Who owns your block
600 block of S 5th St
An investor-heavy block: 75% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 1 home behind $1,164 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 219% since 2016, now about $856K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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 $856K — about 3.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $856K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 158 reported crimes (37 violent) and 520 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
- $856K typical home, up +219% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,760 to $11,986 a year, +11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.8M assessed, $123,475/yr to the city, about $15,434 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +219% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +219% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
Every home on this block pays the standard rate — no abatements in effect.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.1% 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 $319 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2009. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 8 parcels
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaken Realty Trust | 4 | 8 | $10M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Glory Investment LLC | 1 | 2 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| South Philly 4th St LLC | 1 | 1 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $550K in 2020. Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $424K | —/— | 1,920 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 609-31 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $950K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $1.1M | —/— | 3,970 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 610 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $120K in 2009. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $553K | —/— | 2,632 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 612-14 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | —/— | 3,940 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 616 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $2.2M in 2012. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. | Investor / LLC | $714K | 4/— | 1,708 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 618 S 5TH ST New constructionBought for $2.2M in 2012, built new under a 2013 permit. | Investor / LLC | $429K | —/— | 1,362 | 2018 | 1 | rented |
| 620-22 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sign permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $999K | —/— | 3,172 | 2018 | 0 | |
| 624-32 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sign permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $3.6M | —/— | 14,121 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)