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Who owns your block

600 block of Unruh Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 64% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 89% since 2016, now about $274K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$274K
$10K–$4.3M
ZIP median $293K
Price / sq ft
$184
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $20K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 22
$58K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
64%
14 of 22
city 41%
Rentals
18%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$273
5 years
+71%
value · tax +$602
10 years
+89%
value · tax +$750

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 $274K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19111Philadelphia
Median home value$274K$293K$223K
Owner-occupied46%57%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 33 reported crimes (11 violent) and 79 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
33
11 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
79
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft10
Other Assaults7
Fraud4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2
Theft from Vehicle2

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle25
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Maintenance Complaint10
Salting8
Street Defect4
Information Request3

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 · K-5
J Hampton Moore
6900 Summerdale Ave · 1162 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$274K2016: $145K2017: $145K2018: $145K2019: $154K2020: $160K2021: $160K2022: $160K2023: $213K2024: $213K2025: $251K2026: $251K2027: $274K2016202020232027

▲ +89% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,4362016: $1,6862017: $1,6862018: $1,6862019: $1,7002020: $1,7252021: $1,7252022: $1,8342023: $2,3262024: $2,4592025: $2,1632026: $2,1632027: $2,4362016202020232027

▲ +44% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

3
3 properties 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 $57,906 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%
$17,137pays now $59,634at the full rate

623-37 Unruh Ave is assessed at $4.3M but pays $17,137 a year — about 29% of the $59,634 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 +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 189 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $189 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+89%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.6 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 32 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
32arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 22 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 3 22parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels6 parcels11 parcels
$10K$320K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Metal Unruh Inc11$4.3Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 22 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
600 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $94K in 2002 → $220K in 2008 (+135%). Owner-occupied $288K —/— 1,830 1925 2
601 UNRUH AVE Absentee individual $170K —/— 1,951 1950 0 abated
602 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $287K —/— 1,830 1925 0 rented
604 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $160K in 2005 → $219K in 2021 (+37%). Owner-occupied $242K 2/1 839 1960 2
606 UNRUH AVE Traded 4×: $77K in 2001 → $160K in 2010 (+108%). Owner-occupied $241K —/— 858 1960 4
608 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $271K —/— 901 1986 0
610 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $261K —/— 901 1987 1
612 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $190K in 2006 → $165K in 2016 (-13%). Owner-occupied $257K —/— 901 1960 3
614 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $179K in 2007 → $260K in 2023 (+45%). Owner-occupied $257K 3/3 901 1960 2
616-24 UNRUH AVE Absentee individual $1.4M —/— 11,263 1967 0 rented
623-37 UNRUH AVE demolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2017), then sold for $500K in 2016. Investor / LLC $4.3M —/— 23,100 1965 5 rentedabated
626 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $304K 4/2 2,480 1974 1
628 UNRUH AVE Vacant $28K —/— 1 3 viol
630 UNRUH AVE Vacant $26K —/— 1
632 UNRUH AVE Absentee individual $10K —/— 260 1925 0
636 UNRUH AVE Vacant $58K —/— 0
639 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $90K in 2002 → $111K in 2014 (+23%). Absentee individual $293K —/— 1,866 1925 3 rented
641 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $295K —/— 1,866 1925 0 abated
643 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $277K —/— 1,386 1925 1
645 UNRUH AVE Traded 2×: $90K in 2001 → $190K in 2020 (+111%). Owner-occupied $277K 3/1 1,386 1925 2
647 UNRUH AVE Traded 3×: $185K in 2005 → $185K in 2017 (+0%). Owner-occupied $320K —/— 1,386 1925 3
649 UNRUH AVE Owner-occupied $300K 4/1 1,710 1925 1 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.