6100 block of Elmwood Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $158K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19142 median of $131K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19142 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 191 reported crimes (67 violent) and 248 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $158K typical home, up +169% since 2016
• Tax bill $823 to $2,210 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $5.7M assessed, $66,013/yr to the city, about $1,886 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 6107 Elmwood Aveexemption0.51%$810/yr on $158K
• 6109 Elmwood Aveexemption0.51%$810/yr on $158K
• 6113 Elmwood Aveexemption0.51%$810/yr on $158K
• 6115 Elmwood Aveexemption0.51%$810/yr on $158K
• 6117 Elmwood Aveexemption0.51%$810/yr on $158K
• …and 5 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.4% 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 $269 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

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 52 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, Wps Realty LLC, carries 49 open violations across 75 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).

House by house

All 35 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

Worth a look

Renovated & sold on

6169 Elmwood Ave

$156K · Bought for $28K in 2004, use permit in 2019, sold for $155K in 2023 (+464%).

Improved

6167 Elmwood Ave

$201K · Bought for $35K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021.

Improved

6161 Elmwood Ave

$201K · Bought for $44K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012.

Improved

6135 Elmwood Ave

$158K · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026.

Improved

6139 Elmwood Ave

$158K · Bought for $25K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022.

Improved

6141 Elmwood Ave

$158K · Bought for $33K in 2014. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.