Who owns your block
5700 block of Charles St
A mixed-ownership block: 48% owner-occupied, 9% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 127% since 2016, now about $254K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $254K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $254K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 17% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 43 reported crimes (14 violent) and 139 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $254K typical home, up +127% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,569 to $3,558 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.9M assessed, $77,569/yr to the city, about $3,373 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +127% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +127% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 5715 Charles Stexemption0.85%$2,158/yr on $254K
- 5719 Charles Stexemption0.85%$2,158/yr on $254K
- 5727 Charles Stexemption0.85%$2,158/yr on $254K
- 5739 Charles Stexemption0.85%$2,158/yr on $254K
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $227 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 35 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 10
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George L Ramos (individual) | 5 | 14 | $3.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Formosa Enterprises LLC | 1 | 11 | $2.6M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Adams Factory INC | 1 | 6 | $1.2M | phila.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 23 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5701 CHARLES ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $62K in 2000 → $145K in 2004 (+134%). | Owner-occupied | $325K | 4/3 | 1,690 | 1948 | 3 | |
| 5703 CHARLES ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $42K in 2000 → $265K in 2026 (+531%). | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 3 | rented |
| 5705 CHARLES ST TradedTraded 2×: $115K in 2020 → $150K in 2020 (+30%). | Absentee individual | $254K | 2/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 2 | |
| 5707 CHARLES ST Historysold $87K (2004); 7 L&I violations (2012). | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | rented |
| 5709 CHARLES ST ImprovedBought for $92K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | rented |
| 5711 CHARLES ST History2 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2011); 3 L&I violations (2014); 4 L&I violations (2016); sold $100K (2022). | Investor / LLC | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | rented |
| 5713 CHARLES ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $138K in 2005 → $259K in 2024 (+88%). | Absentee individual | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 3 | |
| 5715 CHARLES ST TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 2001 → $130K in 2016 (+124%). | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 2 | rented |
| 5717 CHARLES ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2002 → $118K in 2008 (+96%). | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 2 | |
| 5719 CHARLES ST Historysold $56K (2001); L&I violation (2010); 4 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2012); 3 L&I violations (2014). | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | |
| 5721 CHARLES ST TradedTraded 2×: $130K in 2018 → $260K in 2024 (+100%). | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 2 | |
| 5723 CHARLES ST History2 L&I violations (2016); sold $190K (2023); L&I violation (2023). | Absentee individual | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | rented |
| 5725 CHARLES ST | Absentee individual | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 0 | |
| 5727 CHARLES ST Historysold $40K (2000); 3 L&I violations (2016). | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | |
| 5729 CHARLES ST Historysold $57K (2004); L&I violation (2013); 3 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2018); 3 L&I violations (2019). | Absentee individual | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | |
| 5731 CHARLES ST TradedTraded 2×: $88K in 2010 → $130K in 2015 (+48%). | Investor / LLC | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 2 | |
| 5733 CHARLES ST TradedTraded 2×: $107K in 2005 → $175K in 2023 (+64%). | Absentee individual | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 2 | rented |
| 5735 CHARLES ST History2 L&I violations (2008); L&I violation (2010); L&I violation (2011). | Absentee individual | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 0 | rented |
| 5737 CHARLES ST Historysold $123K (2007); L&I violation (2024). | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | |
| 5739 CHARLES ST | Owner-occupied | $254K | 3/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | |
| 5741 CHARLES ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $125K in 2005 → $145K in 2021 (+16%). | Absentee individual | $254K | 2/2 | 1,488 | 1948 | 3 | rented |
| 5743 CHARLES ST | Absentee individual | $254K | —/— | 1,488 | 1948 | 1 | |
| 5745 CHARLES ST Historysold $145K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2013); 4 L&I violations (2014); 8 L&I violations (2016). | Absentee individual | $278K | 4/2 | 1,528 | 1948 | 1 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)