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Who owns your block

1900 block of S 6th St

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 2 homes behind $3,379 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 173% since 2016, now about $293K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year.

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
$293K
$100K–$671K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$196
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$406K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $293K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
15 of 39
$87K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
56%
22 of 39
city 41%
Rentals
10%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
2 of 39 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
11
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 18% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax +$129
5 years
+68%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+173%
value · tax +$1K

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.

2027
  • 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 $293K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$293K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied26%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 100 reported crimes (37 violent) and 377 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
100
37 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
377
61 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults25
Thefts15
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Theft from Vehicle11
Fraud8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7

Top 311 complaints

Salting62
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection48
Illegal Dumping45
Street Defect42
Maintenance Complaint30
Information Request19

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
John H Taggart
400 W Porter St · 485 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$293K2016: $107K2017: $107K2018: $107K2019: $150K2020: $163K2021: $168K2022: $175K2023: $233K2024: $245K2025: $295K2026: $302K2027: $293K2016202020232027

▲ +173% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3172016: $7262017: $8902018: $9272019: $9632020: $9272021: $9672022: $1,0572023: $1,6782024: $1,7812025: $2,1522026: $2,1882027: $2,3172016202020232027

▲ +219% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

15
15 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $86,845 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,879pays now $9,393at the full rate

1925 S 6th St is assessed at $671K but pays $1,879 a year — about 20% of the $9,393 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 +9.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 273 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $273 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+173%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.1 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 64 arm's-length sales since 1969. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M1980199220042016
64arm's-length sales since 1969
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 39 parcels

Owner-occupied: 22Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 13Vacant: 2 39parcels
  • Owner-occupied 22
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 13
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels16 parcels3 parcels5 parcels1 parcels10 parcels
$100K$566K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)34773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
Ira Development Llc153$14Mphila.gov ↗
1905-09 South 06th Street (individual)22$703Kphila.gov ↗
Modern Prime Property Llc11$394Kphila.gov ↗
Lm Investment Inc11$370Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 39 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1900 S 6TH ST Bought for $10K in 2005, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $127K in 2019 (+1172%). Absentee individual $293K —/— 2,010 1920 3
1901 S 6TH ST Bought for $265K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $394K 6/3 2,700 1920 2 tax lien
1902 S 6TH ST 3 L&I violations (2009); sold $40K (2015); L&I violation (2016). Absentee individual $231K 4/2 1,248 1920 1
1903 S 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2009); sold $320K (2017). Vacant $108K —/— 1 tax lien
1904 S 6TH ST Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,280 1920 0
1905 S 6TH ST sold $320K (2017); 2 L&I violations (2026). Absentee individual $595K 5/— 3,507 1920 1 2 viol
1906 S 6TH ST Bought for $5K in 2017, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $566K 3/3 2,346 2020 3 abated
1908 S 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2010); sold $60K (2011). Absentee individual $260K 3/1 1,300 1920 1
1910 S 6TH ST Traded 2×: $358K in 1969 → $175K in 2024 (-51%). Owner-occupied $252K 3/2 1,300 1920 2
1911 S 6TH ST Bought for $165K in 2015. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,256 1920 1
1912 S 6TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $277K 4/1 1,640 1920 0 tax lien
1913 S 6TH ST Owner-occupied $266K 3/2 1,512 1920 1
1914 S 6TH ST Bought for $190K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $640K in 2025. Owner-occupied $540K 3/— 2,235 2021 3 abated
1915-17 S 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2014); 4 L&I violations (2018); 9 L&I violations (2019). Absentee individual $154K —/— 2,016 1925 0
1916 S 6TH ST Bought for $190K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $490K in 2020. Owner-occupied $534K 3/— 2,217 2020 2 rentedabated
1918 S 6TH ST Bought for $47K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $356K in 2022 (+657%). Owner-occupied $317K 3/2 1,256 1920 5
1919 S 6TH ST Bought for $17K in 2022, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $625K in 2024. Owner-occupied $525K 3/— 2,214 2024 2 abatedtax lien
1920 S 6TH ST Bought for $100K in 2021, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $370K in 2023. Owner-occupied $388K 3/1 1,468 1920 2 1 viol
1921 S 6TH ST Bought for $10K in 2022, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $275K in 2023. Owner-occupied $275K 3/1 992 2023 2 tax lien
1922 S 6TH ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $246K 3/1 1,256 1920 0 abated1 viol
1923 S 6TH ST Bought for $55K in 2017, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $510K in 2022. Owner-occupied $518K 3/2 2,220 2019 3 rentedabated
1924 S 6TH ST Bought for $194K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $308K —/— 2,592 1920 1
1925 S 6TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $406K in 2025. Investor / LLC $671K 8/— 3,339 2021 3 rentedabatedtax lien
1926 S 6TH ST Bought for $15K in 2011, built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $300K in 2022. Investor / LLC $370K 6/3 2,166 2013 2
1927 S 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2010). Vacant $100K —/— 0
1928 S 6TH ST Bought for $110K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $283K 5/1 1,576 1920 1
1929 S 6TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $284K 3/1 1,600 1920 0 abated
1930 S 6TH ST Bought for $90K in 2014, use permit in 2014, sold for $305K in 2017 (+239%). Owner-occupied $399K 5/2 1,716 1920 2
1931 S 6TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $284K 3/1 1,600 1920 0 abated
1932 S 6TH ST Bought for $100K in 2008, electrical permit in 2008, sold for $213K in 2015 (+113%). Owner-occupied $248K 4/3 1,450 1920 2 rented
1933 S 6TH ST Bought for $280K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $500K in 2024. Absentee individual $505K 3/3 2,070 2023 3
1934 S 6TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $347K in 2017. Absentee individual $395K 3/2 1,826 2017 1 abated
1935 S 6TH ST Old house bought for $530K in 2023, demolished and rebuilt (2023). Owner-occupied $526K 6/3 2,249 2024 3 abated
1936 S 6TH ST Absentee individual $258K —/— 1,288 1920 0 abated
1937 S 6TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $289K 3/1 1,364 1920 0 abated
1938 S 6TH ST Owner-occupied $270K —/— 1,408 1920 1
1939 S 6TH ST Bought for $5K in 2016, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $460K in 2020. Absentee individual $503K 4/— 2,058 2020 5 abated
1940 S 6TH ST Bought for $40K in 2017, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $425K in 2019. Absentee individual $477K 4/3 1,890 2019 2 abatedtax lien
1941 S 6TH ST Traded 3×: $65K in 2006 → $80K in 2016 (+23%). Owner-occupied $323K 7/4 2,214 1920 3

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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