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Who owns your block

5600 block of N 13th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 93% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 6 homes behind $22,626 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $189K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$189K
$177K–$279K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$139
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$240K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $189K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
93%
25 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
7%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$23K
6 of 27 behind
▲ block 22% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$84
5 years
+62%
value · tax +$237
10 years
+79%
value · tax +$125

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 $189K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$189K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied67%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 217 reported crimes (63 violent) and 110 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
217
63 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
110
31 still open

Most reported crimes

Narcotic / Drug Law Violations60
Other Assaults36
All Other Offenses35
Thefts19
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Maintenance Complaint15
Traffic Signal Emergency13
Abandoned Vehicle8
Illegal Dumping7
Street Defect7

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 · K-5
Julia Ward Howe
5800 N 13th St · 225 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$189K2016: $105K2017: $105K2018: $105K2019: $109K2020: $117K2021: $117K2022: $117K2023: $161K2024: $161K2025: $195K2026: $195K2027: $189K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2422016: $1,1172017: $1,1172018: $1,1172019: $9602020: $1,0052021: $1,0052022: $1,0052023: $1,1322024: $1,1322025: $1,3262026: $1,3262027: $1,2422016202020232027

▲ +11% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 179 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $179 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+79%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 18 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$250K2005201020152020
18arm'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: 25Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

12 parcels6 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels6 parcels
$177K$231K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
5610 N 13th Street Llc11$279Kphila.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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5600 N 13TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); sold $175K (2023); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,700 1940 1
5601 N 13TH ST Bought for $160K in 2015. Owner pulled a use permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $209K 4/2 1,360 1940 1
5602 N 13TH ST L&I violation (2023); sold $240K (2024). Owner-occupied $229K 3/2 1,360 1940 1 tax lien
5603 N 13TH ST L&I violation (2024); 5 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $231K —/— 1,360 1940 0 5 violtax lien
5604 N 13TH ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $105K in 2019. Absentee individual $238K —/— 1,360 1940 1 rented
5605 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5606 N 13TH ST Traded 2×: $27K in 2002 → $60K in 2003 (+122%). Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,360 1940 2
5607 N 13TH ST Traded 2×: $147K in 2016 → $205K in 2022 (+39%). Owner-occupied $231K 4/2 1,360 1940 2
5608 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5609 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5610 N 13TH ST Bought for $63K in 2019. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $279K 4/2 1,360 1940 1
5611 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5612 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5613 N 13TH ST 5 L&I violations (2023). Owner-occupied $231K —/— 1,360 1940 0
5614 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,360 1940 0 tax lien
5615 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5616 N 13TH ST L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5617 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5618 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5619 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5620 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $179K 4/2 1,360 1940 1
5621 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,360 1940 0
5622 N 13TH ST Traded 3×: $65K in 2001 → $183K in 2021 (+181%). Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,360 1940 3
5623 N 13TH ST Bought for $185K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,360 1940 1
5624 N 13TH ST Bought for $108K in 2019. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,360 1940 1 rented
5625 N 13TH ST Bought for $92K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,360 1940 2
5627 N 13TH ST Bought for $119K in 2009. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $177K —/— 1,360 1940 1

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.