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Who owns your block

5700 block of N 2nd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 62% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 22 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 62% since 2016, now about $189K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$189K
$27K–$253K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$151
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
1930
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
62%
8 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
22
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 23% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+16%
value · tax −$112
5 years
+88%
value · tax +$577
10 years
+62%
value · tax +$360

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 $189K — about 0.8× 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$189K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied39%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (25 violent) and 148 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
92
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
148
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft24
Other Assaults20
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Theft from Vehicle8
Thefts6
Receiving Stolen Property4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection26
Maintenance Complaint23
Abandoned Vehicle20
Illegal Dumping18
Street Defect13
Salting8

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$189K2016: $117K2017: $117K2018: $117K2019: $93K2020: $101K2021: $101K2022: $101K2023: $144K2024: $144K2025: $162K2026: $162K2027: $189K2016202020232027

▲ +62% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5722016: $1,2122017: $1,2122018: $1,2122019: $9742020: $9952021: $9952022: $9952023: $1,0832024: $1,0832025: $1,6842026: $1,6842027: $1,5722016202020232027

▲ +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 +4.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8010025020162019202220252027This block 162 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $162 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+62%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2 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 7 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20002005201020152020
7arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 3 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$27K$220K+

The block's largest owner, Sem Anita, carries 22 open violations across 3 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Anita Sem (individual)33$436Kphila.gov ↗
Samoeun Nit (individual)22$239Kphila.gov ↗
Rfn Investments Llc12$492Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 13 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5710 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $194K 1,280 1930 0
5711 N 2ND ST Traded 3×: $85K in 2002 → $185K in 2022 (+118%). Owner-occupied $213K 1,350 1930 3
5712 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $194K 1,280 1930 0
5713 N 2ND ST Vacant $27K 0
5714 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2017. Vacant $29K 0
5715 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $212K 1,200 1930 0
5716 N 2ND ST Bought for $90K in 2015, use permit in 2009, sold for $90K in 2015 (+137%). Owner-occupied $58K 1,375 1935 3
5717 N 2ND ST Vacant $27K 0
5718 N 2ND ST 2 L&I violations (2016); sold $85K (2017); 2 L&I violations (2017). Owner-occupied $156K 1,280 1935 1
5719 N 2ND ST 7 L&I violations (2011). Absentee individual $220K 1,580 1930 0
5720 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $253K 2,000 1935 0
5721 N 2ND ST 11 L&I violations (2008); 8 L&I violations (2011); 22 L&I violations (2024); Appeal complete (2025); Appeal complete (2025). Absentee individual $189K 980 1930 0 22 viol
5723 N 2ND ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 7 L&I violations (2024); 3 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $159K 1,440 1930 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)

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.