Who owns your block
700 block of N 5th St
An investor-heavy block: 41% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.
The typical home here is up 163% since 2016, now about $791K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $791K — about 3.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19123 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $791K | $455K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 12% | 23% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 77 reported crimes (4 violent) and 212 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
- $791K typical home, up +163% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,023 to $5,963 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $23M assessed, $277,125/yr to the city, about $16,301 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +163% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +195% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
719 N 5th St is assessed at $1.3M but pays $1,811 a year — about 10% of the $18,118 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.2% 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 $263 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Agas Mfg Inc, carries 3 open violations across 5 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agas Mfg Inc | 1 | 5 | $3.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philly Property Rentals L | 1 | 4 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Russian Orthodox (individual) | 2 | 3 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hvcp Properties Llc | 1 | 2 | $815K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Liberties Lofts Llc | 1 | 2 | $13M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Atlantic Apartments Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Five Olive Apartments Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rina Apartments Llc | 1 | 1 | $791K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 17 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 702 N 5TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $305K in 2001 → $695K in 2016 (+128%). | Absentee individual | $1.1M | —/— | 4,365 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 704 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $317K | 1/1 | 877 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 704 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $526K | 2/2 | 2,393 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 704 N 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $321K | 1/1 | 913 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 705 N 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $180K in 2004, wall covering replacement permit in 2020, sold for $300K in 2021 (+67%). | Investor / LLC | $389K | 2/1 | 1,460 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 706 N 5TH ST New constructionBought for $880K in 2021, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.3M in 2022. | Absentee individual | $1.2M | —/— | 9,500 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 708 N 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $285K in 2005, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $1.4M in 2022 (+374%). | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | 5/4 | 4,746 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 709-11 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $277K | —/— | 4,096 | — | 0 | abated |
| 710 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit. | Investor / LLC | $11M | —/— | 79,778 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 713 N 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $320K | —/— | 3,192 | 1897 | 0 | abated |
| 715 N 5TH ST | Vacant | $222K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 717 N 5TH ST | Investor / LLC | $871K | —/— | 5,173 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 719 N 5TH ST New constructionBought for $270K in 2017, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 7,500 | 2020 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 721 N 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $455K in 2016. | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 4,100 | 1918 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 723 N 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $113K in 2000, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $650K in 2017 (+475%). | Owner-occupied | $903K | 5/2 | 3,304 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 725 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $560K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $791K | —/— | 3,913 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 727 N 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $348K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $788K | —/— | 4,640 | 1892 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)