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Who owns your block

600 block of W Walnut Ln

A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $14,099 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $400K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$400K
$14K–$2.7M
ZIP median $201K
Price / sq ft
$213
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $38K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
43%
2 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
43%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$14K
3 of 7 behind
▲ block 43% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+61%
value · tax +$29
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$144
10 years
+90%
value · tax +$71

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $400K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19144 median of $201K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19144Philadelphia
Median home value$400K$201K$223K
Owner-occupied14%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 9 reported crimes (0 violent) and 26 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
9
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
26
4 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft4
Theft from Vehicle2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
Fraud1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Other (Streets)3
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance3
Fire Safety Complaint2
Traffic (Other)2
Information Request1

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
Anna L Lingelbach
6340 Wayne Ave · 366 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$1.0M$2.0M$400K2016: $210K2017: $210K2018: $210K2019: $249K2020: $252K2021: $252K2022: $252K2023: $263K2024: $263K2025: $248K2026: $248K2027: $400K2016202020232027

▲ +90% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$3122016: $2412017: $2412018: $1682019: $1682020: $1682021: $1682022: $1682023: $1682024: $1682025: $2832026: $2832027: $3122016202020232027

▲ +29% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 190 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $190 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+90%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.5 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 3 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$14K$998K+

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

House by house

All 7 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
629 W WALNUT LN Vacant $22K —/— 0 tax lien
640 W WALNUT LN Absentee individual $998K —/— 260 0
665 W WALNUT LN Vacant $14K —/— 0 tax lien
675 W WALNUT LN Vacant $16K —/— 0
685-89 W WALNUT LN Absentee individual $2.7M —/— 25,830 1949 1 rented
693 W WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $400K 4/2 1,998 1960 0 rented
695 W WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $426K 4/2 1,998 1960 0 rented

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.