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Who owns your block

5600 block of N Sydenham St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 4 homes behind $29,565 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 64% since 2016, now about $187K. 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
$187K
$154K–$268K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$132
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$102K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $187K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
77%
24 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
10%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$30K
4 of 31 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$42
5 years
+81%
value · tax +$433
10 years
+64%
value · tax +$79

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 $187K — 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$187K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied61%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 53 reported crimes (26 violent) and 135 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
53
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
135
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Thefts6
Fraud5
Aggravated Assault Firearm3
Motor Vehicle Theft3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection50
Maintenance Complaint25
Illegal Dumping10
Abandoned Vehicle9
Construction Complaints6
Other (Streets)5

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$100K$200K$187K2016: $114K2017: $114K2018: $114K2019: $108K2020: $103K2021: $103K2022: $103K2023: $142K2024: $142K2025: $185K2026: $185K2027: $187K2016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2492016: $1,1702017: $1,1702018: $1,1702019: $9502020: $8162021: $8162022: $8162023: $8832024: $8832025: $1,2022026: $1,2072027: $1,2492016202020232027

▲ +7% 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 +4.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9110025020162019202220252027This block 164 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $164 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+64%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.9 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 25 arm's-length sales since 1969. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K19691980199120022013
25arm's-length sales since 1969
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 24Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 3 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 24
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels4 parcels3 parcels15 parcels5 parcels3 parcels
$154K$203K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Kosacci Group Llc121$3.7Mphila.gov ↗
Nationstar Mortgage Llc116$3.3Mphila.gov ↗
153 Bowen Real Estate Llc15$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Grossman Holdings Llc12$542Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 31 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 SYDENHAM ST Bought for $37K in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $154K 3/3 1,536 1925 2 rented
5602 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,446 1925 1
5604 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,378 1925 0 tax lien
5606 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 3×: $47K in 2009 → $228K in 2021 (+389%). Owner-occupied $189K 3/2 1,442 1925 3
5608 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,410 1925 0
5610 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,410 1925 0
5612 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,442 1925 0 tax lien
5614 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,442 1925 1
5615 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 2,236 1925 0 tax lien
5616 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 3×: $50K in 2007 → $145K in 2022 (+190%). Absentee individual $188K 3/1 1,442 1925 3
5617 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,264 1925 1 rented
5618 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,442 1925 0
5619 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $155K in 1969 → $79K in 2005 (-49%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,264 1925 2
5620 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,410 1925 1 tax lien
5621 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,264 1925 0
5622 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,410 1925 0
5623 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,264 1925 0 3 violtax lien
5624 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,442 1925 0
5625 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/— 1,264 1925 1 tax lien
5626 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $185K 3/1 1,442 1925 0
5627 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,264 1925 0 tax lien
5628 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $79K in 2015 → $103K in 2020 (+31%). Investor / LLC $194K 2/2 1,442 1925 2 rented
5629 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,264 1925 0
5630 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $185K 3/1 1,442 1925 0
5632 N SYDENHAM ST Investor / LLC $192K 3/2 1,410 1925 1
5634 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $12K in 2001 → $160K in 2019 (+1291%). Investor / LLC $185K 3/1 1,442 1925 2
5636 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,442 1925 1
5638 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,442 1925 1
5640 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,442 1925 0
5642 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,442 1925 0
5644 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 3×: $39K in 2005 → $199K in 2021 (+410%). Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,536 1925 3 1 viol

Neighborhood

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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.