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Who owns your block

5800 block of N 2nd St

A mixed-ownership block: 17% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 5 open code violations and 1 home behind $1,285 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 323% since 2016, now about $506K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% 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
$506K
$5K–$768K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$160
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$8K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
17%
1 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
17%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+116%
value · tax +$4K
5 years
+172%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+323%
value · tax +$5K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $506K — about 2.3× 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$506K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied0%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 98 reported crimes (24 violent) and 269 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
98
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
269
75 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults21
Motor Vehicle Theft19
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Fraud9
All Other Offenses8
Thefts8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint71
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Abandoned Vehicle35
Street Defect28
Illegal Dumping16
Salting14

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$500K$1.0M$506K2016: $120K2017: $120K2018: $185K2019: $185K2020: $186K2021: $186K2022: $186K2023: $199K2024: $199K2025: $235K2026: $235K2027: $506K2016202020232027

▲ +323% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,0812016: $1,6752017: $1,6752018: $2,5932019: $2,5942020: $2,6012021: $2,6012022: $2,6012023: $2,7912024: $2,7912025: $3,2852026: $3,2852027: $7,0812016202020232027

▲ +323% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +14% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 423 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $423 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+14%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+323%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+14%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+11%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+7.5 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20002004200820122016
5arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$5K$731K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Scarlets Lc Llc110$3.1Mphila.gov ↗
Jxh Llc13$465Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5803 N 2ND ST Traded 3×: $64K in 2000 → $44K in 2017 (-32%). Investor / LLC $152K 706 1960 3
5810 N 2ND ST Vacant $5K 0 tax lien
5812-16 N 2ND ST Bought for $625K in 2014. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $731K 7,311 1960 1 rented
5837 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Absentee individual $443K 2,400 1950 0 5 viol
5843-47 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $768K 4,800 1950 1
5849-51 N 2ND ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2011. Absentee individual $569K 4,075 1950 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.