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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19139 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $143K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 30% | 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.
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
- $143K typical home, up +219% since 2016
- Tax bill $254 to $603 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $33,578/yr to the city, about $1,244 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +219% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +137% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 27 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, 8th Street Investments Ll, carries 1 open violation across 10 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th Street Investments Ll | 1 | 10 | $2.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cyp 2 Llc | 1 | 3 | $400K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kiran Realty Llc | 1 | 3 | $2.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ucm Enterprises Llc | 1 | 1 | $153K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Techworld Corporation Inc | 1 | 1 | $53K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5401-03 VINE ST Historysold $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 Improved | 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 TradedTraded 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 ImprovedBought 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 TradedTraded 2×: $52K in 2018 → $210K in 2022 (+304%). | Owner-occupied | $138K | 4/1 | 1,620 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 5420 VINE ST TradedTraded 2×: $21K in 2005 → $5K in 2015 (-76%). | Absentee individual | $196K | —/— | 1,953 | 1960 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5421 VINE ST HistoryAppeal 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 HistoryAppeal 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 TradedTraded 2×: $23K in 2004 → $55K in 2008 (+144%). | Owner-occupied | $135K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5428 VINE ST Frequently tradedTraded 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 HistoryAppeal 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 New constructionBought 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
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)