Public Records
Edition
PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

5900 block of N 5th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations and 1 home behind $732 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $165K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year.

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
$165K
$116K–$1.3M
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$124
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$150K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $165K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 38
$30K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
63%
24 of 38
city 41%
Rentals
8%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$732
1 of 38 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
9
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 18% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-14%
value · tax +$40
5 years
+30%
value · tax +$723
10 years
+71%
value · tax +$926

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 $165K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below 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$165K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied18%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 77 reported crimes (26 violent) and 135 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
77
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
135
31 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults17
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Thefts8
Theft from Vehicle7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
All Other Offenses5

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping21
Street Defect17
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Abandoned Vehicle13
Maintenance Complaint12
Other (Streets)8

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$100K$200K$165K2016: $97K2017: $97K2018: $120K2019: $124K2020: $126K2021: $126K2022: $126K2023: $151K2024: $151K2025: $191K2026: $191K2027: $165K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,2752016: $1,3492017: $1,3492018: $1,3492019: $1,4432020: $1,5522021: $1,5522022: $1,5522023: $1,9882024: $2,0882025: $2,2352026: $2,2352027: $2,2752016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $30,273 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $17,891at the full rate

5900 N 5th St is assessed at $1.3M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $17,891 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% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 36 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2004201020162022
36arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 38 parcels

Owner-occupied: 24Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 12 38parcels
  • Owner-occupied 24
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 12

Value distribution today

1 parcels27 parcels5 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$116K$352K+

The block's largest owner, Age R E Rentals Llc, carries 3 open violations across 3 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Age R E Rentals Llc13$673Kphila.gov ↗
Ganaan Llc11$163Kphila.gov ↗
Jns Property Llc11$232Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 38 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5900 N 5TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $1.3M —/— 21,376 0 abated
5901 N 5TH ST Bought for $104K in 1999. Owner pulled a sign permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $191K —/— 2,000 1945 2
5903 N 5TH ST Bought for $58K in 2001. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2012. Absentee individual $166K —/— 1,650 1945 4
5905 N 5TH ST 5 L&I violations (2007); 3 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2012). Owner-occupied $172K —/— 1,754 1945 0 tax lien
5907 N 5TH ST Bought for $150K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $163K —/— 1,600 1945 1
5909 N 5TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007). Owner-occupied $163K —/— 1,600 1945 0 tax lien
5911 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $172K —/— 1,754 1945 0
5913 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $175K —/— 1,805 1945 0 tax lien
5915 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $163K —/— 1,600 1945 0
5916 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $185K —/— 3,088 0 abated
5917 N 5TH ST Bought for $140K in 2004. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2008. Absentee individual $163K —/— 1,600 1945 2 rented
5919 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a sign permit in 2007. Absentee individual $175K —/— 1,805 1945 0
5920 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2010). Absentee individual $182K 3/1 1,472 1945 0
5921 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2019. Absentee individual $163K —/— 1,600 1945 0
5922 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $161K 3/1 1,220 1945 1
5923 N 5TH ST Bought for $60K in 2013. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Absentee individual $168K —/— 1,684 1945 1
5924 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,220 1945 0
5925 N 5TH ST Bought for $90K in 2006. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $163K —/— 1,600 1945 1
5926 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $116K 3/— 1,330 1945 0 tax lien
5927 N 5TH ST Bought for $89K in 1999. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $163K —/— 1,600 1945 2
5928 N 5TH ST Bought for $60K in 2001. Owner pulled a use permit in 2018. Absentee individual $207K —/— 1,518 1940 3
5929 N 5TH ST Bought for $180K in 2017. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Absentee individual $522K —/— 5,636 1945 2
5930 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,226 1945 0
5932 N 5TH ST Traded 4×: $71K in 2004 → $125K in 2024 (+76%). Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,226 1945 4
5934 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2012). Absentee individual $161K 3/1 1,226 1945 0
5936 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,226 1945 0
5938 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,226 1945 1
5940 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2007); sold $110K (2022); 2 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $199K —/— 1,226 1945 1
5941 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $352K —/— 2,758 1945 0
5942 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2006 → $240K in 2026 (+182%). Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,226 1945 2 4 viol
5944 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $38K in 2017 → $185K in 2021 (+387%). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,226 1945 2 tax lien
5946 N 5TH ST sold $133K (2017); 4 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,226 1945 1 rented
5948 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,226 1945 0
5950 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $28K in 2000 → $61K in 2001 (+118%). Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,226 1945 2
5952 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,226 1945 0 rented
5954 N 5TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,226 1945 0 2 viol
5956 N 5TH ST Bought for $75K in 2015, use permit in 2015, sold for $120K in 2015 (+60%). Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 2,112 1945 2 3 viol
5957 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $250K in 2009 → $180K in 2018 (-28%). Investor / LLC $232K —/— 2,376 1945 2

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.