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Who owns your block

600 block of Summit Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 37 open code violations and 3 homes behind $16,681 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $386K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$386K
$101K–$702K
ZIP median $368K
Price / sq ft
$242
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$381K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $386K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
86%
31 of 36
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
37
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$17K
3 of 36 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$613
5 years
+60%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+69%
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 $386K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19128 median of $368K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$386K$368K$223K
Owner-occupied67%58%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 4 reported crimes (0 violent) and 26 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
4
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
26
6 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle2
Fraud1
Motor Vehicle Theft1

Top 311 complaints

Other (Streets)5
Street Defect5
Maintenance Complaint4
Salting3
Dangerous Sidewalk2
Information Request2

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
Shawmont
535 Shawmont Ave · 457 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$386K2016: $228K2017: $228K2018: $228K2019: $235K2020: $241K2021: $241K2022: $241K2023: $292K2024: $292K2025: $358K2026: $355K2027: $386K2016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,5442016: $2,7162017: $2,7512018: $2,7512019: $2,7812020: $2,7592021: $2,7592022: $2,7952023: $3,3052024: $3,3052025: $3,9852026: $3,9312027: $4,5442016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 169 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $169 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+69%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.6 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
28arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
22homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 36 parcels

Owner-occupied: 31Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 4 36parcels
  • Owner-occupied 31
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels1 parcels15 parcels5 parcels5 parcels5 parcels
$101K$616K+

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

House by house

All 36 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
622 SUMMIT AVE Traded 3×: $280K in 2007 → $381K in 2025 (+36%). Owner-occupied $473K 4/3 2,188 1924 3
623 SUMMIT AVE Traded 3×: $185K in 2020 → $415K in 2024 (+124%). Owner-occupied $494K 3/1 1,788 1925 3
624 SUMMIT AVE Appeal continued (2026). Owner-occupied $247K 3/1 1,620 1925 0 17 violtax lien
625 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $386K —/— 1,788 1925 0
626 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $333K 3/1 1,620 1925 1
627 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $311K —/— 1,100 1925 0
629 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $392K —/— 1,620 1925 0
630 SUMMIT AVE Appeal filed (2025); Appeal continued (2026); Appeal continued (2026); Appeal continued (2026). Owner-occupied $355K 3/1 2,120 1916 0 16 viol
631 SUMMIT AVE Traded 2×: $265K in 2007 → $265K in 2017 (+0%). Owner-occupied $415K 3/1 1,360 1925 2
632 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $444K 3/1 1,744 1925 1
633 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $373K —/— 1,662 1925 0
635 SUMMIT AVE Traded 2×: $127K in 2000 → $391K in 2023 (+208%). Owner-occupied $382K —/— 1,540 1925 2
637 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $387K —/1 1,580 1925 0
638 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $560K 4/— 2,420 1925 0
639 SUMMIT AVE Vacant $124K —/— 0
645 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $518K —/— 2,256 1925 0
646 SUMMIT AVE Traded 2×: $160K in 2017 → $253K in 2018 (+58%). Owner-occupied $353K 4/1 1,365 1925 2
648 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $332K —/— 1,365 1925 0 tax lien
653 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $470K 4/1 2,468 1925 0
654 SUMMIT AVE Traded 2×: $275K in 2004 → $255K in 2004 (-7%). Owner-occupied $446K 5/— 2,088 1906 2
656 SUMMIT AVE Traded 5×: $275K in 2004 → $375K in 2017 (+36%). Owner-occupied $387K 4/3 2,520 2004 5
662 SUMMIT AVE Appeal filed (2026). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,408 1925 0 4 viol
664 SUMMIT AVE Absentee individual $327K —/— 1,312 1925 0
666 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $549K —/— 2,952 1925 0
668 SUMMIT AVE Vacant $101K —/— 0
670 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $344K 3/1 1,390 1925 0 rented
680 SUMMIT AVE Traded 2×: $200K in 2016 → $369K in 2022 (+84%). Owner-occupied $372K 4/— 1,218 1925 2
681 SUMMIT AVE Vacant land, last sold for $450K in 2005. Owner-occupied $702K 4/— 2,735 2006 1
682 SUMMIT AVE Traded 2×: $240K in 2021 → $500K in 2022 (+108%). Owner-occupied $516K 5/3 1,800 1925 2
683 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $385K 3/2 2,496 1949 0
685 SUMMIT AVE Vacant $349K —/— 0
686 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $433K —/— 1,875 1925 1
688 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $616K 4/2 2,670 2014 1
689 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $616K 4/— 2,480 1951 0
692 SUMMIT AVE Vacant $160K —/— 0
696 SUMMIT AVE Owner-occupied $422K 3/1 1,230 1929 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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