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Who owns your block

600 block of S 49th St

A mixed-ownership block: 47% owner-occupied, 18% investor-held, with 4 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 60% since 2016, now about $255K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.

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
$255K
$92K–$558K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$270
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1900
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
47%
8 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
18%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$130
5 years
+28%
value · tax +$716
10 years
+46%
value · tax +$1K

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 $255K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$255K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied24%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 210 reported crimes (18 violent) and 195 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
210
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
195
34 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts151
Other Assaults13
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Theft from Vehicle11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Fraud4

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal67
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Abandoned Vehicle15
Maintenance Complaint10
Salting9
Illegal Dumping8

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-5
Henry C Lea
6501 Chew Ave · 261 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$250K$500K$255K2016: $159K2017: $175K2018: $175K2019: $200K2020: $200K2021: $200K2022: $200K2023: $224K2024: $224K2025: $246K2026: $246K2027: $255K2016202020232027

▲ +60% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,5132016: $2,2172017: $2,4432018: $2,4432019: $2,7972020: $2,7972021: $2,7972022: $2,7972023: $3,0772024: $3,0772025: $3,3832026: $3,3832027: $3,5132016202020232027

▲ +58% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

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:

13 homes pay the full 1.40%4 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 160 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $160 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+60%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.1 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
10arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 6 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

4 parcels1 parcels6 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$92K$550K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
627 S 49th Street LLC11$105Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
S I Holdings LLC11$459Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
631 South 49th LP11$459Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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 17 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
600 S 49TH ST Absentee individual $235K 2/1 828 1900 0
600 S 49TH ST Absentee individual $109K —/1 340 1900 0
600 S 49TH ST Owner-occupied $251K 2/1 924 1900 0
600 S 49TH ST Owner-occupied $255K 3/1 945 1900 0
600 S 49TH ST Owner-occupied $227K 2/1 786 1900 0
600 S 49TH ST Absentee individual $296K 2/2 1,068 1900 0
600 S 49TH ST Owner-occupied $255K 3/1 945 1900 0
600 S 49TH ST Owner-occupied $112K —/1 360 1900 0 rented
600 S 49TH ST Absentee individual $168K 1/1 410 1900 0
600 S 49TH ST Absentee individual $269K 2/2 1,013 1900 0
627 S 49TH ST built new under a 2015 permit. Investor / LLC $105K —/— 2,808 1910 2 4 viol
629 S 49TH ST Bought for $85K in 2012. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $459K —/— 2,808 1925 1 rented
631 S 49TH ST Bought for $35K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $235K in 2016 (+571%). Investor / LLC $459K —/— 2,808 1925 2 rented
633 S 49TH ST Bought for $198K in 2014, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $415K in 2019 (+110%). Owner-occupied $550K —/— 2,808 1925 2
635 S 49TH ST Bought for $60K in 2001, electrical permit in 2011, sold for $299K in 2024 (+403%). Owner-occupied $558K —/— 2,904 1925 3
637 S 49TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2012. Absentee individual $380K —/— 2,808 1925 0
639 S 49TH ST Owner-occupied $92K —/— 462 1925 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.