Who owns your block
600 block of S Front St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 102% since 2016, now about $950K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Turnover
Four homes on the block have never sold since 1999 while the remaining nine generated 20 transactions.
- 02Rentals
The block has 23% rentals but only 8% investor-ownership, suggesting most rentals are owner-occupied with tenants.
- 03Zoning
Three homes account for seven zoning appeals, indicating concentrated irregularity on 23% of the block.
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $950K — about 4.3× 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 block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $950K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 77% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (27 violent) and 197 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $950K typical home, up +102% since 2016
- Tax bill $6,568 to $11,900 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $13M assessed, $163,660/yr to the city, about $12,589 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +102% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +81% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $202 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerex Medical Llc | 1 | 1 | $772K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 13 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 602 S FRONT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $425K in 2003 → $989K in 2024 (+133%). | Owner-occupied | $990K | 3/3 | 3,465 | 1960 | 3 | |
| 604 S FRONT ST New constructionBought for $585K in 2005, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $1.5M in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | 4/4 | 3,442 | 2007 | 2 | |
| 606 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $549K | 4/1 | 2,502 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 608 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $850K in 2018, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $1.2M in 2022 (+43%). | Owner-occupied | $950K | 3/3 | 2,274 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 610 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $765K in 2000, exterior window and door replacement permit in 2018, sold for $1.5M in 2020 (+93%). | Absentee individual | $1.7M | 4/4 | 4,880 | 1988 | 3 | rented |
| 612 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $1.4M in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $1.6M | —/— | 4,880 | 1988 | 1 | |
| 614 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $1.1M | —/— | 4,880 | 1988 | 0 | rented |
| 616 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $427K in 1999. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $823K | 3/2 | 2,059 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 618 S FRONT ST | Owner-occupied | $672K | —/— | 2,061 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 620 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $1.2M in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 4/3 | 4,183 | 1796 | 1 | |
| 622 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $270K in 1999. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $772K | 4/3 | 2,561 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 624 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $675K | —/— | 2,250 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 626 S FRONT ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2023). | Owner-occupied | $600K | 4/4 | 3,129 | 1900 | 4 |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)