600 block of Washington Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $391K — about 1.7× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19147 median of $464K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 84 reported crimes (about 7 a month, 37% of them violent) and 379 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $391K typical home, up +65% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $2,933 to $4,975 a year through 2027, +5%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $115,999/yr from taxable assessments, or $5,273 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 619 Washington Avemajor assessment exemption0.49%$1,949/yr on $395K
• 609 Washington Avemajor assessment exemption0.58%$2,184/yr on $379K
• 631 Washington Avelower taxable assessment0.96%$3,053/yr on $318K
• 629 Washington Avelower taxable assessment0.98%$3,287/yr on $335K
• 605 Washington Avelower taxable assessment1.02%$3,751/yr on $368K

One large gap: 619 Washington Ave has a $1,949/year assessment-based estimate on $395K assessed value — about 35% of the $5,535 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.6% 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 $165 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). Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 33 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Lam'S Investment Corp, carries 1 open violation across 10 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

Parcel by parcel

All 53 parcels on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every parcel's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one parcel

Worth a look

New construction

600-36 Washington Ave

$1.1M · built new under a 2008 permit.

New construction

601 Washington Ave

$483K · Bought for $399K in 2017, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $456K in 2022.

New construction

619 Washington Ave

$427K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

609 Washington Ave

$382K · built new under a 2012 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $115K in 2001.

New construction

600-36 Washington Ave

$288K · built new under a 2019 permit.

New construction

644 Washington Ave

$184K · built new under a 2019 permit.

Neighborhood