Who owns your block
500 block of S 5th St
A mixed-ownership block: 37% owner-occupied, 26% investor-held, with 1 home behind $115,284 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 5% since 2016, now about $522K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $522K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $522K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 11% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 135 reported crimes (33 violent) and 429 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
- $522K typical home, up +5% since 2016
- Tax bill $6,603 to $6,914 a year, +0%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $154,735/yr to the city, about $5,951 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +5% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +5% since 2016 · ~+0%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
514-16 S 5th St is assessed at $1.2M but pays $11,968 a year — about 72% of the $16,688 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 +0.4% 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 $105 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 27 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellison Inc | 1 | 3 | $3.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cheng Kam Yuk (individual) | 2 | 3 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| John E Poole (individual) | 2 | 2 | $688K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gaskill Mews Inc | 1 | 2 | $0 | phila.gov ↗ |
| Home At Lombard Llc | 1 | 1 | $876K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Plutus Llc | 1 | 1 | $522K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 519 South Fifth Llc | 1 | 1 | $583K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Madhav Real Estate Llc | 1 | 1 | $536K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bario Neal Property Llc | 1 | 1 | $731K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 S 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $600K in 2018, use permit in 2018, sold for $965K in 2022 (+61%). | Investor / LLC | $876K | 6/3 | 2,862 | 1910 | 2 | rented |
| 503-05 S 5TH ST History2 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7 (2016); L&I violation (2017); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2019); L&I violation (2022). | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 5,234 | 1800 | 0 | rented |
| 506 S 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $325K in 2004, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $510K in 2022 (+57%). | Investor / LLC | $522K | —/— | 2,427 | 1900 | 3 | rented |
| 507 1/2 S 5TH ST | Vacant | $52K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 507 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $400K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $671K | —/— | 1,488 | 1978 | 3 | |
| 508 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit, sold for $615K in 2025. | Absentee individual | $497K | —/— | 2,310 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 509 1/2 S 5TH ST | Vacant | — | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 509R S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $637K | 4/2 | 1,488 | 1978 | 0 | |
| 509 S 5TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $505K in 2004 → $535K in 2013 (+6%). | Vacant | $52K | —/— | — | — | 3 | |
| 510 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $530K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $664K | —/— | 3,240 | 1910 | 3 | rented |
| 512 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $451K | —/— | 2,097 | 1910 | 1 | |
| 514-16 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated), sold for $473K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | —/— | 6,114 | 1900 | 1 | abated |
| 517 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit. | Absentee individual | $596K | —/— | 2,907 | 1910 | 0 | rented |
| 518 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $591K | —/— | 2,884 | 1910 | 0 | tax lien |
| 519 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $510K in 2016. | Investor / LLC | $583K | —/— | 2,184 | 1910 | 2 | abated |
| 520 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $618K | —/— | 3,015 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 522 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $740K in 2026. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $536K | —/— | 2,493 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 524 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $750K in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $731K | —/— | 2,430 | 1900 | 1 | abated |
| 526 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $490K in 2007. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $522K | —/— | 2,430 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 528 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $449K | 2/1 | 896 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 528 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $374K | 2/1 | 821 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 528 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $428K | 3/2 | 1,069 | 2019 | 0 | |
| 528 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $473K | 3/2 | 1,032 | 2019 | 0 | |
| 528 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $414K | 2/2 | 1,082 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 528 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $510K | 2/2 | 1,094 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 528 S 5TH ST New constructionBought for $1.1M in 2018, built new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $383K | 2/1 | 835 | 2019 | 1 | abated |
| 528 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $464K | 3/2 | 1,032 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)