Who owns your block
5700 block of N 21st St
A mixed-ownership block: 54% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 6 homes behind $25,408 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $143K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $143K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19138 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $143K | $187K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 32% | 53% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 109 reported crimes (48 violent) and 236 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
- $143K typical home, up +78% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,048 to $1,950 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.9M assessed, $41,890/yr to the city, about $1,496 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +78% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +86% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5707 N 21st St is assessed at $119K but pays $272 a year — about 16% of the $1,671 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
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
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 40 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 28 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 9
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Cifaldi Property Rentals, carries 2 open violations across 43 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cifaldi Property Rentals | 1 | 43 | $6.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Norvallo Properties Lp | 1 | 6 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Timothy O'Gara (individual) | 2 | 3 | $435K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Akshik Realty Llc | 1 | 3 | $535K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lula Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $94K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 28 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 N 21ST ST Historysold $52K (2003); 3 L&I violations (2015); 3 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2023). | Absentee individual | $158K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5703 N 21ST ST Historysold $13K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2023). | Absentee individual | $140K | 3/1 | 942 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5705 N 21ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $46K in 2002 → $75K in 2019 (+65%). | Investor / LLC | $144K | 3/1 | 966 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5707 N 21ST ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $119K | 3/1 | 882 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5709 N 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $63K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $121K | 3/1 | 882 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5711 N 21ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $10K in 2016 → $3K in 2018 (-75%). | Owner-occupied | $81K | 3/1 | 1,014 | 1925 | 5 | tax lien |
| 5713 N 21ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $55K in 2001, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $80K in 2022 (+45%). | Investor / LLC | $94K | 3/1 | 972 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 5715 N 21ST ST History4 L&I violations (2009); L&I violation (2012). | Owner-occupied | $142K | 3/1 | 1,014 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5717 N 21ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2023 → $185K in 2024 (+236%). | Owner-occupied | $139K | 3/1 | 982 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5719 N 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $38K in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $169K | 3/1 | 960 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5721 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $139K | 3/1 | 982 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5723 N 21ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $139K | 3/1 | 982 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5725 N 21ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $139K | 3/1 | 982 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5727 N 21ST ST Historysold $45K (2002); 2 L&I violations (2009); L&I violation (2012); 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Absentee individual | $139K | 3/1 | 982 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5729 N 21ST ST History2 L&I violations (2019). | Owner-occupied | $139K | 3/1 | 982 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5731 N 21ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2002 → $57K in 2002 (+126%). | Owner-occupied | $139K | 3/1 | 982 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5733 N 21ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2024). | Absentee individual | $139K | 3/1 | 982 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5735 N 21ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $33K in 2015 → $118K in 2020 (+256%). | Investor / LLC | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5737 N 21ST ST | Absentee individual | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5739 N 21ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2024). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5741 N 21ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $62K in 2003 → $123K in 2020 (+98%). | Absentee individual | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 6 | |
| 5743 N 21ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $62K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $130K in 2020 (+110%). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 6 | |
| 5745 N 21ST ST Historysold $27K (2015); 3 L&I violations (2019). | Investor / LLC | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5747 N 21ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $30K in 2003 → $153K in 2025 (+410%). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 5749 N 21ST ST | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5751 N 21ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5753 N 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $18K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,084 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5755 N 21ST ST Historysold $55K (2016); 3 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Absentee individual | $149K | 3/1 | 1,122 | 1925 | 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)