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Who owns your block

5400 block of Sycamore St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $164 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 116% since 2016, now about $156K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$156K
$149K–$193K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$193
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$175K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $156K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1942
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
71%
5 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$164
1 of 7 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax +$250
5 years
+97%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+116%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $156K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below 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$156K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied14%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 48 reported crimes (19 violent) and 102 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
48
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
102
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Theft from Vehicle4
All Other Offenses3
Fraud3
Thefts3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint27
Abandoned Vehicle13
Illegal Dumping9
License Complaint9
Salting8
Street Defect8

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
Olney Elementary
5301 N Water St · 666 students
High · 9-12
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave · 1036 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$156K2016: $72K2017: $72K2018: $72K2019: $74K2020: $79K2021: $79K2022: $79K2023: $98K2024: $98K2025: $137K2026: $137K2027: $156K2016202020232027

▲ +116% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1302016: $9912017: $9912018: $9912019: $1,0062020: $1,0822021: $1,0822022: $1,0952023: $1,3512024: $1,3512025: $1,8802026: $1,8802027: $2,1302016202020232027

▲ +115% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 216 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $216 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+116%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.8 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2004201020162022
16arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Absentee individual: 2 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$149K$162K+

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

House by house

All 7 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5410 SYCAMORE ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2003 → $80K in 2019 (+60%). Owner-occupied $156K 3/1 808 1942 2
5412 SYCAMORE ST Traded 3×: $24K in 2004 → $198K in 2024 (+725%). Owner-occupied $193K 2/2 808 1942 3
5414 SYCAMORE ST Traded 4×: $67K in 2004 → $118K in 2021 (+77%). Owner-occupied $149K 2/1 808 1942 4
5416 SYCAMORE ST Traded 3×: $78K in 2005 → $175K in 2026 (+126%). Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 808 1942 3
5418 SYCAMORE ST Traded 2×: $26K in 2002 → $62K in 2017 (+138%). Owner-occupied $152K 3/1 808 1942 2
5420 SYCAMORE ST Absentee individual $149K 3/1 808 1935 1
5422 SYCAMORE ST Absentee individual $156K 3/1 808 1942 1

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.