Who owns your block
600 block of Van Kirk St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $4,826 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 119% since 2016, now about $181K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $181K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19120 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $181K | $171K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 54% | 48% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 61 reported crimes (16 violent) and 161 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
- $181K typical home, up +119% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,156 to $1,310 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.1M assessed, $48,469/yr to the city, about $1,731 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +119% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +13% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
618 Van Kirk St is assessed at $180K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,514 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.4% 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 $219 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 35 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 28 parcels
- Owner-occupied 25
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 28 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 VAN KIRK ST HistoryAppeal granted (2018). | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,094 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 602 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 604 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $45K in 2002 → $92K in 2015 (+104%). | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 606 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 608 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 610 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $180K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 612 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 614 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $47K in 2002 → $176K in 2022 (+274%). | Owner-occupied | $181K | 2/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 616 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 618 VAN KIRK ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $54K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $180K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 620 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $180K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 622 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 624 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $85K in 2005 → $205K in 2021 (+141%). | Owner-occupied | $211K | 2/2 | 1,032 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 626 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $48K in 2004 → $106K in 2011 (+122%). | Owner-occupied | $211K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 628 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $172K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 630 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $26K in 2000 → $82K in 2005 (+222%). | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 632 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2018 → $205K in 2023 (+95%). | Owner-occupied | $180K | 2/2 | 1,032 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 634 VAN KIRK ST | Absentee individual | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 636 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 638 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $179K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 640 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 642 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $31K in 1999 → $176K in 2025 (+468%). | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/2 | 1,032 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 644 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $86K in 2004 → $145K in 2020 (+70%). | Owner-occupied | $180K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 646 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 648 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 650 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 652 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $184K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 654 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $54K in 2000 → $63K in 2004 (+17%). | Owner-occupied | $190K | 3/1 | 1,032 | 1925 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)