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Who owns your block

5200 block of W Thompson St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $5,559 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 202% since 2016, now about $143K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year.

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
$143K
$32K–$201K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$90
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
63%
10 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
19%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
1 of 16 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+16%
value · tax +$238
5 years
+145%
value · tax +$800
10 years
+202%
value · tax +$1K

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 $143K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$143K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied31%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 202 reported crimes (93 violent) and 275 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
202
93 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
275
85 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults63
All Other Offenses25
Thefts20
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Aggravated Assault No Firearm14

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint72
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection55
Illegal Dumping30
Abandoned Vehicle19
Street Defect19
License Complaint9

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-8
Edward Heston
1621 N 54th St · 219 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$143K2016: $47K2017: $47K2018: $47K2019: $56K2020: $58K2021: $58K2022: $58K2023: $87K2024: $87K2025: $124K2026: $124K2027: $143K2016202020232027

▲ +202% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6072016: $5172017: $5172018: $5172019: $7872020: $8072021: $8072022: $8072023: $1,1702024: $1,1702025: $1,3692026: $1,3692027: $1,6072016202020232027

▲ +211% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 302 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $302 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+202%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.1 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20052010201520202025
15arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 2 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels4 parcels7 parcels2 parcels
$32K$182K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Green Dot Properties Llc19$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Hurlum K Empire Llc14$412Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 16 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5212 W THOMPSON ST Bought for $52K in 2016. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $146K 4/1 1,716 1925 2
5213 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $32K —/— 0 tax lien
5214 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $143K 4/1 1,586 1925 0
5215 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $32K —/— 0 tax lien
5216 W THOMPSON ST Traded 4×: $74K in 2002 → $113K in 2017 (+52%). Owner-occupied $182K 4/1 1,586 1925 4
5217 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $136K 4/1 1,520 1925 0 tax lien
5218 W THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $31K in 2006 → $75K in 2023 (+146%). Investor / LLC $143K 4/1 1,586 1925 3 rented
5219 W THOMPSON ST Investor / LLC $201K 4/1 1,520 1925 1 rented
5220 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $143K 4/1 1,586 1925 1 rented
5221 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $94K 4/1 1,520 1925 0 tax lien
5222 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $143K 4/1 1,586 1925 0 tax lien
5223 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2007 → $83K in 2021 (+230%). Owner-occupied $136K 4/1 1,520 1925 2 tax lien
5224 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $143K 4/1 1,586 1925 0
5225 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $15K in 2003 → $140K in 2025 (+833%). Owner-occupied $136K 4/1 1,520 1925 2
5226 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $143K 4/1 1,586 1925 0 tax lien
5227 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $136K 4/1 1,520 1925 0 tax lien

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

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.