Who owns your block
5400 block of N American St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $12,000 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 96% since 2016, now about $219K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 $219K — about 1.0× 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 block | ZIP 19120 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $219K | $171K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 48% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 47 reported crimes (8 violent) and 122 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
- $219K typical home, up +96% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,142 to $1,834 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.1M assessed, $20,800/yr to the city, about $1,891 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +96% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +61% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 5 of 11 homes pay that full rate — and 6 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% 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 $196 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 11 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson & Sons Llc | 1 | 3 | $590K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Albert Dove (individual) | 2 | 2 | $277K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Clave Construction Inc | 1 | 1 | $219K | phila.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 11 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5424 N AMERICAN ST | Owner-occupied | $238K | —/— | 1,200 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 5427 N AMERICAN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $2K in 2010 → $250K in 2015 (+12400%). | Vacant | $36K | —/— | — | — | 3 | |
| 5428 N AMERICAN ST History2 L&I violations (2009); sold $115K (2010). | Owner-occupied | $179K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 5429 N AMERICAN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $231K | 4/1 | 1,120 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 5430 N AMERICAN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $183K | 3/2 | 1,200 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 5431 N AMERICAN ST | Owner-occupied | $46K | —/— | 1,456 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 5435 N AMERICAN ST TradedTraded 2×: $150K in 2019 → $275K in 2024 (+83%). | Owner-occupied | $258K | 5/2 | 1,904 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 5437 N AMERICAN ST | Investor / LLC | $219K | —/— | 1,958 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 5439 N AMERICAN ST | Absentee individual | $46K | —/— | 1,250 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 5440 N AMERICAN ST | Owner-occupied | $380K | —/— | 5,850 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 5441 N AMERICAN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2004 → $295K in 2024 (+556%). | Owner-occupied | $270K | 4/4 | 2,496 | 1940 | 3 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)