Who owns your block
500 block of N 5th St
A mixed-ownership block: 20% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 6 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $698K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year.
- 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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $698K — about 3.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19123 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $698K | $455K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 10% | 23% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 146 reported crimes (20 violent) and 198 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
- $698K typical home, up +69% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,515 to $9,777 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $99M assessed, $206,864/yr to the city, about $20,686 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +69% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +178% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
570 N 5th St is assessed at $93M but pays $130,271 a year — about 10% of the $1,302,720 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 +4.9% 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 $169 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 10 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John J Bee (individual) | 4 | 7 | $3.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mark J Bee (individual) | 2 | 7 | $3.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| H&Y 555 Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| R Investment Twenty One, Lp | 1 | 1 | $93M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 10 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 545 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $4K in 2003. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $869K | —/— | 4,350 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 547 N 5TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2007). | Owner-occupied | $688K | —/— | 4,300 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 549 N 5TH ST | Vacant | $442K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 551-53 N 5TH ST | Vacant | $792K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 555-57 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $1.0M in 2021. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | 4/2 | 5,130 | 1870 | 1 | rented6 viol |
| 559 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $280K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $709K | 4/3 | 3,066 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 561 N 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $33K in 2001, zoning permit in 2011, sold for $100K in 2011 (+203%). | Vacant | $244K | —/— | — | — | 5 | |
| 563 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $548K | —/— | 2,563 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 565-69 N 5TH ST History2 L&I violations (2014). | Vacant | $103K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 570 N 5TH ST | Investor / LLC | $93M | —/— | 294,800 | 2023 | 0 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)