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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19141 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $172K | $176K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 44% | 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.
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
- $172K typical home, up +101% since 2016
- Tax bill $907 to $1,060 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.8M assessed, $44,038/yr to the city, about $1,376 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +101% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +17% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 32 parcels
- Owner-occupied 20
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Omega Business Group Llc | 1 | 9 | $138K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Your Philly Housing 4 Llc | 1 | 5 | $622K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Prescott Properties Inc | 1 | 1 | $176K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2025 → $287K in 2026 (+187%). | Owner-occupied | $176K | 3/1 | 1,548 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 5020 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $34K in 2002 → $250K in 2022 (+635%). | Owner-occupied | $260K | 3/2 | 1,548 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 5023 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $57K in 2007 → $72K in 2016 (+26%). | Owner-occupied | $176K | 3/1 | 1,548 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 5024 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 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 New constructionbuilt 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 TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2007 → $83K in 2008 (+66%). | Owner-occupied | $152K | 3/2 | 1,286 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 5035 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 2×: $2.0M in 2007 → $784K in 2022 (-61%). | Investor / LLC | $147K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 5040 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $36K in 2017 → $165K in 2023 (+365%). | Absentee individual | $186K | 3/1 | 1,286 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 5041 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 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 Improved | 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)