Philadelphia property report

600 block of Wises Mill Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $358K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$358K
17 homes of 17 parcels
ZIP median $370K
Price / sq ft
$307
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $230K
Recent sale
$416K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $358K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1956
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
94%
16 of 17
city 48%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax +$843
5 years
+64%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$1K

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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 $358K — about 1.6× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19128 median of $370K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$358K$370K$230K
Owner-occupied88%62%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 5 reported crimes (about 0 a month, 20% of them violent) and 29 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.

Crimes · 12mo
5
about 0/month · 20% violent
311 requests · 12mo
29
about 2/month · 1 open

Most reported crimes

Thefts2
Other Assaults1
Theft from Vehicle1
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Street Light Outage7
Traffic Signal Emergency4
Information Request3
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection3
Illegal Dumping2
Maintenance Complaint2

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
Shawmont
535 Shawmont Ave · 457 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$250K$500K$358K2016: $199K2017: $199K2018: $199K2019: $215K2020: $218K2021: $218K2022: $218K2023: $266K2024: $266K2025: $315K2026: $315K2027: $358K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,8582016: $2,7002017: $2,7002018: $2,5412019: $2,6792020: $2,7252021: $2,7252022: $2,7252023: $2,6082024: $2,6082025: $3,0152026: $3,0152027: $3,8582016202020232027

▲ +43% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

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.

2 homes pay the full 1.40%15 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 180 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $180 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+80%
since 2016
Net rental yield
3.6%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
19arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Absentee individual: 1 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

4 parcels3 parcels2 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$317K$435K+

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

House by house

All 17 homes 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 house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
614 WISES MILL RD Bought for $160K in 2001, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $470K in 2026. Owner-occupied $424K 3/1 1,627 1942 3
615 WISES MILL RD Owner-occupied $347K 3/1 1,032 1956 1
617 WISES MILL RD Owner-occupied $353K —/— 1,320 1956 1
619 WISES MILL RD sold $196K (2004); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2020); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2020). Owner-occupied $335K 2/1 1,032 1954 1
621 WISES MILL RD Owner-occupied $317K 2/1 1,032 1956 0
623 WISES MILL RD Owner-occupied $320K 3/1 1,014 1956 0
625 WISES MILL RD Bought for $190K in 2014. Owner pulled a use permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $317K —/1 1,032 1956 1
626 WISES MILL RD Bought for $135K in 2000, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $433K in 2021 (+221%). Owner-occupied $435K 3/1 1,568 1956 3
627 WISES MILL RD Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $377K —/— 1,272 1956 0
628 WISES MILL RD Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $430K —/— 1,568 1956 0
629 WISES MILL RD Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $386K 3/— 2,064 1956 0
630 WISES MILL RD Owner-occupied $435K 3/1 1,568 1948 1
631 WISES MILL RD Bought for $203K in 2017, use permit in 2018, sold for $363K in 2025 (+79%). Owner-occupied $376K 3/1 1,032 1956 3 lien in pre-2017 ledger
633 WISES MILL RD Owner-occupied $330K 3/1 1,032 1942 1
635 WISES MILL RD Bought for $214K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $335K 2/1 1,032 1956 1
637 WISES MILL RD Traded 2×: $200K in 2011 → $265K in 2017 (+33%). Owner-occupied $473K 3/2 1,307 1956 2
639 WISES MILL RD Bought for $205K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $358K 4/2 1,307 1956 1 licensed rental

Neighborhood

Median income
$63K
household
Own vs. rent
39%
owner-occupied
Median age
39.4
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:29 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.