Who owns your block
5800 block of N 21st St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 31 open code violations and 4 homes behind $33,788 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 83% since 2016, now about $154K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.
- 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 $154K — about 0.7× 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 | $154K | $187K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 62% | 53% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 115 reported crimes (42 violent) and 295 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
- $154K typical home, up +83% since 2016
- Tax bill $822 to $1,550 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.2M assessed, $18,992/yr to the city, about $1,461 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +83% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +89% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% 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 $183 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Bronze Capital Llc, carries 66 open violations across 23 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Capital Llc | 1 | 23 | $3.9M | phila.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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5809 N 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $83K in 2024. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,112 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5811 N 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $5K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5813 N 21ST ST History3 L&I violations (2016). | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5815 N 21ST ST History3 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2017); sold $83K (2025). | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5817 N 21ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2000 → $52K in 2004 (+108%). | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5819 N 21ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $28K in 2003 → $54K in 2003 (+91%). | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 2 | 29 viol |
| 5821 N 21ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $155K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5823 N 21ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $155K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 0 | 2 violtax lien |
| 5825 N 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $80K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,086 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5827 N 21ST ST ImprovedBought for $42K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $211K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5829 N 21ST ST History3 L&I violations (2016). | Owner-occupied | $155K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5831 N 21ST ST History3 L&I violations (2016). | Owner-occupied | $149K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5833 N 21ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $37K in 2011 → $129K in 2015 (+248%). | Owner-occupied | $211K | 4/2 | 1,463 | 1925 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)