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Who owns your block

5400 block of Vine St

A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 19% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 9 homes behind $25,821 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 219% since 2016, now about $143K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$143K
$14K–$4.5M
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$88
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$21K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $143K
Tax / yr
$992
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 27
$121K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
44%
12 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
11%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$26K
9 of 27 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
8
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 22% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-5%
value · tax −$142
5 years
+135%
value · tax +$344
10 years
+219%
value · tax +$349

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 $143K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$143K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied30%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 152 reported crimes (69 violent) and 247 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
152
69 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
247
55 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults53
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief22
Thefts19
All Other Offenses12
Fraud8
Motor Vehicle Theft6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection60
Maintenance Complaint44
Salting26
Street Defect22
Illegal Dumping17
Abandoned Vehicle15

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
Guion Bluford
5720 Media St · 490 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$143K2016: $45K2017: $45K2018: $45K2019: $59K2020: $61K2021: $61K2022: $61K2023: $61K2024: $60K2025: $151K2026: $151K2027: $143K2016202020232027

▲ +219% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6032016: $2542017: $2542018: $2732019: $3302020: $3512021: $2592022: $2592023: $1272024: $1272025: $7452026: $7452027: $6032016202020232027

▲ +137% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 $120,566 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 $63,305at the full rate

5437-53 Vine St is assessed at $4.5M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $63,305 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 +11.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 319 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $319 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+11.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+219%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.6 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
19arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 27 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 6 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

23 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$14K$1.3M+

The block's largest owner, 8th Street Investments Ll, carries 1 open violation across 10 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
8th Street Investments Ll110$2.1Mphila.gov ↗
Cyp 2 Llc13$400Kphila.gov ↗
Kiran Realty Llc13$2.4Mphila.gov ↗
Ucm Enterprises Llc11$153Kphila.gov ↗
Techworld Corporation Inc11$53Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 27 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5401-03 VINE ST sold $47K (2007); Appeal request review (2025); Appeal complete (2025). Investor / LLC $153K —/— 2,386 1925 1 tax lien
5405R VINE ST Vacant $14K —/— 0
5405 VINE ST Vacant $24K —/— 0
5407 VINE ST Vacant $33K —/— 1 tax lien
5409 VINE ST Vacant $33K —/— 1 tax lien
5411 VINE ST Absentee individual $143K 4/1 1,620 1925 1
5413 VINE ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2005 → $180K in 2017 (+350%). Owner-occupied $143K 4/1 1,620 1960 2
5414 VINE ST Investor / LLC $180K —/— 1,650 1960 1
5415 VINE ST Owner-occupied $143K 4/1 1,620 1960 0
5416 VINE ST Bought for $73K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $186K —/— 2,574 1960 1 rentedtax lien
5417 VINE ST Owner-occupied $143K 4/1 1,620 1960 0
5418 VINE ST Owner-occupied $139K —/— 1,350 1960 0
5419 VINE ST Traded 2×: $52K in 2018 → $210K in 2022 (+304%). Owner-occupied $138K 4/1 1,620 1960 2
5420 VINE ST Traded 2×: $21K in 2005 → $5K in 2015 (-76%). Absentee individual $196K —/— 1,953 1960 2 tax lien
5421 VINE ST Appeal withdrawn (2009); Appeal moot (2013). Owner-occupied $162K —/— 1,320 1960 0
5422 VINE ST Owner-occupied $177K —/— 2,044 1960 0
5423-25 VINE ST Appeal city affirmed (2017). Owner-occupied $142K 4/1 1,620 1960 0
5424 VINE ST Owner-occupied $170K —/— 2,044 1960 0 tax lien
5426 VINE ST Traded 2×: $23K in 2004 → $55K in 2008 (+144%). Owner-occupied $135K —/— 1,350 1925 2
5428 VINE ST Traded 3×: $25K in 2001 → $90K in 2007 (+260%). Owner-occupied $135K —/— 1,350 1960 3
5430 VINE ST Absentee individual $71K —/— 1,368 1960 0 tax lien
5432 VINE ST Appeal withdrawn (2021); sold $185K (2025). Absentee individual $127K —/— 1,726 1960 1 rented
5434 VINE ST Vacant $53K —/— 0 2 violtax lien
5435 VINE ST Vacant $80K —/— 0
5436 VINE ST Bought for $75K in 2023, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $1.3M —/— 8,440 2024 1 rentedabated
5437-53 VINE ST Absentee individual $4.5M —/— 41,607 1958 0 abated1 viol
5438-48 VINE ST Absentee individual $2.3M —/— 30,249 1959 0 abated

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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