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Who owns your block

600 block of N 21st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 90% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 54% since 2016, now about $683K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$683K
$377K–$914K
ZIP median $457K
Price / sq ft
$389
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$833K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $683K
Tax / yr
$9K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 10
$16K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
90%
9 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
10%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+34%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+54%
value · tax +$3K

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 $683K — about 3.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19130Philadelphia
Median home value$683K$457K$223K
Owner-occupied60%37%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 73 reported crimes (10 violent) and 216 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
73
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
216
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft16
Theft from Vehicle16
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Other Assaults8
Burglary Non-Residential2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection80
Salting20
Maintenance Complaint10
Illegal Dumping9
Sanitation Violation9
Shoveling9

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
Bache / Martin
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$500K$1.0M$683K2016: $444K2017: $444K2018: $449K2019: $502K2020: $511K2021: $511K2022: $511K2023: $580K2024: $580K2025: $650K2026: $650K2027: $683K2016202020232027

▲ +54% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$8,6532016: $5,5642017: $5,5642018: $5,5642019: $6,3612020: $6,5222021: $6,5222022: $6,6472023: $6,9372024: $6,7762025: $7,5792026: $7,5792027: $8,6532016202020232027

▲ +56% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

1
1 property 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 $15,535 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%
$0pays now $7,136at the full rate

626-30 N 21st St is assessed at $510K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $7,136 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% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 154 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $154 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+54%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.5 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
20arm's-length sales since 2001
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Absentee individual: 1 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels5 parcels
$377K$732K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 10 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
602 N 21ST ST Traded 5×: $320K in 2004 → $765K in 2026 (+139%). Owner-occupied $670K 3/2 1,632 1920 5
604 N 21ST ST Bought for $480K in 2008, plumbing permit in 2014, sold for $775K in 2021 (+61%). Owner-occupied $732K 3/2 1,632 1920 2
606 N 21ST ST Bought for $316K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2008, sold for $631K in 2020 (+100%). Owner-occupied $730K 3/2 1,878 1920 3
608 N 21ST ST Bought for $575K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $696K —/— 1,737 1920 1
610 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $550K —/— 1,735 1920 0
612 N 21ST ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $707K —/— 1,782 1920 0
614 N 21ST ST Bought for $350K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $476K in 2022 (+36%). Owner-occupied $629K 4/1 2,160 1920 2
624 N 21ST ST Bought for $420K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $900K in 2025 (+114%). Owner-occupied $914K 4/3 2,370 1920 3 tax lien
626-30 N 21ST ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated), sold for $235K in 2001. Absentee individual $510K —/— 4,424 1900 1 abatedtax lien
631 N 21ST ST Traded 3×: $209K in 2007 → $285K in 2017 (+36%). Owner-occupied $377K 2/2 990 1920 3 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.