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Who owns your block

5000 block of N Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 66% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 5 homes behind $45,545 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 101% since 2016, now about $172K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$172K
$7K–$260K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$114
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$110K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $172K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 32
$24K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
66%
20 of 32
city 41%
Rentals
6%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$46K
5 of 32 behind
▲ block 16% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$38
5 years
+98%
value · tax +$461
10 years
+101%
value · tax +$153

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 $172K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$172K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied44%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 50 reported crimes (17 violent) and 191 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
50
17 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
191
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft13
Other Assaults11
Thefts6
Fraud5
Theft from Vehicle5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint40
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection39
Salting27
Illegal Dumping22
Traffic Signal Emergency9
Information Request8

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
James Logan
1700 Lindley Ave · 223 students
Middle · K-8
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$172K2016: $86K2017: $86K2018: $87K2019: $90K2020: $87K2021: $87K2022: $87K2023: $112K2024: $112K2025: $170K2026: $170K2027: $172K2016202020232027

▲ +101% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0602016: $9072017: $9072018: $9072019: $7242020: $5992021: $5992022: $5992023: $4722024: $4722025: $1,0222026: $1,0222027: $1,0602016202020232027

▲ +17% since 2016 · ~+1%/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 $23,774 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 $2,122at the full rate

5042 N Smedley St is assessed at $152K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,122 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 201 Philadelphia 201

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

Annualized return
+6.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+101%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
0 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 40 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20052010201520202025
40arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 32 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 3 32parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels9 parcels19 parcels
$7K$186K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Alpha Omega Business Group Llc19$138Kphila.gov ↗
Your Philly Housing 4 Llc15$622Kphila.gov ↗
Prescott Properties Inc11$176Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 32 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
5009 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 0
5010 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,290 1915 0 1 viol
5011 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 1
5012 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 1
5013 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $15K —/— 0 tax lien
5014 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 1
5015 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2002 → $75K in 2005 (+200%). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 2
5016 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $235K 4/2 1,548 1915 1
5017 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $60K in 2022 → $95K in 2023 (+58%). Absentee individual $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 3
5018 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 1
5019 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $100K in 2025 → $287K in 2026 (+187%). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 2
5020 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $63K in 2005 → $120K in 2009 (+91%). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 3
5021 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 0 tax lien
5022 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 4×: $34K in 2002 → $250K in 2022 (+635%). Owner-occupied $260K 3/2 1,548 1915 4
5023 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $57K in 2007 → $72K in 2016 (+26%). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 2
5024 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $21K in 2003 → $47K in 2003 (+127%). Absentee individual $176K 3/1 1,548 1915 2 rented2 viol
5025 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $7K —/— 337 1915 0 tax lien
5026 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $9K —/— 0
5032 N SMEDLEY ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $105K in 2024. Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 950 1902 1 abated
5033 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $166K 3/1 1,613 1915 1
5034 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2007 → $83K in 2008 (+66%). Owner-occupied $152K 3/2 1,286 1915 2
5035 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2008 → $77K in 2009 (+93%). Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 1,200 1915 2
5036 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $169K 3/1 1,610 1915 0
5037 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $32K in 2007 → $76K in 2007 (+138%). Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 1,200 1915 2
5038 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $152K 3/1 1,286 1915 0 tax lien
5039 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $2.0M in 2007 → $784K in 2022 (-61%). Investor / LLC $147K 3/1 1,200 1915 2 rented
5040 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 4×: $36K in 2017 → $165K in 2023 (+365%). Absentee individual $186K 3/1 1,286 1915 4
5041 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $31K in 2011 → $99K in 2012 (+219%). Owner-occupied $180K 3/2 1,200 1915 2
5042 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $152K 3/1 1,286 1915 0 abated
5043 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 1,200 1915 1
5044 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
5045 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $147K 3/1 1,200 1915 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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