The Block Report

Philadelphia property report

6000 block of N Water St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 3 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($46,196 recorded then).

The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $197K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$197K
50 homes of 50 parcels
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$161
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1945
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
94%
47 of 50
city 48%
Rentals
8%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
$46K
3 of 50 listed
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%
Record caveats
1
of 50 parcels

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$8
5 years
+78%
value · tax +$444
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$252

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 $197K — about 0.9× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$197K$171K$230K
Owner-occupied80%51%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 54 reported crimes (about 5 a month, 31% of them violent) and 112 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
54
about 5/month · 31% violent
311 requests · 12mo
112
about 9/month · 23 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft11
All Other Offenses7
Thefts5
Fraud3
Receiving Stolen Property3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Abandoned Vehicle13
Illegal Dumping9
Street Defect8
Other (Streets)6

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
Thomas K Finletter
6100 N Front St · 577 students
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 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$125K$250K$197K2016: $109K2017: $109K2018: $109K2019: $103K2020: $111K2021: $111K2022: $111K2023: $145K2024: $145K2025: $197K2026: $197K2027: $197K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3622016: $1,1102017: $1,1102018: $1,1102019: $8792020: $9182021: $9182022: $9182023: $9142024: $9142025: $1,3542026: $1,3542027: $1,3622016202020232027

▲ +23% since 2016 · ~+2%/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.

10 homes pay the full 1.40%40 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

9410025020162019202220252027This 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
6.4%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.9%/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 41 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K19952000200520102015
41arm's-length sales since 1995
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 50 parcels

Owner-occupied: 47Absentee individual: 3 50parcels
  • Owner-occupied 47
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

37 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels2 parcels5 parcels
$197K$214K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Hazel Spann And Larry Spann Living Trust (trust / estate)12$383K6045 N Water St, Philadelphia PA, 19120phila.gov ↗

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).

House by house

All 50 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

Improved
6051 N Water St
$209K · Bought for $30K in 2000. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2009.
Improved
6018 N Water St
$197K · Bought for $78K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010.
Improved
6044 N Water St
$197K · Bought for $70K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011.
Improved
6049 N Water St
$197K · Bought for $105K in 2008. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014.
Improved
6007 N Water St
$197K · Bought for $68K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019.
Improved
6009 N Water St
$197K · Bought for $75K in 2002. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022.
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6000 N WATER ST Historysold $78K (2002); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,224 1945 1 $14K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger
6001 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6002 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6003 N WATER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $79K in 2003 → $118K in 2012 (+49%). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,224 1945 3
6004 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6005 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6006 N WATER ST Historysold $68K (2001); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2024); Inspection failed ×2 (2024); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2025). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6007 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $68K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6008 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6009 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $75K in 2002. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6010 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6011 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6012 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1 $1K tax · Jun ’22
6013 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $201K —/— 1,224 1951 0
6014 N WATER ST History2 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2013); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2013); Inspection failed (2014); L&I violation (2017); Inspection passed (2017); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0 $31K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger
6015 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6016 N WATER ST TradedTraded 2×: $72K in 2001 → $120K in 2006 (+67%). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 2
6017 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6018 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $78K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6019 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $90K in 2010. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1 licensed rental
6020 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $73K in 2002. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6021 N WATER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a zoning permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6022 N WATER ST Historysold $65K (1995); 2 L&I violations (2012); Inspection failed (2012); Inspection failed (2013); 2 L&I violations (2019); Inspection passed (2019); L&I violation (2021); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2021). Absentee individual $208K 3/1 1,224 1945 1 licensed rental
6023 N WATER ST History2 L&I violations (2024); L&I: 4 failed, 1 passed (2024); 4 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 6 failed, 2 passed (2025); L&I violation (2026); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2026). Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,224 1945 0 2 viol
6026 N WATER ST TradedTraded 2×: $115K in 2006 → $120K in 2016 (+4%). Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,224 1945 2
6027 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6028 N WATER ST TradedTraded 2×: $87K in 2014 → $145K in 2018 (+67%). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 2
6029 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6030 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6031 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6032 N WATER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6033 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6034 N WATER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6035 N WATER ST TradedTraded 2×: $73K in 2003 → $60K in 2007 (-18%). Absentee individual $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 2 licensed rental
6036 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6037 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $100K in 2008. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1 1 viol
6038 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6039 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $86K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 2
6040 N WATER ST Absentee individual $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1 licensed rental
6041 N WATER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6042 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6043 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6044 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $70K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6045 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6046 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6047 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 1
6048 N WATER ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 0
6049 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $105K in 2008. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,224 1945 2
6050 N WATER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $82K in 2005 → $100K in 2019 (+22%). Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,224 1945 3
6051 N WATER ST ImprovedBought for $30K in 2000. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,224 1945 1

Neighborhood

Median income
$62K
household
Own vs. rent
62%
owner-occupied
Median age
42.1
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, 2:59 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.