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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.

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
$162K
$93K–$250K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$141
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$152K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $162K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 33
$25K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
79%
26 of 33
city 41%
Rentals
18%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
13
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$41K
11 of 33 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax +$129
5 years
+173%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+155%
value · tax +$844

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 $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 blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$162K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied55%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.

Crimes · 12mo
73
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
241
55 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Fraud8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
Burglary Residential6
Motor Vehicle Theft6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection67
Maintenance Complaint53
Abandoned Vehicle36
Illegal Dumping18
Alley Light Outage8
Other (Streets)7

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
Avery Harrington
5300 Baltimore Ave · 259 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$162K2016: $64K2017: $64K2018: $64K2019: $55K2020: $60K2021: $60K2022: $60K2023: $74K2024: $74K2025: $142K2026: $142K2027: $162K2016202020232027

▲ +155% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3562016: $5122017: $5122018: $4832019: $3492020: $3542021: $3502022: $3502025: $7432026: $1,2272027: $1,3562016202020232027

▲ +165% since 2016 · ~+9%/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 $25,049 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%
$1,356pays now $2,713at the full rate

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

8610050020162019202220252027This block 255 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+8.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+155%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.4 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 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

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
26arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 33 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 4 33parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels4 parcels24 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$93K$238K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Saric Llc16$890Kphila.gov ↗
Rezide 2031 Llc14$519Kphila.gov ↗
5319 Thomas Llc11$250Kphila.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

$0$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5315-17 THOMAS AVE Bought 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 Traded 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 Traded 4×: $2.0M in 2007 → $100K in 2021 (-95%). Investor / LLC $162K 3/1 1,140 1925 4 rented
5337 THOMAS AVE Traded 3×: $10K in 2001 → $95K in 2025 (+850%). Investor / LLC $163K 3/1 1,140 1925 3 rented
5339 THOMAS AVE Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $15K in 2003 → $100K in 2022 (+567%). Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
5371 THOMAS AVE Traded 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 Appeal 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)

Where this comes from

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