600 block of S 2nd St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $505K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 102 reported crimes (31 violent) and 304 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $505K typical home, up +41% since 2016
• Tax bill $4,383 to $7,074 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $19M assessed, $236,983/yr to the city, about $8,464 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 602-06 S 2nd Sttax-abated new construction0.54%$14,899/yr on $2.7M
• 621 S 2nd Stexemption1.18%$7,604/yr on $643K

The starkest example: 602-06 S 2nd St is assessed at $2.7M but pays $14,899 a year — about 39% of the $38,399 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.2% 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 $141 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 20 arm's-length sales since 1996. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 28 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

Torn down & rebuilt

600 S 2nd St

$432K · demolished in 2018 and rebuilt (2020).

New construction

602-06 S 2nd St

$2.7M · built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated).

New construction

620 S 2nd St

$911K · built new under a 2019 permit.

New construction

627 S 2nd St

$483K · built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $1.0M in 2022.

Renovated & sold on

629 S 2nd St

$576K · Bought for $740K in 2004, alteration permit in 2012, sold for $1.0M in 2022 (+35%).

Renovated & sold on

625 S 2nd St

$528K · Bought for $171K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $540K in 2021 (+215%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.