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.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 $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 block | ZIP 19111 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $274K | $293K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 46% | 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.
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
- $274K typical home, up +89% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,686 to $2,436 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $10M assessed, $84,409/yr to the city, about $3,837 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +89% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +44% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Unruh Inc | 1 | 1 | $4.3M | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 2×: $160K in 2005 → $219K in 2021 (+37%). | Owner-occupied | $242K | 2/1 | 839 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 606 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $190K in 2006 → $165K in 2016 (-13%). | Owner-occupied | $257K | —/— | 901 | 1960 | 3 | |
| 614 UNRUH AVE TradedTraded 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 Torn down & rebuiltdemolished 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2001 → $190K in 2020 (+111%). | Owner-occupied | $277K | 3/1 | 1,386 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 647 UNRUH AVE Frequently tradedTraded 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)