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Who owns your block

5600 block of N 3rd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 3 homes behind $4,136 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $225K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year.

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
$225K
$21K–$292K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$142
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$225K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $225K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
81%
22 of 27
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
3 of 27 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$211
5 years
+80%
value · tax +$272
10 years
+82%
value · tax +$430

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 $225K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$225K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied67%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 53 reported crimes (10 violent) and 95 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
53
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
95
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Narcotic / Drug Law Violations8
Other Assaults8
Theft from Vehicle8
Motor Vehicle Theft7
All Other Offenses5
Thefts4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection20
Maintenance Complaint16
Illegal Dumping12
Street Trees8
Abandoned Vehicle7
Street Defect6

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-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.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$125K$250K$225K2016: $123K2017: $123K2018: $123K2019: $122K2020: $125K2021: $125K2022: $125K2023: $182K2024: $182K2025: $232K2026: $232K2027: $225K2016202020232027

▲ +82% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,8762016: $1,4462017: $1,4462018: $1,4462019: $1,5102020: $1,6042021: $1,6042022: $1,6042023: $1,7412024: $1,6902025: $2,1562026: $2,0872027: $1,8762016202020232027

▲ +30% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 182 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $182 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+82%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20012004200720102013
15arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 27 parcels

Owner-occupied: 22Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 27parcels
  • Owner-occupied 22
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels12 parcels12 parcels
$21K$260K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Songmakara Heng (individual)22$230Kphila.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
5601 N 3RD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $292K —/— 2,488 1925 0
5607 N 3RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $204K —/— 1,688 1925 0
5608 N 3RD ST Absentee individual $225K —/— 1,600 1925 1
5609 N 3RD ST Bought for $41K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $195K 3/2 1,688 1925 1 tax lien
5610 N 3RD ST Traded 2×: $81K in 2008 → $81K in 2008 (+0%). Absentee individual $225K —/— 1,600 1925 2 1 viol
5611 N 3RD ST 14 L&I violations (2010). Absentee individual $241K —/— 1,912 1925 0 rented
5612 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $260K —/— 1,800 1925 0
5613 N 3RD ST L&I violation (2007); 3 L&I violations (2010). Owner-occupied $193K —/— 1,544 1925 0
5614 N 3RD ST Bought for $180K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $260K —/— 1,800 1925 1 1 viol
5616 N 3RD ST Bought for $130K in 2011. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $204K 4/1 1,568 1925 1
5617 N 3RD ST Bought for $95K in 2011. Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $238K —/— 1,520 1925 1
5618 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $223K —/— 1,568 1925 0
5619 N 3RD ST Traded 2×: $42K in 2000 → $84K in 2001 (+100%). Owner-occupied $221K —/— 2,016 1925 2
5620 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,344 1925 0
5621 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $220K —/— 1,520 1925 1
5622 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $234K —/— 1,344 1925 1
5623 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,642 1925 0
5624 N 3RD ST L&I violation (2007); sold $45K (2013). Owner-occupied $192K —/— 1,344 1925 1
5625 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $227K —/— 1,408 1925 1
5626 N 3RD ST L&I violation (2007); 2 L&I violations (2008). Owner-occupied $208K —/— 1,344 1925 0
5627 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $227K —/— 1,408 1925 1
5628 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $22K —/— 600 1950 0
5629 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $227K —/— 1,408 1925 0 tax lien
5629R N 3RD ST Vacant $21K —/— 0 tax lien
5630 N 3RD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $228K —/— 1,720 1925 0
5631 N 3RD ST Owner-occupied $248K —/— 1,792 1925 1
5633 N 3RD ST 23 L&I violations (2010); 3 L&I violations (2015). Owner-occupied $164K —/— 1,880 1925 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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