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Who owns your block

600 block of S 54th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 3 homes behind $28,153 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 191% since 2016, now about $207K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$207K
$20K–$275K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$152
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$315K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $207K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 25
$29K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
92%
23 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$28K
3 of 25 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+19%
value · tax +$448
5 years
+122%
value · tax +$851
10 years
+191%
value · tax +$899

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 $207K — about 0.9× 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$207K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied84%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 101 reported crimes (48 violent) and 222 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
101
48 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
222
53 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults31
Thefts10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
All Other Offenses8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Motor Vehicle Theft7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection52
Maintenance Complaint34
Abandoned Vehicle22
Illegal Dumping19
Salting15
Street Defect13

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
Mastery Charter School At Harrity
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$125K$250K$207K2016: $71K2017: $71K2018: $71K2019: $90K2020: $93K2021: $93K2022: $93K2023: $133K2024: $133K2025: $173K2026: $173K2027: $207K2016202020232027

▲ +191% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5722016: $6732017: $6732018: $6732019: $7402020: $7212021: $7212022: $7212023: $8202024: $8202025: $1,1242026: $1,1242027: $1,5722016202020232027

▲ +134% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

1
1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $29,396 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$59pays now $1,459at the full rate

620 S 54th St is assessed at $104K but pays $59 a year — about 4% of the $1,459 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 291 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $291 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+191%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.7 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
20arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels5 parcels16 parcels
$20K$224K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Grant Struble (individual)22$214Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 25 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
610 S 54TH ST Vacant $20K —/— 0
612 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,128 1925 1
614 S 54TH ST Traded 2×: $18K in 2003 → $55K in 2005 (+206%). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,128 1925 2
616 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,128 1925 0
617 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
618 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,128 1925 0
619 S 54TH ST Bought for $45K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,408 1925 1
620 S 54TH ST Bought for $70K in 2015, built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated), sold for $315K in 2025. Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 1,128 1925 2 abated
621 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
622 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,128 1925 0
623 S 54TH ST Bought for $25K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $275K 3/1 1,440 1925 4
624 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,184 1925 0
625 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
626 S 54TH ST 3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2020). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,184 1925 0 tax lien
627 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,350 1925 1
628 S 54TH ST Traded 4×: $14K in 2000 → $54K in 2007 (+284%). Absentee individual $106K 3/1 1,184 1925 4 rented
630 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,184 1925 0
632 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
634 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
636 S 54TH ST Bought for $350K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $224K 4/1 1,598 1925 1 1 violtax lien
638 S 54TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $224K 4/1 1,598 1925 0
640 S 54TH ST Bought for $58K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $224K 4/1 1,598 1925 2
642 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $224K 4/1 1,598 1925 0
644 S 54TH ST Bought for $95K in 2006. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $155K 4/1 1,598 1925 2
646 S 54TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 4/1 1,760 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.