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Who owns your block

600 block of S Alder St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $1,037 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 81% since 2016, now about $488K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$488K
$431K–$563K
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$386
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 4
$3K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
100%
4 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
1 of 4 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax +$728
5 years
+25%
value · tax +$606
10 years
+81%
value · tax +$2K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $488K — 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$488K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied75%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 129 reported crimes (32 violent) and 302 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
129
32 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
302
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts56
Other Assaults21
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Theft from Vehicle11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Robbery No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection59
Graffiti Removal39
Salting38
Illegal Dumping35
Dangerous Sidewalk23
Street Trees17

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
Fanny Jackson Coppin
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$488K2016: $270K2017: $270K2018: $270K2019: $361K2020: $391K2021: $391K2022: $391K2023: $401K2024: $401K2025: $434K2026: $434K2027: $488K2016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,7982016: $3,5812017: $3,5812018: $3,5812019: $4,7732020: $5,1922021: $5,1922022: $5,1922023: $5,3162024: $5,3162025: $5,0702026: $5,0702027: $5,7982016202020232027

▲ +62% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 $3,330 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 181 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $181 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+81%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-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 5 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
5arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$431K$536K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 4 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
619 S ALDER ST Owner-occupied $536K —/— 1,386 1920 1
622 S ALDER ST Owner-occupied $440K —/— 1,278 1920 1
624 S ALDER ST Traded 2×: $198K in 2012 → $480K in 2021 (+143%). Owner-occupied $563K 2/2 1,251 1920 2
626 S ALDER ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $100K in 2005. Owner-occupied $431K —/— 1,224 1920 1 abated

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.