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Who owns your block

6000 block of Chew Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 26% since 2016, now about $252K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$252K
$59K–$546K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$142
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 4
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
75%
3 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax −$11
5 years
+77%
value · tax +$133
10 years
+19%
value · tax −$787

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 $252K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$252K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied50%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 30 reported crimes (8 violent) and 120 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
30
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
120
44 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses7
Other Assaults7
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Burglary Residential2

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle29
Maintenance Complaint29
Illegal Dumping27
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Street Defect10
Other (Streets)2

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
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$252K2016: $200K2017: $212K2018: $211K2019: $149K2020: $143K2021: $143K2022: $143K2023: $213K2024: $213K2025: $258K2026: $258K2027: $252K2016202020232027

▲ +26% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$1,9712016: $2,5852017: $2,7582018: $2,7582019: $1,8822020: $1,8382021: $1,8382022: $1,8382023: $2,3702024: $1,8102025: $1,9822026: $1,9822027: $1,9712016202020232027

▼ -24% since 2016 · ~-2%/yr

1
1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $4,516 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7110025020162019202220252027This block 126 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $126 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+26%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.4 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
2arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Absentee individual: 1 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$59K$262K+

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

House by house

All 4 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6000 CHEW AVE Bought for $134K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $449K in 2020 (+235%). Owner-occupied $546K 5/3 3,440 1920 2
6000R CHEW AVE 3 L&I violations (2008); 3 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2023); Appeal complete (2024). Absentee individual $59K —/— 2,666 1925 0
6012 CHEW AVE Owner-occupied $242K 4/— 1,700 1925 0 abated
6014 CHEW AVE Owner-occupied $262K 4/2 2,025 1887 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.