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Who owns your block

2600 block of S 69th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 87% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations and 2 homes behind $2,290 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 118% since 2016, now about $138K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$138K
$133K–$241K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$131
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$532
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
87%
27 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
10%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$2K
2 of 31 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$98
5 years
+82%
value · tax −$76
10 years
+118%
value · tax −$20

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 $138K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19142 median of $131K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19142 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19142Philadelphia
Median home value$138K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied65%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 144 reported crimes (60 violent) and 191 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
144
60 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
191
51 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults43
Thefts23
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
All Other Offenses11
Fraud11
Motor Vehicle Theft11

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint52
Abandoned Vehicle38
Illegal Dumping27
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection24
Sanitation Violation7
Salting5

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 · K-4
John M Patterson
7000 Buist Ave · 353 students
Middle · 5-8
William Tilden
6601 Elmwood Ave · 230 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$100K$200K$138K2016: $63K2017: $63K2018: $63K2019: $70K2020: $76K2021: $76K2022: $76K2023: $89K2024: $89K2025: $131K2026: $131K2027: $138K2016202020232027

▲ +118% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5322016: $5522017: $5522018: $6032019: $4352020: $6082021: $6082022: $6082023: $1992024: $1542025: $4342026: $4342027: $5322016202020232027

▼ -4% since 2016 · ~0%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 218 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $218 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+118%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.8 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 41 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
41arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 27Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 27
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

14 parcels13 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$133K$151K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Rch Properties Llc112$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Gapsw3 Investments Llc11$133Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 31 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2601 S 69TH ST Traded 3×: $56K in 2002 → $119K in 2018 (+113%). Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,152 1925 3
2603 S 69TH ST Bought for $29K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $100K in 2021 (+245%). Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,008 1925 2
2605 S 69TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 0
2607 S 69TH ST Traded 2×: $53K in 2005 → $100K in 2007 (+88%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 2
2609 S 69TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 0
2611 S 69TH ST Traded 2×: $38K in 2015 → $100K in 2021 (+163%). Investor / LLC $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 2 rented
2613 S 69TH ST Traded 2×: $39K in 2008 → $81K in 2009 (+108%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 2
2615 S 69TH ST Bought for $45K in 2002. Owner pulled a use permit in 2016. Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 2
2617 S 69TH ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 1
2619 S 69TH ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 1
2621 S 69TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 0
2623 S 69TH ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2001 → $66K in 2003 (+120%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 2
2625 S 69TH ST Bought for $96K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 1
2627 S 69TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 0
2629 S 69TH ST Bought for $63K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,008 1925 1 rented
2631 S 69TH ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 1
2633 S 69TH ST Traded 2×: $70K in 2004 → $36K in 2016 (-49%). Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 2
2635 S 69TH ST Traded 2×: $60K in 2000 → $51K in 2010 (-16%). Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 2 rented
2637 S 69TH ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 0
2639 S 69TH ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 0
2641 S 69TH ST Traded 2×: $51K in 2001 → $85K in 2006 (+66%). Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 2
2643 S 69TH ST L&I violation (2012). Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 0
2645 S 69TH ST Traded 2×: $495K in 2020 → $135K in 2021 (-73%). Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 2
2647 S 69TH ST Bought for $36K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 1 tax lien
2649 S 69TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 0 6 viol
2651 S 69TH ST Traded 2×: $38K in 2000 → $90K in 2016 (+137%). Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 2
2653 S 69TH ST Traded 4×: $27K in 2000 → $89K in 2010 (+234%). Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 4
2655 S 69TH ST Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,072 1925 1
2657 S 69TH ST Traded 4×: $43K in 2006 → $170K in 2020 (+295%). Owner-occupied $241K 3/1 1,072 1925 4
2659 S 69TH ST L&I violation (2007). Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,072 1925 0
2661 S 69TH ST Bought for $50K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $152K —/— 1,260 1925 1

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

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