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Who owns your block

700 block of S 53rd St

An investor-heavy block: 43% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 152% since 2016, now about $241K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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
$241K
$227K–$370K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$145
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$145K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $241K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
43%
3 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
14%
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%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$194
5 years
+72%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+152%
value · tax +$2K

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 $241K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$241K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied29%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 66 reported crimes (20 violent) and 149 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
66
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
149
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults13
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Thefts8
All Other Offenses5
Fraud5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection39
Maintenance Complaint24
Illegal Dumping15
Construction Complaints13
Abandoned Vehicle10
Street Defect7

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 & Middle · K-8
Avery Harrington
5300 Baltimore Ave · 259 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$241K2016: $96K2017: $96K2018: $96K2019: $135K2020: $140K2021: $140K2022: $140K2023: $212K2024: $212K2025: $227K2026: $227K2027: $241K2016202020232027

▲ +152% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,3762016: $1,3402017: $1,3402018: $1,3402019: $1,8442020: $1,9152021: $1,3342022: $1,3342023: $1,8442024: $1,8442025: $1,9392026: $3,1822027: $3,3762016202020232027

▲ +152% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 252 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $252 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+152%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.3 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K200020052010201520202025
7arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 2 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$227K$299K+

The block's largest owner, Ysg Investments Llc, carries 1 open violation across 8 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ysg Investments Llc18$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Lsm K Enterprises Llc11$227Kphila.gov ↗
Maeo Properties Llc11$297Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 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
738 S 53RD ST Owner-occupied $227K 4/1 1,568 1920 1 tax lien
740 S 53RD ST Traded 4×: $50K in 2002 → $145K in 2025 (+190%). Owner-occupied $227K 3/2 1,568 1920 4
742 S 53RD ST Bought for $65K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $93K in 2017 (+42%). Investor / LLC $370K 4/2 1,568 1920 2
744 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $227K 4/1 1,568 1920 0 tax lien
746 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Absentee individual $241K —/— 1,568 1920 0 rented
748 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $299K —/— 2,070 1915 0
750 S 53RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $297K —/— 2,175 1925 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.