6200 block of Wheeler St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $113K — about 0.5× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19142 median of $132K. 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: 185 reported crimes (about 15 a month, 36% of them violent) and 223 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

• $113K typical home, up +117% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $644 to $1,576 a year through 2027, +8%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $46,125/yr from taxable assessments, or $1,318 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.

• 6237 Wheeler Stmajor assessment exemption0.00%$0/yr on $90K
• 6220 Wheeler Stmajor assessment exemption0.01%$10/yr on $101K
• 6230 Wheeler Stmajor assessment exemption0.01%$10/yr on $101K
• 6234 Wheeler Stmajor assessment exemption0.01%$10/yr on $101K
• 6238 Wheeler Stmajor assessment exemption0.01%$10/yr on $101K
• …and 3 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 6220 Wheeler St has a $10/year assessment-based estimate on $101K assessed value — about 1% of the $1,410 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.3% 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 $217 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 65 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Lotim 01 LLC, carries 18 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 36 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

Worth a look

New construction

6230 Wheeler St

$113K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $35K in 2001.

New construction

6234 Wheeler St

$113K · Bought for $25K in 2000, built new under a 2013 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $80K in 20

New construction

6242 Wheeler St

$113K · built new under a 2019 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

6244 Wheeler St

$113K · Bought for $10K in 2001, built new under a 2016 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $48K in 20

New construction

6237 Wheeler St

$96K · Bought for $40K in 2005, built new under a 2020 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $59K in 20

Renovated & sold on

6206 Wheeler St

$113K · Bought for $13K in 2012, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $250K in 2021 (+1787%).

Neighborhood