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Who owns your block

800 block of S 52nd St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 1 home behind $4,986 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 316% since 2016, now about $94K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$94K
$50K–$374K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$134
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
1 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
1 of 3 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+33%
value · tax +$327
5 years
+143%
value · tax +$771
10 years
+316%
value · tax +$995

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 $94K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below 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$94K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied0%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 87 reported crimes (30 violent) and 235 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
87
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
235
61 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults22
Thefts17
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Fraud6
Theft from Vehicle4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint40
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Abandoned Vehicle22
Illegal Dumping22
Salting17
Construction Complaints14

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$125K$250K$94K2016: $23K2017: $23K2018: $39K2019: $39K2020: $39K2021: $39K2022: $39K2023: $70K2024: $70K2025: $70K2026: $70K2027: $94K2016202020232027

▲ +316% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3102016: $3152017: $3152018: $5392019: $5392020: $5392021: $5392022: $5392023: $9832024: $9832025: $9832026: $9832027: $1,3102016202020232027

▲ +316% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +13.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 416 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $416 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+13.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+316%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+13.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+10.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+7.3 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Vacant: 2 3parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$50K$94K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Aaron Starke (individual)24$707Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 3 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 & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
800 S 52ND ST Vacant $50K 0
802 S 52ND ST Vacant $94K 0 tax lien
841 S 52ND ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $374K 2,782 1925 0 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.