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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

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.

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
$151K
$85K–$261K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$114
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$100K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $151K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 36
$29K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
64%
23 of 36
city 41%
Rentals
14%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$23K
6 of 36 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax +$244
5 years
+134%
value · tax +$758
10 years
+140%
value · tax +$950

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 $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 blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$151K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied53%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.

Crimes · 12mo
74
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
240
52 still open

Most reported crimes

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief19
Other Assaults12
Fraud7
Burglary Residential6
Thefts6
Motor Vehicle Theft5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection56
Maintenance Complaint53
Abandoned Vehicle32
Illegal Dumping30
Alley Light Outage10
Street Defect9

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
Avery Harrington
5300 Baltimore Ave · 259 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$151K2016: $63K2017: $63K2018: $63K2019: $59K2020: $64K2021: $64K2022: $64K2023: $78K2024: $78K2025: $134K2026: $134K2027: $151K2016202020232027

▲ +140% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4112016: $4602017: $4612018: $4612019: $4422020: $4672021: $4672022: $6532023: $8252024: $7872025: $1,0992026: $1,1672027: $1,4112016202020232027

▲ +207% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

3
3 properties 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 $29,002 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%
$1,033pays now $3,652at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 240 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+8.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+140%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.8 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 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

$0$5.0M$10M2004201020162022
53arm's-length sales since 1999
2times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 36 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 6 36parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels24 parcels1 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$85K$224K+

The block's largest owner, Okh-Ph Owner Llc, carries 20 open violations across 83 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Okh-Ph Owner Llc283$11Mphila.gov ↗
Optivest Holdings Llc129$4.3Mphila.gov ↗
Gigi Dadi Inc119$2.7Mphila.gov ↗
8th Street Investments Ll110$2.1Mphila.gov ↗
Swarv Inc12$278Kphila.gov ↗
Were Llc11$151Kphila.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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5401 THOMAS AVE Traded 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 Traded 2×: $6K in 2017 → $158K in 2018 (+2527%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,320 1920 2
5411 THOMAS AVE Traded 2×: $42K in 2001 → $44K in 2015 (+5%). Absentee individual $151K 3/1 1,320 1920 2 4 viol
5413 THOMAS AVE Traded 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 Traded 3×: $25K in 1999 → $8.1M in 2021 (+32200%). Investor / LLC $155K —/— 900 1925 3 rented
5417 THOMAS AVE Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $42K in 2007 → $125K in 2007 (+198%). Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,320 1920 2
5435 THOMAS AVE Bought 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 Traded 2×: $83K in 2022 → $237K in 2022 (+188%). Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,320 1920 2
5439 THOMAS AVE Traded 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 Bought 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 Appeal 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 Traded 3×: $1K in 2008 → $195K in 2019 (+19390%). Owner-occupied $259K 3/2 1,320 1920 3 tax lien
5453 THOMAS AVE Traded 3×: $500 in 2004 → $175K in 2021 (+34900%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,320 1920 3
5455 THOMAS AVE Traded 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 built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,320 1920 0 abatedtax lien
5463 THOMAS AVE Bought for $50K in 2009. Absentee individual $99K 3/1 1,320 1920 2
5465 THOMAS AVE Bought for $90K in 2009. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Absentee individual $177K —/— 1,774 1920 2

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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