Who owns your block
5400 block of Thomas Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 64% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 6 homes behind $23,412 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 140% since 2016, now about $151K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 $151K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $151K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 53% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 74 reported crimes (23 violent) and 240 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
- $151K typical home, up +140% since 2016
- Tax bill $460 to $1,411 a year, +11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.7M assessed, $51,471/yr to the city, about $1,430 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +140% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +207% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5443 Thomas Ave is assessed at $261K but pays $1,033 a year — about 28% of the $3,652 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 +8.3% 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 $240 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 53 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 36 parcels
- Owner-occupied 23
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Okh-Ph Owner Llc, carries 20 open violations across 83 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okh-Ph Owner Llc | 2 | 83 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Optivest Holdings Llc | 1 | 29 | $4.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gigi Dadi Inc | 1 | 19 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 8th Street Investments Ll | 1 | 10 | $2.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Swarv Inc | 1 | 2 | $278K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Were Llc | 1 | 1 | $151K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 36 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5401 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $37K in 2008 → $95K in 2008 (+157%). | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,350 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5403 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $155K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5405 THOMAS AVE | Investor / LLC | $153K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 5407 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $152K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5409 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $6K in 2017 → $158K in 2018 (+2527%). | Owner-occupied | $192K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5411 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $42K in 2001 → $44K in 2015 (+5%). | Absentee individual | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | 4 viol |
| 5413 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $40K in 2000 → $220K in 2024 (+451%). | Owner-occupied | $224K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 6 | 1 viol |
| 5415 THOMAS AVE | Investor / LLC | $189K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5416 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $25K in 1999 → $8.1M in 2021 (+32200%). | Investor / LLC | $155K | —/— | 900 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 5417 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2015 → $8.1M in 2021 (+32592%). | Investor / LLC | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 5419 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5421 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $47K in 2002 → $41K in 2008 (-13%). | Investor / LLC | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 5423 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $156K | 3/1 | 1,400 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5425 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5426 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/1 | 900 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5427 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5429 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5430 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $14K in 2004 → $14K in 2004 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $223K | 4/1 | 2,310 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5431 THOMAS AVE | Absentee individual | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5433 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $42K in 2007 → $125K in 2007 (+198%). | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5435 THOMAS AVE New constructionBought for $19K in 2005, built new (tax-abated), sold for $72K in 2006. | Owner-occupied | $103K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 5437 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $83K in 2022 → $237K in 2022 (+188%). | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5439 THOMAS AVE TradedTraded 2×: $49K in 2002 → $120K in 2006 (+144%). | Absentee individual | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5441 THOMAS AVE | Investor / LLC | $103K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 5443 THOMAS AVE New constructionBought for $30K in 2015, built new (tax-abated), sold for $185K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $261K | 3/2 | 1,314 | 1920 | 4 | abatedtax lien |
| 5445 THOMAS AVE HistoryAppeal moot (2019); sold $38K (2023). | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5447 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5449 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 5451 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $1K in 2008 → $195K in 2019 (+19390%). | Owner-occupied | $259K | 3/2 | 1,320 | 1920 | 3 | tax lien |
| 5453 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $500 in 2004 → $175K in 2021 (+34900%). | Owner-occupied | $192K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 5455 THOMAS AVE Frequently tradedTraded 7×: $8K in 2000 → $100K in 2025 (+1205%). | Investor / LLC | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 7 | |
| 5457 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5459 THOMAS AVE | Owner-occupied | $151K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5461 THOMAS AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 5463 THOMAS AVE ImprovedBought for $50K in 2009. | Absentee individual | $99K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 5465 THOMAS AVE ImprovedBought for $90K in 2009. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $177K | —/— | 1,774 | 1920 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)