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Who owns your block

600 block of S 51st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 4 homes behind $43,464 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 143% since 2016, now about $234K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$234K
$177K–$415K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$158
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$520K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $234K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
71%
27 of 38
city 41%
Rentals
8%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$43K
4 of 38 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-12%
value · tax −$433
5 years
+65%
value · tax +$938
10 years
+143%
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 $234K — about 1.0× 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$234K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied63%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (22 violent) and 214 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
62
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
214
61 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Fraud8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Motor Vehicle Theft7
All Other Offenses6
Thefts5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint33
Street Defect27
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection21
Illegal Dumping19
Graffiti Removal17
Abandoned Vehicle16

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
Avery Harrington
5300 Baltimore Ave · 259 students
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$234K2016: $96K2017: $96K2018: $108K2019: $136K2020: $141K2021: $141K2022: $141K2023: $220K2024: $220K2025: $264K2026: $264K2027: $234K2016202020232027

▲ +143% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,7962016: $1,3212017: $1,3212018: $1,5052019: $1,7412020: $1,8092021: $1,8192022: $1,8582023: $2,8632024: $2,8632025: $3,2292026: $3,2292027: $2,7962016202020232027

▲ +112% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 243 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $243 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+143%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.9 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 46 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
46arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 38 parcels

Owner-occupied: 27Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 6 38parcels
  • Owner-occupied 27
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

2 parcels12 parcels9 parcels5 parcels2 parcels2 parcels6 parcels
$177K$344K+

The block's largest owner, American Property Investm, carries 1 open violation across 18 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
American Property Investm118$3.5Mphila.gov ↗
Kadimah Development Llc116$5.3Mphila.gov ↗
Fatty Tuna Llc110$2.2Mphila.gov ↗
Herbert Holdings Trust23$506Kphila.gov ↗
Quispe Flooring Llc13$482Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 38 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
600 S 51ST ST built new under a 2024 permit. Owner-occupied $202K —/— 1,920 1925 0 tax lien
602 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $222K 3/1 1,410 1925 0 3 violtax lien
604 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,410 1925 0
606 S 51ST ST Absentee individual $222K 3/1 1,410 1925 0 tax lien
608 S 51ST ST Traded 3×: $55K in 2002 → $116K in 2005 (+111%). Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,410 1925 3
610 S 51ST ST sold $33K (2003); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,410 1925 1
612 S 51ST ST Traded 2×: $32K in 2000 → $185K in 2024 (+478%). Investor / LLC $222K 3/1 1,410 1925 2
614 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $283K 3/1 1,410 1925 1
616 S 51ST ST Traded 3×: $50K in 2005 → $207K in 2017 (+313%). Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,410 1925 3
618 S 51ST ST Bought for $179K in 2013. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $283K 3/1 1,410 1925 1
620 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,410 1925 0
622 S 51ST ST Bought for $140K in 2022, addition and/or alteration permit in 2023, sold for $460K in 2024 (+230%). Owner-occupied $350K 3/3 1,410 1925 2
624 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $215K 3/1 1,410 1925 0
626 S 51ST ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2003 → $50K in 2022 (+25%). Absentee individual $177K —/— 160 1925 2
628 S 51ST ST Bought for $190K in 2025, addition and/or alteration permit in 2025, sold for $580K in 2026 (+205%). Owner-occupied $239K 4/1 1,824 1925 2 1 violtax lien
629 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $220K —/— 1,500 1925 0 tax lien
630 S 51ST ST Traded 2×: $22K in 2006 → $64K in 2011 (+197%). Absentee individual $256K —/— 1,792 1925 2
631 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $214K —/— 1,400 1925 0
632 S 51ST ST Bought for $360K in 2023. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $344K 4/1 1,792 1925 1
633 S 51ST ST Bought for $265K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $311K 4/1 1,400 1925 2
634 S 51ST ST Bought for $225K in 2020, built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $420K in 2020. Owner-occupied $415K 3/3 1,792 1925 2
635 S 51ST ST Bought for $50K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $350K in 2021 (+607%). Absentee individual $327K 4/2 1,500 1925 4 rented
636 S 51ST ST Bought for $60K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $338K —/— 1,792 1925 3
637 S 51ST ST Bought for $165K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $325K in 2023. Owner-occupied $234K —/— 1,500 1925 2
638 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,792 1925 0
639 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $234K —/— 1,500 1925 1
640 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $265K 4/1 1,792 1925 0
641 S 51ST ST Investor / LLC $234K —/— 1,500 1925 0
642 S 51ST ST Bought for $205K in 2024, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2025, sold for $437K in 2026 (+113%). Owner-occupied $265K 4/1 1,792 1925 2
643 S 51ST ST Bought for $63K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $298K —/— 1,500 1925 4
644 S 51ST ST Bought for $93K in 2017. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2017. Absentee individual $260K —/— 1,792 1925 1
645 S 51ST ST Bought for $130K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Absentee individual $234K —/— 1,500 1925 1 rented
646 S 51ST ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $241K 4/1 1,792 1925 0
647 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $234K —/— 1,500 1925 1
648 S 51ST ST Investor / LLC $241K 4/1 1,792 1925 0 rented
649 S 51ST ST Owner-occupied $234K —/— 1,500 1925 0 tax lien
650 S 51ST ST sold $115K (2012); L&I violation (2014); L&I violation (2016); 3 L&I violations (2022). Investor / LLC $258K —/— 1,824 1925 1
651 S 51ST ST Bought for $150K in 2016, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $410K in 2018 (+173%). Owner-occupied $336K —/— 1,500 1925 2

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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