45 violent) and 274 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
127
45 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
274
49 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults27
All Other Offenses22
Thefts16
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping75
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection45
Street Light Outage45
Abandoned Vehicle24
Maintenance Complaint20
Salting14

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-5
Thurgood Marshall
4500 Griscom St · 243 students
High · 9-12
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave · 1036 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$164K2016: $88K2017: $88K2018: $88K2019: $84K2020: $90K2021: $90K2022: $90K2023: $127K2024: $127K2025: $171K2026: $171K2027: $164K2016202020232027

▲ +86% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3902016: $1,1722017: $1,1722018: $1,1662019: $1,0902020: $1,1812021: $1,1812022: $1,1842023: $1,7552024: $1,7552025: $1,5542026: $1,4682027: $1,3902016202020232027

▲ +19% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

2
2 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 $35,634 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 $3,840at the full rate

4800 N 5th St is assessed at $274K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,840 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 +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 186 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $186 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+86%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 78 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2004201020162022
78arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 48 parcels

Owner-occupied: 36Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 2 48parcels
  • Owner-occupied 36
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels6 parcels29 parcels8 parcels
$19K$221K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
William Gardner (individual)22$332Kphila.gov ↗
Royal Chase Corporation (individual)22$62Kphila.gov ↗
Arts In All Inc11$164Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 48 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
4800 N 5TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $274K —/— 2,680 1935 0 abated8 viol
4802 N 5TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $214K —/— 1,600 1935 0 abated
4804 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2005 → $31K in 2005 (+22%). Owner-occupied $151K —/— 2,400 1935 2
4806 N 5TH ST Bought for $9K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $204K in 2021 (+2094%). Absentee individual $230K 4/2 1,650 1935 4 rented
4808 N 5TH ST Traded 4×: $36K in 2002 → $126K in 2019 (+249%). Owner-occupied $204K —/— 1,688 1935 4
4810-12 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2018). Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,688 1900 0
4814 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $32K in 2006 → $110K in 2018 (+239%). Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,650 1935 2
4815 N 5TH ST Bought for $32K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $130K in 2017 (+306%). Owner-occupied $151K —/— 2,450 1900 3 rented
4816 N 5TH ST 6 L&I violations (2008); L&I violation (2014); 3 L&I violations (2018); sold $19K (2019); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,650 1900 1 1 viol
4817 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 0
4818 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $47K in 2019 → $123K in 2019 (+162%). Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,650 1900 2 1 viol
4819 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,728 1900 1
4820 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2020 → $175K in 2021 (+775%). Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,650 1900 2
4821 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 0
4822 N 5TH ST Traded 3×: $30K in 2000 → $40K in 2018 (+33%). Owner-occupied $133K —/— 1,800 1935 3 tax lien
4823 N 5TH ST Traded 5×: $20K in 2000 → $60K in 2025 (+200%). Absentee individual $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 5 rented
4824 N 5TH ST Bought for $180K in 2023. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $168K —/— 1,760 1935 1 tax lien
4825 N 5TH ST Bought for $25K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 3
4826 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $168K 4/1 1,760 1900 0
4827 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $162K 4/1 1,664 1900 0
4828 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $168K 4/1 1,760 1900 1
4829 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $162K 4/1 1,664 1900 0 tax lien
4830 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $169K 4/1 1,760 1900 0
4831 N 5TH ST Bought for $140K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $162K 4/1 1,664 1900 2
4832 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2008); L&I violation (2012). Owner-occupied $168K —/— 1,760 1900 0
4833 N 5TH ST Bought for $16K in 2001, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $160K in 2024 (+897%). Absentee individual $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 3
4834 N 5TH ST Bought for $33K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Absentee individual $176K 4/1 1,760 1900 2
4835 N 5TH ST sold $5K (2001); 2 L&I violations (2010). Absentee individual $221K —/1 1,824 1900 1
4836 N 5TH ST Bought for $30K in 2002. Owner pulled a solar panels and structure permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $176K 4/1 1,760 1900 3
4837 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $76K in 2013 → $178K in 2024 (+135%). Owner-occupied $164K 4/2 1,728 1900 2
4838 N 5TH ST Bought for $9K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $176K 4/1 1,760 1900 2
4839 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 0
4840 N 5TH ST Bought for $13K in 2000. Owner pulled a use permit in 2008. Absentee individual $176K 4/1 1,760 1900 3
4841 N 5TH ST Traded 3×: $53K in 2000 → $92K in 2008 (+73%). Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 3
4842 N 5TH ST Traded 5×: $40K in 2005 → $75K in 2009 (+88%). Owner-occupied $223K —/— 1,760 1935 5 rented
4843 N 5TH ST Traded 4×: $15K in 2001 → $190K in 2026 (+1157%). Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 4 rented
4844 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $195K 4/1 2,200 1935 0
4845 N 5TH ST Bought for $125K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 1
4846-50 N 5TH ST Vacant $43K —/— 1
4847 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $216K 3/2 1,728 1900 1 rented
4849 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 1
4851 N 5TH ST Bought for $44K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 1
4852 N 5TH ST sold $90K (2004); L&I violation (2017). Vacant $19K —/— 1
4853 N 5TH ST Bought for $29K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $109K 4/1 1,728 1900 1 rented
4855 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 4/1 1,728 1900 1
4857 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $125K —/— 1,984 1900 1 tax lien
4859 N 5TH ST Bought for $78K in 2018. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $181K —/— 2,122 1900 1
4861 N 5TH ST Bought for $111K in 2002, zoning/use permit in 2011, sold for $200K in 2020 (+80%). Absentee individual $141K —/— 2,240 1900 4

Neighborhood

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

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