Who owns your block
5300 block of Thomas Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 79% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 13 open code violations and 11 homes behind $40,716 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 155% since 2016, now about $162K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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 $162K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $162K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 73 reported crimes (28 violent) and 241 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
- $162K typical home, up +155% since 2016
- Tax bill $512 to $1,356 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.5M assessed, $52,024/yr to the city, about $1,576 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +155% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +165% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5315-17 Thomas Ave is assessed at $194K but pays $1,356 a year — about 50% of the $2,713 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.9% 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 $255 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 26 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 33 parcels
- Owner-occupied 26
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saric Llc | 1 | 6 | $890K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rezide 2031 Llc | 1 | 4 | $519K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5319 Thomas Llc | 1 | 1 | $250K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5315-17 THOMAS AVE New constructionBought for $32K in 2008, built new (tax-abated), sold for $76K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $194K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1925 | 2 | abated |
| 5319 THOMAS AVE | Investor / LLC | $250K | 3/1 | 1,110 | 1925 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 5321 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5323 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | 11 violtax lien |
| 5325 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $156K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 5327 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $93K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 5329 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $158K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5331 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $71K in 2024 → $208K in 2025 (+195%). | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5333 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5335 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $2.0M in 2007 → $100K in 2021 (-95%). | Investor / LLC | $162K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 4 | rented |
| 5337 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $10K in 2001 → $95K in 2025 (+850%). | Investor / LLC | $163K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 5339 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $47K in 2020 → $215K in 2020 (+357%). | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5341 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $164K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5343 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $12K in 1999 → $10K in 2019 (-17%). | Owner-occupied | $165K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5345 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $165K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5347 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $165K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5349 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,194 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5351 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $166K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5353 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $163K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5355 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $165K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5357 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $163K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5359 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $162K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5361 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5363 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $159K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5365 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $157K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5367 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $157K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | 2 violtax lien |
| 5369 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2003 → $100K in 2022 (+567%). | Owner-occupied | $160K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5371 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $26K in 2007 → $60K in 2008 (+131%). | Owner-occupied | $161K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5373 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $161K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5375 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $170K | 3/1 | 1,302 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5377 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $156K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5379 THOMAS AVE HistoryAppeal complete (2024). | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5381 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 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)