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Who owns your block

5400 block of N 2nd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $25,125 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 81% since 2016, now about $206K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$206K
$134K–$316K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$119
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 18
$14K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
100%
18 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$25K
1 of 18 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax +$34
5 years
+78%
value · tax +$841
10 years
+81%
value · tax +$770

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 $206K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$206K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied44%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 45 reported crimes (10 violent) and 105 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
45
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
105
32 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft10
Other Assaults8
All Other Offenses7
Thefts5
Fraud4
Burglary Residential3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Salting18
Maintenance Complaint9
Illegal Dumping7
Other (Streets)5

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 · K-4
James R Lowell
450 W Nedro Ave · 430 students
Middle
Grover Washington Jr
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 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$250K$500K$206K2016: $114K2017: $114K2018: $116K2019: $115K2020: $116K2021: $116K2022: $116K2023: $159K2024: $159K2025: $225K2026: $212K2027: $206K2016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1812016: $1,4112017: $1,4112018: $1,5592019: $1,4892020: $1,5492021: $1,5492022: $1,3402023: $1,8732024: $1,7162025: $2,1472026: $2,1472027: $2,1812016202020232027

▲ +55% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 $14,260 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%
$0pays now $3,061at the full rate

5425 N 2nd St is assessed at $219K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,061 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 181 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $181 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+81%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
15arm's-length sales since 2004
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels3 parcels1 parcels4 parcels4 parcels3 parcels
$134K$251K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 18 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
5421 N 2ND ST Traded 2×: $114K in 2012 → $120K in 2017 (+6%). Owner-occupied $203K —/— 1,350 1942 2
5424 N 2ND ST Bought for $34K in 2006, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $265K in 2021. Owner-occupied $236K 4/1 1,990 1930 3
5425 N 2ND ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $219K —/— 1,530 1942 0 abated
5426 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $135K —/— 1,470 1930 0
5427 N 2ND ST sold $35K (2005); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $225K —/— 2,080 1942 1 tax lien
5428 N 2ND ST Bought for $75K in 2017. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $316K —/— 3,190 1930 1
5429 N 2ND ST Bought for $36K in 2004, addition and/or alteration permit in 2022, sold for $263K in 2022 (+629%). Owner-occupied $134K —/— 3,625 1920 2 1 violtax lien
5431-33 N 2ND ST L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 1,739 1942 0
5432 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $226K —/— 1,722 1930 0
5434 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $210K —/— 1,722 1930 0
5435 N 2ND ST Bought for $65K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $203K —/— 1,739 1942 2 tax lien
5436 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,440 1930 0
5437 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $251K —/— 2,127 1942 0
5438 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,414 1930 1
5439 N 2ND ST Bought for $69K in 2009. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $216K —/— 1,440 1942 1
5440 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,500 1930 1
5441 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $161K —/— 1,804 1942 0 tax lien
5442 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $196K —/— 1,658 1930 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

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