Who owns your block
5500 block of N 6th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 1 home behind $3,635 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 59% since 2016, now about $169K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $169K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19120 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $169K | $171K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 48% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 109 reported crimes (29 violent) and 110 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $169K typical home, up +59% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,458 to $1,663 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.1M assessed, $43,188/yr to the city, about $2,159 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +59% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +14% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5506 N 6th St is assessed at $112K but pays $164 a year — about 10% of the $1,564 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.3% 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 $159 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank A Leone (individual) | 2 | 23 | $5.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cowboy Investment Group Llc | 1 | 1 | $169K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cti Enviromental Inc | 1 | 1 | $169K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5500 N 6TH ST ImprovedBought for $86K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $180K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 5502 N 6TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2024); sold $43K (2025). | Owner-occupied | $169K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1935 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 5504 N 6TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $14K in 2005 → $130K in 2006 (+863%). | Owner-occupied | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 5506 N 6TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $73K in 2003. | Owner-occupied | $112K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 1 | abated |
| 5508 N 6TH ST ImprovedBought for $95K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 5510 N 6TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $35K in 2005 → $120K in 2021 (+243%). | Owner-occupied | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5512 N 6TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $75K in 2004, alteration permit in 2012, sold for $108K in 2026 (+44%). | Investor / LLC | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 5514 N 6TH ST ImprovedBought for $105K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $201K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 5515-21 N 6TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2010); 14 L&I violations (2022); 5 L&I violations (2024). | Absentee individual | $654K | —/— | 13,084 | 1955 | 0 | 5 viol |
| 5516 N 6TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5518 N 6TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5520 N 6TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5522 N 6TH ST History3 L&I violations (2010); sold $44K (2020). | Investor / LLC | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 1 | rented |
| 5524 N 6TH ST | Owner-occupied | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5525 N 6TH ST | Absentee individual | $373K | —/— | 5,555 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 5526 N 6TH ST | Owner-occupied | $163K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5528 N 6TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $169K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 5530 N 6TH ST New constructionBought for $27K in 2001, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $190K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $112K | —/— | 1,200 | 1935 | 3 | abated |
| 5547-49 N 6TH ST | Absentee individual | $184K | —/— | 5,992 | 1945 | 0 | |
| 5551 N 6TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2018 → $70K in 2020 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $250K | —/— | 1,856 | 1926 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)