Who owns your block
800 block of S 5th St
A mixed-ownership block: 59% owner-occupied, 6% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $55,098 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 105% since 2016, now about $640K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $640K — about 2.9× 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 | $640K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 34% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (22 violent) and 294 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
- $640K typical home, up +105% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,562 to $7,823 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $20M assessed, $240,581/yr to the city, about $7,518 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +105% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +120% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
813 S 5th St is assessed at $928K but pays $3,082 a year — about 24% of the $12,996 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% 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 $205 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 33 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 32 parcels
- Owner-occupied 19
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement Music School O (individual) | 2 | 11 | $5.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Patrick P Rozand (individual) | 2 | 3 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Millan Enterprises L P | 2 | 3 | $2.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 S 5TH ST New constructionBought for $375K in 2025, built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $1.3M in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $602K | —/— | 2,180 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 802 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $310K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $500K | —/— | 1,376 | 1915 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 804 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $736K | —/— | 2,464 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 805 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $582K | —/— | 2,025 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 806 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $688K | —/— | 2,112 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 807 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $398K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $662K | 3/2 | 1,416 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 808 S 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $350K in 2006, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $840K in 2022 (+140%). | Absentee individual | $914K | 8/4 | 2,340 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 809 S 5TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $325K in 2009 → $399K in 2012 (+23%). | Absentee individual | $717K | —/— | 2,985 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 810 S 5TH ST History5 L&I violations (2015). | Absentee individual | $708K | —/— | 2,352 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 811 S 5TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit, sold for $650K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $669K | —/— | 2,488 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 812 S 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $237K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $520K in 2021 (+119%). | Owner-occupied | $538K | 3/2 | 1,768 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 813 S 5TH ST | Absentee individual | $928K | —/— | 4,242 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 814 S 5TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $299K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $705K in 2025 (+136%). | Owner-occupied | $639K | —/— | 2,295 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 815 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $811K | —/— | 3,045 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 816 S 5TH ST New constructionBought for $408K in 2005, built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated), sold for $330K in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $571K | —/— | 2,196 | 1915 | 2 | abated |
| 817 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $719K | 3/2 | 2,185 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 817 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $661K | 3/2 | 1,953 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 817 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $719K | 3/2 | 2,185 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 818 S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $415K | —/— | 1,815 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 820R S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $556K | 2/2 | 1,095 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 820 S 5TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $275K in 2006 → $290K in 2017 (+5%). | Owner-occupied | $537K | 2/1 | 1,293 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 821 S 5TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a mechanical permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $431K | —/— | 1,104 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 822 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $197K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $524K | 2/— | 1,326 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 823R S 5TH ST | Owner-occupied | $393K | —/— | 1,020 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 823 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $157K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $475K | 3/2 | 1,461 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 824 S 5TH ST | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | —/— | 4,744 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 825 S 5TH ST | Vacant | $222K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 826 S 5TH ST | Investor / LLC | $867K | —/— | 2,820 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 827 S 5TH ST | Vacant | $221K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 828 S 5TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $63K in 2000 → $765K in 2026 (+1114%). | Owner-occupied | $682K | 3/3 | 2,151 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 829 S 5TH ST | Vacant | $228K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 830 S 5TH ST ImprovedBought for $407K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Absentee individual | $641K | —/— | 1,968 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)