The Block Report

House report

1639 S 53rd St

3 bd1 ba1,470 sqftRSA5built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$146K OPA value, not a listing price
From above · selected parcel outlined; choose a neighboring polygon to open it — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Assessment and City record timeline

Published City assessments for this house against its block and ZIP. Dated City filings are marked on the same line. Select one to read it. Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals.

$0$100K$200KZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) median$154K200220072012201720222027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) medianAssessmentInspection

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

Every dated record3 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. InspectionL_INITIAL
  2. InspectionL_INITIAL
  3. InspectionL_INITIAL

Flags: $20K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot; verify current balance · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $16K with a lien entry. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$647/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $46,200 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $153,800. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

OPA 512071600
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$20,255.81 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2003–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$8,632.41 principal$8,575.07 interest$758.13 penalty$2,290.20 other charges
19years recorded 2003–2021tax periods 2022-02-24last payment in snapshot Noactionable flag Yespayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $64,400 total assessment, $64,400 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $15,928.93 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2003$181.91 total · $0.00 principal · $88.46 interest · $5.81 penalty2004$752.29 total · $0.00 principal · $576.66 interest · $40.87 penalty2005$1,251.57 total · $417.12 principal · $582.65 interest · $40.87 penalty2006$1,391.27 total · $583.90 principal · $534.27 interest · $40.87 penalty2007$1,329.26 total · $583.90 principal · $481.72 interest · $40.87 penalty2008$1,357.92 total · $626.47 principal · $460.46 interest · $43.85 penalty2009$1,291.38 total · $626.47 principal · $404.07 interest · $43.85 penalty2010$1,224.85 total · $626.47 principal · $347.69 interest · $43.85 penalty2011$1,270.65 total · $688.49 principal · $320.14 interest · $48.19 penalty2012$1,242.78 total · $715.02 principal · $268.13 interest · $50.05 penalty2013$1,207.94 total · $740.72 principal · $211.11 interest · $51.85 penalty2014$1,254.73 total · $772.04 principal · $150.55 interest · $54.04 penalty2015$1,172.73 total · $772.04 principal · $81.06 interest · $54.04 penalty2016$999.65 total · $835.48 principal · $12.54 interest · $8.35 penalty

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Interior
1,470 sqft livable area
Lot
1,120 sqft
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Block context

1600 block of S 53rd St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 1637 S 53rd St  ·  1641 S 53rd St

No business or residential license records

No business license or residential registration matched this OPA parcel in the latest City data.

Verify with the City ↗
Open every source row 3 dated rows
  1. InvestigationL_INITIAL

    Case 2647 · CLOSED

    City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  2. InvestigationL_INITIAL

    Case 23389 · CLOSED

    City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  3. InvestigationL_INITIAL

    Case 2647 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 28, 2026, 8:56 PM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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