2600 block of Webster St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $575K — about 2.5× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $386K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 21 reported crimes (about 2 a month, 5% of them violent) and 220 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $575K typical home, up +237% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,050 to $4,167 a year through 2027, +13%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $197,441/yr from taxable assessments, or $4,936 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 2628 Webster Stmajor assessment exemption0.21%$696/yr on $332K
• 2628 Webster Stmajor assessment exemption0.21%$1,396/yr on $665K
• 2628 Webster Stmajor assessment exemption0.21%$1,367/yr on $651K
• 2628 Webster Stmajor assessment exemption0.21%$798/yr on $380K
• 2628 Webster Stmajor assessment exemption0.21%$1,197/yr on $570K
• …and 13 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 2622 Webster St has a $1,951/year assessment-based estimate on $697K assessed value — about 20% of the $9,757 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.7% 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 $337 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 51 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Phila Electric Co, carries 7 open violations across 103 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 43 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

Torn down & rebuilt

2621 Webster St

$640K · demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017), then sold for $615K in 2021.

New construction

2624 Webster St

$938K · Bought for $480K in 2008, built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $630K in 2021.

New construction

2623 Webster St

$741K · built new under a 2011 permit.

New construction

2626 Webster St

$697K · Bought for $50K in 2002, built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $633K in 2020.

New construction

2608 Webster St

$593K · built new under a 2012 permit.

New construction

2610 Webster St

$593K · built new under a 2011 permit.

Neighborhood