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Who owns your block

6400 block of N 5th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 28% since 2016, now about $265K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$265K
$264K–$342K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$128
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$126K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $265K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1955
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
77%
10 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
8%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-20%
value · tax −$844
5 years
+33%
value · tax +$340
10 years
+28%
value · tax +$27

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 $265K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$265K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied62%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 22 reported crimes (8 violent) and 34 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
22
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
34
7 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults7
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Fraud2
Theft from Vehicle2
All Other Offenses1

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint8
Abandoned Vehicle4
Illegal Dumping4
Salting3
Information Request2
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection2

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$250K$500K$265K2016: $207K2017: $207K2018: $207K2019: $199K2020: $200K2021: $200K2022: $200K2023: $248K2024: $248K2025: $333K2026: $333K2027: $265K2016202020232027

▲ +28% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5102016: $2,4832017: $2,4832018: $2,4832019: $2,2272020: $2,1702021: $2,1702022: $2,1702023: $2,3612024: $2,4922025: $3,3542026: $3,3542027: $2,5102016202020232027

▲ +1% since 2016 · ~+0%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 128 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $128 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+28%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.2 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
15arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Absentee individual: 3 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

7 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$264K$294K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6400 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $279K 5/2 2,070 1955 0
6402 N 5TH ST Bought for $153K in 2005. Owner pulled a use permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $294K 4/3 2,070 1955 2
6404 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $153K in 2005 → $220K in 2005 (+44%). Owner-occupied $264K 5/2 2,070 1955 2
6406 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $265K 5/2 2,070 1955 0
6408 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $265K 5/2 2,070 1955 1
6410 N 5TH ST Absentee individual $265K 5/2 2,070 1955 0
6412 N 5TH ST Traded 4×: $120K in 2004 → $330K in 2025 (+175%). Absentee individual $293K 5/3 2,070 1955 4 rented
6414 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $63K in 2002 → $120K in 2002 (+92%). Owner-occupied $265K 5/2 2,070 1955 2
6416 N 5TH ST L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $273K 5/2 2,250 1955 0
6418 N 5TH ST Owner-occupied $265K 5/2 2,070 1955 1
6420 N 5TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $265K 5/2 2,070 1955 0
6422 N 5TH ST Traded 2×: $107K in 2005 → $213K in 2006 (+99%). Owner-occupied $271K 5/2 2,070 1955 2
6424 N 5TH ST Bought for $130K in 2004. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Absentee individual $342K —/— 3,126 1955 1 tax lien

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.