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Who owns your block

5200 block of N 6th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 13 open code violations and 4 homes behind $12,811 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 101% since 2016, now about $160K. 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
$160K
$96K–$226K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$137
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$899
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
80%
48 of 60
city 41%
Rentals
13%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
13
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$13K
4 of 60 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax −$40
5 years
+89%
value · tax +$245
10 years
+101%
value · tax +$114

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 $160K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$160K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied62%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (42 violent) and 193 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
95
42 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
193
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults21
Thefts15
Fraud9
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint33
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Illegal Dumping26
Abandoned Vehicle25
Sanitation Violation22
Other (Streets)14

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-5
Thurgood Marshall
4500 Griscom St · 243 students
High · 9-12
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave · 1036 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$160K2016: $80K2017: $80K2018: $77K2019: $77K2020: $81K2021: $85K2022: $85K2023: $117K2024: $117K2025: $160K2026: $160K2027: $160K2016202020232027

▲ +101% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$8992016: $8972017: $7852018: $7782019: $6382020: $6542021: $6542022: $6542023: $6822024: $6822025: $9392026: $9392027: $8992016202020232027

▲ +0% 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 201 Philadelphia 201

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

Annualized return
+6.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+101%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.1 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 47 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 30 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
47arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
30homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 60 parcels

Owner-occupied: 48Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 9 60parcels
  • Owner-occupied 48
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 9

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels26 parcels2 parcels30 parcels
$96K$171K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Cdr Realty Inc15$873Kphila.gov ↗
Phoenix Estates Llc13$478Kphila.gov ↗
Lisa R Dorman (individual)23$454Kphila.gov ↗
369 Universe Llc11$143Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 60 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
5200 N 6TH ST Bought for $114K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Absentee individual $96K —/— 1,152 1940 2 rented
5202 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5204 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5206 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5208 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5210 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2020); sold $40K (2024); L&I violation (2026). Investor / LLC $150K 3/1 1,090 1940 1 1 viol
5211 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $166K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5212 N 6TH ST Traded 5×: $26K in 2001 → $78K in 2021 (+200%). Investor / LLC $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 5 rented1 violtax lien
5213 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $92K in 2005 → $78K in 2010 (-16%). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 2
5214 N 6TH ST sold $125K (2019); 2 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5215 N 6TH ST Absentee individual $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0 tax lien
5216 N 6TH ST L&I violation (2017); L&I violation (2019). Absentee individual $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0 rented
5217 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2025); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0 tax lien
5218 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5219 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $95K in 2007 → $24K in 2010 (-75%). Absentee individual $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 2 rented2 viol
5220 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5221 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2022). Absentee individual $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0 tax lien
5222 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5223 N 6TH ST L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5224 N 6TH ST L&I violation (2010); L&I violation (2013). Absentee individual $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5225 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0 rentedtax lien
5226 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5227 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $46K in 2004 → $94K in 2006 (+106%). Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,350 1940 2
5228 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5229 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5230 N 6TH ST Investor / LLC $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0 rented
5231 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5232 N 6TH ST Bought for $51K in 2001, use permit in 2010, sold for $80K in 2015 (+57%). Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 2
5233 N 6TH ST sold $62K (2003); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2024); 2 L&I violations (2026). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 1 2 viol
5234 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0 tax lien
5235 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5236 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5237 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5238 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0 tax lien
5239 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $164K —/— 1,350 1940 1 tax lien
5240 N 6TH ST Bought for $87K in 2006. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5241 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2008 → $120K in 2019 (+33%). Owner-occupied $164K 3/2 1,350 1940 2
5242 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2023); 3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2024); Appeal complete (2025); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2025). Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0 4 violtax lien
5243 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5244 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2006 → $106K in 2019 (+42%). Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 2
5245 N 6TH ST Bought for $87K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $226K 3/2 1,350 1940 2 1 viol
5246 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0 tax lien
5247 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021); sold $84K (2022); 4 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 1 rented1 viol
5248 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5249 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5250 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5251 N 6TH ST Bought for $64K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Absentee individual $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 1 rented
5252 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5253 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0 tax lien
5254 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $39K in 2003 → $31K in 2015 (-20%). Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,024 1940 2
5255 N 6TH ST L&I violation (2020). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5256 N 6TH ST Traded 3×: $20K in 2003 → $85K in 2009 (+325%). Absentee individual $171K 3/1 1,024 1940 3
5257 N 6TH ST Bought for $84K in 2005, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $160K in 2020 (+90%). Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,350 1940 2
5258 N 6TH ST Bought for $90K in 2022, change of use permit in 2022, sold for $215K in 2023 (+139%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/2 1,024 1940 2 tax lien
5259 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5260 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $157K 3/1 1,152 1940 1
5261 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5263 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 0
5265 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,350 1940 1
5267 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); L&I violation (2015); sold $50K (2015); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 1,410 1940 1 1 viol

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

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