Philadelphia property report

6400 block of E Wister St

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 2 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($1,632 recorded then).

The typical home here is up 93% since 2016, now about $164K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$164K
7 homes of 9 parcels
ZIP median $189K
Commercial
$244K
1 building · $74/sqft
Price / sq ft
$137
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
57%
4 of 7
city 48%
Rentals
22%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
$2K
2 of 9 listed
▲ block 22% · city 9%
Record caveats
1
of 9 parcels

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$515
5 years
+116%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+93%
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 $164K — about 0.7× the citywide median home, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $189K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$164K$189K$230K
Owner-occupied43%57%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 142 reported crimes (about 12 a month, 46% of them violent) and 218 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
142
about 12/month · 46% violent
311 requests · 12mo
218
about 18/month · 57 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults42
Thefts13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm12
All Other Offenses12
Fraud12
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations12

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection49
Maintenance Complaint45
Abandoned Vehicle32
Illegal Dumping24
License Complaint9
Information Request8

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
Mastery Charter School At Pastorius
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$100K$200K$164K2016: $85K2017: $85K2018: $85K2019: $79K2020: $76K2021: $76K2022: $76K2023: $113K2024: $113K2025: $149K2026: $149K2027: $164K2016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,2272016: $7842017: $7842018: $1,1522019: $5742020: $1,0292021: $1,0292022: $1,0292023: $5112024: $5112025: $7592026: $1,7122027: $2,2272016202020232027

▲ +184% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8910025020162019202220252027This block 193 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $193 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+93%
since 2016
Net rental yield
-4886989.8%
est., after tax carry
Total return
-4886983.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-4886986.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.4 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
9arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 2 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

7 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$159K$244K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Mba Housing LLC (city agency)110$1.5M2337 Philmont Ave 103, Huntingdon Valley PA, 19006phila.gov ↗
Three Trust Real Estate I (trust / estate)12$320K525 Inverness Ave, Ambler PA, 19002phila.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 9 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6400 E WISTER ST Commercial Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2020. Absentee individual $244K —/— 3,286 1900 0
6401 E WISTER ST Place of worship built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $400K in 2000. Owner-occupied $1.2M —/— 19,440 1910 1 assessment exemption · basis unverified$444 tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger
6420 E WISTER ST Traded 2×: $35K in 2000 → $158K in 2022 (+351%). Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,064 1950 2
6422 E WISTER ST Inspection failed ×2 (2006); Inspection passed (2008); 2 L&I violations (2013); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2013); 2 L&I violations (2017); sold $36K (2017); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021); Inspection failed ×2 (2021). Absentee individual $159K 3/1 1,196 1950 1
6424 E WISTER ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2007 → $93K in 2008 (+106%). Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,260 1950 2
6426 E WISTER ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2007 → $27K in 2011 (-40%). Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 1,196 1950 3
6428 E WISTER ST 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2021); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2021). Investor / LLC $164K 3/1 1,196 1950 0 licensed rental
6430 E WISTER ST sold $44K (2019); 3 L&I violations (2019). Investor / LLC $161K 3/1 1,196 1950 1 licensed rental
6432 E WISTER ST 2 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023); Inspection failed ×2 (2023); 5 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2024); Inspection failed ×3 (2024); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025); Inspection failed (2026). Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,196 1950 0 3 viol$1K tax · Jun ’22

Neighborhood

Median income
$63K
household
Own vs. rent
38%
owner-occupied
Median age
8.4
residents
Median rent
$-667M
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, 3:32 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.