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Who owns your block

600 block of S 21st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 81% since 2016, now about $789K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$789K
$683K–$1.0M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$474
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$932K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $789K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
71%
5 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax +$123
5 years
+29%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+81%
value · tax +$4K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $789K — about 3.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$789K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied57%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 626 reported crimes (23 violent) and 503 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
626
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
503
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts539
All Other Offenses35
Other Assaults14
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection141
Salting64
Graffiti Removal61
Opioid Response Unit31
Sanitation Violation28
Information Request24

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-8
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
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$789K2016: $435K2017: $435K2018: $435K2019: $602K2020: $613K2021: $613K2022: $613K2023: $632K2024: $632K2025: $705K2026: $705K2027: $789K2016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$9,9862016: $5,6692017: $5,6692018: $5,6692019: $8,2592020: $7,9892021: $7,9892022: $7,9892023: $8,8482024: $8,8482025: $9,8632026: $9,8632027: $9,9862016202020232027

▲ +76% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 181 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $181 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+81%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
11arm's-length sales since 2001
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$683K$974K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Brewtown Holdings Llc11$713Kphila.gov ↗
Img Us Investments Llc11$683Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
614 S 21ST ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $1.0M 4/3 2,400 1915 0
616 S 21ST ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $810K —/— 1,656 1960 0
618 S 21ST ST Bought for $145K in 2001, use permit in 2014, sold for $640K in 2019 (+341%). Investor / LLC $713K 3/3 1,920 1915 3
620 S 21ST ST Traded 3×: $550K in 2017 → $739K in 2025 (+34%). Owner-occupied $683K 3/2 1,440 1915 3
622 S 21ST ST Traded 3×: $130K in 2001 → $639K in 2020 (+392%). Owner-occupied $683K 3/2 1,440 1915 3
624-26 S 21ST ST Bought for $761K in 2010. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $974K —/— 1,984 1915 2
628 S 21ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $789K —/— 2,208 1915 0

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.