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Who owns your block

5600 block of N 18th St

A mixed-ownership block: 53% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $29,914 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $185K. 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
$185K
$20K–$247K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$141
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
53%
8 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
27%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$30K
3 of 15 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax −$4
5 years
+84%
value · tax +$819
10 years
+69%
value · tax +$161

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 $185K — 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$185K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied47%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 83 reported crimes (37 violent) and 206 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
83
37 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
206
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults22
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Thefts8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
All Other Offenses6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint72
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Abandoned Vehicle13
Other (Streets)12
Street Trees12
Salting9

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
Joseph Pennell
1800 Nedro Ave · 249 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$100K$200K$185K2016: $110K2017: $110K2018: $110K2019: $105K2020: $101K2021: $101K2022: $101K2023: $137K2024: $137K2025: $181K2026: $181K2027: $185K2016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6422016: $1,4812017: $1,4812018: $1,4812019: $1,1692020: $1,0262021: $8232022: $8232023: $8572024: $8572025: $1,6462026: $1,6462027: $1,6422016202020232027

▲ +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 +4.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9210025020162019202220252027This block 169 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $169 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+69%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.6 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2005201020152020
14arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 5 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels10 parcels3 parcels
$20K$217K+

The block's largest owner, Rad Diversified Reit Inc, carries 101 open violations across 181 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Rad Diversified Reit Inc1181$28Mphila.gov ↗
Lasalle Housing Llc12$355Kphila.gov ↗
George Harris Jr (individual)22$41Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 15 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5614 N 18TH ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,378 1950 0
5616 N 18TH ST Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,306 1950 1
5618 N 18TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2019 → $205K in 2020 (+273%). Owner-occupied $247K 3/1 1,306 1950 2
5620 N 18TH ST Bought for $141K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $186K 3/2 1,306 1950 1 tax lien
5622 N 18TH ST Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,306 1950 1
5624 N 18TH ST Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,306 1950 0
5626 N 18TH ST Traded 2×: $133K in 2006 → $165K in 2020 (+24%). Absentee individual $181K 3/2 1,306 1929 2
5628 N 18TH ST Traded 2×: $99K in 2017 → $129K in 2020 (+30%). Investor / LLC $188K 3/1 1,306 1950 2 rentedtax lien
5630 N 18TH ST Absentee individual $181K 3/2 1,306 1929 1 rented
5632 N 18TH ST L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2012); sold $90K (2016). Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,306 1950 1 rented
5634 N 18TH ST Bought for $50K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $181K 3/1 1,306 1929 3 rented
5634R N 18TH ST Owner pulled a city demolition permit in 2024. Absentee individual $21K —/— 190 1950 0 tax lien
5636 N 18TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,306 1950 0
5636R N 18TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019); 7 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8 (2020); L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $20K —/— 190 1950 0 tax lien
5638 N 18TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $217K 3/1 1,428 1950 0 tax lien

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.