Who owns your block
600 block of N Sickels St
A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 5 homes behind $54,247 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 85% since 2016, now about $76K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $76K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19131 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $76K | $156K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 13% | 42% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 163 reported crimes (83 violent) and 241 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
- $76K typical home, up +85% since 2016
- Tax bill $344 to $690 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.9M assessed, $18,458/yr to the city, about $615 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +85% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +101% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
653 N Sickels St is assessed at $211K but pays $864 a year — about 29% of the $2,947 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 +5.7% 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 $185 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 30 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 8
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Hnb Investment Properties Llc, carries 69 open violations across 80 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hnb Investment Properties Llc | 1 | 80 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Towerlevy Realty Llc | 1 | 27 | $3.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Alpha Omega Business Group Llc | 1 | 9 | $138K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Inspire 366 Llc | 1 | 5 | $683K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rentable Homes Llc | 1 | 2 | $186K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hishtadlus Re 2 Llc | 1 | 2 | $431K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lyons Property Llc | 1 | 2 | $24K | phila.gov ↗ |
| J R Realty Investments Ll | 1 | 1 | $76K | phila.gov ↗ |
| J & R Acquisitions Llc | 1 | 1 | $11K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jr Realty Management Llc | 1 | 1 | $76K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 641 N SICKELS ST ImprovedBought for $2K in 2019. | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 642 N SICKELS ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 643 N SICKELS ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 644 N SICKELS ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 645 N SICKELS ST TradedTraded 2×: $5K in 2019 → $120K in 2020 (+2300%). | Investor / LLC | $84K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 646 N SICKELS ST New constructionBought for $34K in 2020, built new (tax-abated), sold for $15K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 2 | abated3 violtax lien |
| 647 N SICKELS ST ImprovedBought for $6K in 2010. | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 2 | tax lien |
| 648 N SICKELS ST | Owner-occupied | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 649 N SICKELS ST | Investor / LLC | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 650 N SICKELS ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $11K in 2016 → $45K in 2020 (+309%). | Investor / LLC | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 651 N SICKELS ST | Investor / LLC | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 652 N SICKELS ST | Investor / LLC | $112K | 4/1 | 728 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 653 N SICKELS ST New constructionBought for $3K in 2023, built new (tax-abated), sold for $200K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $211K | 2/1 | 892 | 2024 | 2 | abated |
| 654 N SICKELS ST | Absentee individual | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 655 N SICKELS ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 656 N SICKELS ST | Owner-occupied | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 657 N SICKELS ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 658 N SICKELS ST | Absentee individual | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 659 N SICKELS ST | Owner-occupied | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 660 N SICKELS ST | Owner-occupied | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 661 N SICKELS ST Improved | Owner-occupied | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 662 N SICKELS ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $41K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 663 N SICKELS ST | Owner-occupied | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 664 N SICKELS ST | Absentee individual | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 665 N SICKELS ST | Investor / LLC | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 666 N SICKELS ST | Absentee individual | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 667 N SICKELS ST | Owner-occupied | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 668 N SICKELS ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $6K in 2000 → $9K in 2015 (+50%). | Investor / LLC | $76K | 2/1 | 728 | 1925 | 4 | rented |
| 669 N SICKELS ST | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 670 N SICKELS ST | Absentee individual | $37K | 3/1 | 754 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)