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Who owns your block

600 block of S 6th St

A mixed-ownership block: 27% owner-occupied, 27% investor-held, with 4 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 30% since 2016, now about $494K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    The block appreciated 2.4% per year since 2016, trailing the city rate of 6.5% per year by -4.1 points.

  2. 02
    Turnover

    Eight of 15 homes have never sold since 2000, indicating long-term ownership on the block.

  3. 03
    Zoning

    Four homes generated seven zoning appeals, suggesting recurring development friction on the block.

By the Numbers

Median value
$494K
$288K–$3.0M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$224
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $42K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 15
$12K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
27%
4 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
13%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 27% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$18
5 years
+24%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+30%
value · tax +$2K

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 $494K — about 2.2× 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.

This blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$494K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied7%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 120 reported crimes (27 violent) and 482 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
120
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
482
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts36
Other Assaults20
Theft from Vehicle15
Fraud9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Burglary Non-Residential7

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping81
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection75
Graffiti Removal56
Salting46
Maintenance Complaint34
Information Request33

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
William M Meredith
725 S 5th St · 579 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$494K2016: $380K2017: $380K2018: $345K2019: $400K2020: $400K2021: $400K2022: $400K2023: $436K2024: $436K2025: $492K2026: $492K2027: $494K2016202020232027

▲ +30% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,9112016: $4,8972017: $4,8972018: $4,4092019: $4,5442020: $5,5942021: $5,5942022: $5,5942023: $6,0982024: $6,0982025: $6,8932026: $6,8932027: $6,9112016202020232027

▲ +41% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

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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 $11,510 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%
$25,806pays now $35,916at the full rate

610-12 S 6th St is assessed at $2.6M but pays $25,806 a year — about 72% of the $35,916 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9110025020162019202220252027This block 130 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $130 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+30%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.1 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20002005201020152020
13arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 7 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

9 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$288K$2.6M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Elwood Arthur D Jr (individual)23$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
610 Kater Street Rk Llc11$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
614 Cs Realty Llc11$733Kphila.gov ↗
622 Sixth Street Llc11$606Kphila.gov ↗
6th & Bainbridge Llc11$1.8Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 15 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
609 S 6TH ST Traded 3×: $70K in 2002 → $255K in 2012 (+264%). Owner-occupied $288K —/— 1,212 1890 3
610-12 S 6TH ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $2.6M —/— 5,550 1900 0 abated
614 S 6TH ST Bought for $679K in 2022. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $733K 3/3 2,475 1915 1
615-21 S 6TH ST built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $1.1M in 2012. Absentee individual $3.0M —/— 15,960 1900 1
616 S 6TH ST Bought for $65K in 2000, use permit in 2008, sold for $470K in 2008 (+623%). Absentee individual $433K —/— 2,112 1905 3
618 S 6TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2016. Absentee individual $661K —/— 3,388 1890 0 rented
620 S 6TH ST sold $90K (2000); L&I violation (2009). Owner-occupied $494K —/— 2,532 1900 1 tax lien
622 S 6TH ST Bought for $410K in 2005. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $606K —/— 3,108 1900 1
623 S 6TH ST Absentee individual $328K 1/1 958 1900 0
623 S 6TH ST Owner-occupied $348K 1/1 1,043 1900 0
623 S 6TH ST Absentee individual $355K 1/1 1,055 1900 0
623 S 6TH ST Absentee individual $348K 1/1 1,043 1900 0
623 S 6TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Absentee individual $464K —/— 3,806 1900 0 rented
624-26 S 6TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $936K —/— 4,800 1900 0
625-27 S 6TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $1.8M —/— 7,872 1900 3 4 viol

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

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