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Who owns your block

5400 block of W Thompson St

A mixed-ownership block: 35% owner-occupied, 35% investor-held, with 24 open code violations and 7 homes behind $25,106 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 102% since 2016, now about $140K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$140K
$15K–$409K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$102
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$74K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $140K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 23
$9K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
35%
8 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
24
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$25K
7 of 23 behind
▲ block 30% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$165
5 years
+89%
value · tax +$319
10 years
+102%
value · tax +$389

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 $140K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$140K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied4%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 126 reported crimes (68 violent) and 217 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
126
68 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
217
71 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults47
All Other Offenses13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9
Thefts6
Aggravated Assault Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection65
Maintenance Complaint46
Abandoned Vehicle23
Illegal Dumping22
Other (Streets)11
Street Defect11

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
Edward Heston
1621 N 54th St · 219 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$125K$250K$140K2016: $69K2017: $69K2018: $69K2019: $68K2020: $74K2021: $74K2022: $74K2023: $74K2024: $74K2025: $132K2026: $132K2027: $140K2016202020232027

▲ +102% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1452016: $7562017: $7562018: $7362019: $7842020: $8262021: $8262022: $8262023: $6762024: $6762025: $9702026: $9802027: $1,1452016202020232027

▲ +51% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

4
4 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 $8,883 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%
$676pays now $2,842at the full rate

5419 W Thompson St is assessed at $203K but pays $676 a year — about 24% of the $2,842 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 202 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $202 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+102%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.1 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K200020052010201520202025
25arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 5 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

4 parcels3 parcels5 parcels4 parcels2 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$15K$329K+

The block's largest owner, Ddh Fund Lp, carries 74 open violations across 52 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ddh Fund Lp152$8.2Mphila.gov ↗
Phl Living Llc122$441Kphila.gov ↗
Aja 88 Llc118$425Kphila.gov ↗
Gin Properties Llc17$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Phre Llc17$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
R&S Constructions Llc13$391Kphila.gov ↗
Mjc Real Estate Llc12$137Kphila.gov ↗
R&S Construction Llc11$178Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 23 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
5402 W THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $8K in 2002 → $160K in 2022 (+2033%). Investor / LLC $311K —/— 3,949 1960 3
5404 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $137K in 2004 → $2K in 2012 (-99%). Investor / LLC $409K —/— 2,169 1960 2 19 violtax lien
5406 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $140K —/— 1,232 1925 0 abated
5408 W THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $10K in 2011 → $200K in 2024 (+1900%). Owner-occupied $329K 4/2 2,048 1925 3 tax lien
5409 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $14K in 2016 → $140K in 2022 (+900%). Owner-occupied $178K 4/1 1,944 1925 2
5410 W THOMPSON ST Investor / LLC $224K —/— 2,039 1925 1 rented
5411 W THOMPSON ST Traded 2×: $10K in 2000 → $10K in 2025 (+5%). Owner-occupied $178K 4/1 1,952 1925 2
5412 W THOMPSON ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $107K —/— 979 1925 0 abated
5413-15 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $324K —/— 4,980 1920 1 tax lien
5414 W THOMPSON ST sold $19K (2002); Appeal continued (2020); Appeal continued (2020); Appeal complete (2022); Appeal complete (2022); Appeal complete (2024). Absentee individual $67K —/— 1,040 1925 1 tax lien
5416 W THOMPSON ST Traded 4×: $30K in 2000 → $225K in 2022 (+650%). Investor / LLC $82K —/— 2,824 1925 4 tax lien
5417 W THOMPSON ST Traded 3×: $20K in 2010 → $74K in 2025 (+269%). Investor / LLC $189K —/— 1,109 1925 3
5418-22 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $339K —/— 2,628 1960 0 tax lien
5419 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $203K —/— 2,127 1925 0 abatedtax lien
5421 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $30K —/— 0
5423 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $16K —/— 0 tax lien
5425 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,142 1925 1 tax lien
5426 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $186K 4/1 4,330 1925 1 5 viol
5427 W THOMPSON ST Appeal moot (2010). Vacant $15K —/— 0 tax lien
5428 W THOMPSON ST Absentee individual $128K 4/1 1,926 1925 1
5429 W THOMPSON ST Owner-occupied $135K —/— 784 1925 0 abated
5431 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $31K —/— 0
5433-35 W THOMPSON ST Vacant $64K —/— 0

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

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