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Who owns your block

5300 block of W Thompson St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 61% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $9,618 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 187% since 2016, now about $131K. 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
$131K
$31K–$220K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$99
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$85K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $131K
Tax / yr
$924
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
61%
14 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
9%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$10K
3 of 23 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax +$504
5 years
+160%
value · tax +$615
10 years
+187%
value · tax +$286

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 $131K — 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$131K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied52%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 162 reported crimes (82 violent) and 283 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
162
82 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
283
83 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults60
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
All Other Offenses17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm15
Thefts12
Motor Vehicle Theft11

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection73
Maintenance Complaint61
Abandoned Vehicle35
Illegal Dumping31
Other (Streets)11
Sanitation Violation10

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$131K2016: $46K2017: $46K2018: $46K2019: $49K2020: $51K2021: $51K2022: $51K2023: $80K2024: $80K2025: $115K2026: $115K2027: $131K2016202020232027

▲ +187% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$9242016: $6382017: $6382018: $6382019: $5462020: $5182021: $5182022: $3092023: $5072024: $5072025: $9392026: $4202027: $9242016202020232027

▲ +45% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 +10.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 287 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $287 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+187%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.6 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
17arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 2 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels16 parcels4 parcels
$31K$166K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Mk Group Homes Llc114$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Ascension Projects Llc13$401Kphila.gov ↗
Eaddys Llc11$135Kphila.gov ↗
Eaml Investments Llc11$135Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 23 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
5312 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $39K in 2015 → $240K in 2021 (+515%). Investor / LLC $131K 3/1 1,317 1925 2 rented
5313 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $168K 4/1 1,592 1925 0
5314 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,317 1925 0
5315 W THOMPSON ST Investor / LLC $135K 4/1 1,552 1925 1
5316 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,317 1925 0
5317 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $26K in 2017 → $170K in 2019 (+544%). Owner-occupied $220K 4/1 1,552 1925 2
5318 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,317 1925 1
5319 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,552 1925 0 tax lien
5320 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,317 1925 1
5321 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,552 1925 0 tax lien
5322 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $18K in 2003 → $45K in 2004 (+150%). Absentee individual $156K —/— 1,317 1925 2 tax lien
5323 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $31K —/— 0 tax lien
5324 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $130K 3/1 1,317 1925 0 tax lien
5325 W THOMPSON ST built new under a 2026 permit, sold for $50K in 2025. Vacant $31K —/— 1 tax lien
5326 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $130K 3/1 1,317 1925 0
5327 W THOMPSON ST Bought for $121K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $135K 4/1 1,552 1925 1
5328 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,317 1925 0 tax lien
5329 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,552 1925 0
5330 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $218K in 2017 → $75K in 2019 (-66%). Absentee individual $79K 3/1 1,317 1925 2 rented
5331 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,552 1925 0
5332 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $43K in 2007 → $100K in 2007 (+132%). Owner-occupied $166K 3/1 1,317 1925 2
5333 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $13K in 2003 → $55K in 2004 (+323%). Owner-occupied $135K 4/1 1,552 1925 2
5334 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,317 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.