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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

5500 block of Palethorp St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 78% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $5,527 on taxes.

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
$163K
$103K–$270K
Recent sale
$155K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $163K
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
78%
14 of 18
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
1 of 18 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary · K-4
James R Lowell
450 W Nedro Ave · 430 students
Middle
Grover Washington Jr
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels7 parcels4 parcels3 parcels2 parcels
$103K$213K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
5512 N Palethorp St LLC11$160Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 18 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).

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5501 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $187K 1940 0
5505 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $213K 1940 0
5508 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $161K 1940 0
5511 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $110K 1927 0
5512 PALETHORP ST Investor / LLC $160K 1940 0
5513 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $178K 1940 0
5515 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $173K 1940 0
5517 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $183K 1940 0
5519 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $192K 1940 0
5521 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $270K 1940 0
5525 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $175K 1940 0
5527 PALETHORP ST Absentee individual $166K 1940 0
5529 PALETHORP ST Absentee individual $103K 1940 0
5531 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $155K 1940 0
5532 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $152K 1940 0
5533 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $155K 1935 0
5535 PALETHORP ST Owner-occupied $158K 1940 0
5537 PALETHORP ST Absentee individual $153K 1940 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

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.