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Who owns your block

5300 block of Diamond St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 7 homes behind $75,454 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 139% since 2016, now about $205K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$205K
$142K–$295K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$138
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 45
$48K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
82%
37 of 45
city 41%
Rentals
4%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$75K
7 of 45 behind
▲ block 16% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$42
5 years
+147%
value · tax +$852
10 years
+139%
value · tax +$360

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 $205K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above 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$205K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied71%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 55 reported crimes (14 violent) and 125 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
55
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
125
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft14
Other Assaults10
All Other Offenses6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Fraud5
Thefts5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection38
Maintenance Complaint26
Abandoned Vehicle15
Street Light Outage7
License Complaint5
Traffic Signal Emergency5

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
Mastery Charter School At Mann
Middle · K-8
Rudolph Blankenburg
4600 W Girard Ave · 228 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$125K$250K$205K2016: $86K2017: $86K2018: $86K2019: $80K2020: $83K2021: $83K2022: $83K2023: $137K2024: $137K2025: $202K2026: $202K2027: $205K2016202020232027

▲ +139% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4672016: $1,1072017: $1,1072018: $7782019: $6382020: $6152021: $6152022: $6152023: $7952024: $7952025: $1,4252026: $1,4252027: $1,4672016202020232027

▲ +33% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

1
1 property 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 $47,660 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

12 homes pay the full 1.40%33 pay less
$0pays now $2,867at the full rate

The starkest example: 5318 Diamond St is assessed at $205K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,867 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9310025020162019202220252027This block 239 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $239 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+139%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.8 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 30 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 23 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K19982004201020162022
30arm's-length sales since 1997
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
23homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 45 parcels

Owner-occupied: 37Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 4 45parcels
  • Owner-occupied 37
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

9 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels22 parcels10 parcels
$142K$219K+

The block's largest owner, Strong Arm Properties LP, carries 1 open violation across 7 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Strong Arm Properties LP17$1.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Rams Investments LLC13$169Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Kdnn Investment LLC12$440Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Atlas Real Estatae Investments Ll11$205Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Vhss Holdings LLC11$211Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Positive Influences INC11$146Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 45 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
5300 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $211K 4/1 1,600 1925 0
5301 DIAMOND ST Bought for $5K in 1997. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $205K 4/1 1,600 1925 2
5302 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5303 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5304 DIAMOND ST Bought for $74K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 3 tax lien
5305 DIAMOND ST Bought for $142K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5306 DIAMOND ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $95K in 2005. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5307 DIAMOND ST Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,440 1925 0 tax lien
5308 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5309 DIAMOND ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5310 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5311 DIAMOND ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5312 DIAMOND ST sold $30K (2015); 3 L&I violations (2025); Appeal withdrawn (2026). Absentee individual $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5313 DIAMOND ST Bought for $29K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 2
5314 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5315 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $188K —/— 1,440 1925 0 tax lien
5316 DIAMOND ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2013 → $149K in 2013 (+169%). Owner-occupied $254K 3/2 1,440 1925 2
5317 DIAMOND ST L&I violation (2014). Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5318 DIAMOND ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $90K in 2013. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 1 abated
5319 DIAMOND ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5320 DIAMOND ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5321 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5322 DIAMOND ST Investor / LLC $287K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5323 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
5324 DIAMOND ST Traded 2×: $119K in 2006 → $210K in 2024 (+76%). Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,440 1925 2
5325 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $205K 3/2 1,440 1925 0 tax lien
5326 DIAMOND ST Bought for $130K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5327 DIAMOND ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
5328 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $146K 4/1 1,600 1925 0 tax lien
5329 DIAMOND ST Owner-occupied $211K 4/1 1,600 1925 0
5337 DIAMOND ST 4 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $219K 4/1 1,760 1925 0
5339 DIAMOND ST Owner-occupied $211K 4/1 1,600 1925 1
5341 DIAMOND ST Bought for $115K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $142K 4/1 1,600 1925 1
5343 DIAMOND ST 7 L&I violations (2013); 6 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2023); 12 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $146K 4/1 1,600 1925 0 9 violtax lien
5345 DIAMOND ST Bought for $70K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $146K 4/1 1,600 1925 1 tax lien
5347 DIAMOND ST Bought for $73K in 2016, alteration permit in 2016, sold for $215K in 2017 (+194%). Absentee individual $295K 4/2 1,600 1925 2 rented
5349 DIAMOND ST 6 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $211K 4/1 1,600 1925 0 1 violtax lien
5351 DIAMOND ST Bought for $50K in 2020. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $211K 4/1 1,600 1925 1
5353 DIAMOND ST Owner-occupied $211K 4/1 1,600 1925 0
5355 DIAMOND ST Traded 2×: $74K in 2009 → $119K in 2012 (+61%). Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,600 1925 2
5357 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $146K 4/1 1,600 1925 0
5359 DIAMOND ST 8 L&I violations (2018). Investor / LLC $146K 4/1 1,600 1925 0 rented
5361 DIAMOND ST Bought for $225K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $146K 4/1 1,600 1925 1
5363 DIAMOND ST Bought for $70K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $146K 4/1 1,600 1925 1
5365 DIAMOND ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $182K —/— 2,200 1925 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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