Who owns your block
5800 block of N 13th St
A mixed-ownership block: 55% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 6 homes behind $11,657 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $178K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $178K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19141 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $178K | $176K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 25% | 48% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 87 reported crimes (36 violent) and 161 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
- $178K typical home, up +66% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,370 to $2,178 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $12M assessed, $47,966/yr to the city, about $2,398 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +66% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +59% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5824-38 N 13th St is assessed at $5.3M but pays $8,315 a year — about 11% of the $74,846 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 +4.7% 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 $166 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 18 arm's-length sales since 1969. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, House Scouts 2 Llc, carries 24 open violations across 5 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Scouts 2 Llc | 1 | 5 | $681K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jamila Evans (individual) | 2 | 2 | $269K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 532 Brooklyn Llc | 1 | 1 | $62K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5824-5838 North 13th Street Owner Llc | 1 | 1 | $5.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5824 N 13th Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5801 N 13TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $178K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5803 N 13TH ST | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 5805 N 13TH ST History3 L&I violations (2018); 3 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2023). | Investor / LLC | $177K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 5807 N 13TH ST ImprovedBought for $240K in 1969. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $238K | 3/3 | 1,360 | 1940 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5809 N 13TH ST ImprovedBought for $35K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $177K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1940 | 1 | 1 violtax lien |
| 5811 N 13TH ST Historysold $88K (2014); 6 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2021). | Owner-occupied | $173K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 5813 N 13TH ST | Owner-occupied | $173K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 5815 N 13TH ST ImprovedBought for $134K in 2020. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $192K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 5818 N 13TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $27K in 2000 → $122K in 2011 (+351%). | Owner-occupied | $247K | 5/3 | 1,710 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 5819 N 13TH ST ImprovedBought for $24K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $178K | —/— | 1,304 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 5821 N 13TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2022); 4 L&I violations (2024). | Owner-occupied | $202K | —/— | 1,304 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5822 N 13TH ST ImprovedBought for $1K in 2016. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $62K | —/— | 900 | 1940 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5824-38 N 13TH ST New constructionBought for $3.8M in 2016, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $890K in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $5.3M | —/— | 25,536 | 1930 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 5827 N 13TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024). | Vacant | $18K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5829 N 13TH ST History2 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2021); sold $14K (2021); L&I violation (2022). | Vacant | $18K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 5837 N 13TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2021); 6 L&I violations (2022); 4 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). | Owner-occupied | $302K | —/— | 1,500 | 1940 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 5840-50 N 13TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $890K in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $4.2M | —/— | 21,000 | 1930 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 5843 N 13TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $18K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5845 N 13TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $251K | —/— | 1,290 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 5847 N 13TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $193K | —/— | 1,350 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)