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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

6400 block of N 6th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $5,793 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 58% since 2016, now about $390K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$390K
$262K–$497K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$163
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1900
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
89%
8 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
1 of 9 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+49%
value · tax +$960
10 years
+58%
value · tax +$907

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 tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Tax-abated
  • 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 $390K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$390K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied89%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 21 reported crimes (6 violent) and 29 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
21
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
29
8 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults5
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Theft from Vehicle4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
All Other Offenses1
Fraud1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle7
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection6
Street Trees6
Maintenance Complaint2
Salting2
Sanitation Violation2

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 · K-4
James R Lowell
450 W Nedro Ave · 430 students
Middle
Grover Washington Jr
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$250K$500K$390K2016: $247K2017: $247K2018: $247K2019: $244K2020: $262K2021: $262K2022: $262K2023: $323K2024: $323K2025: $390K2026: $390K2027: $390K2016202020232027

▲ +58% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,0542016: $3,1472017: $3,1472018: $3,1472019: $2,9002020: $3,0942021: $3,0942022: $3,0942023: $3,4882024: $3,4882025: $4,0542026: $4,0542027: $4,0542016202020232027

▲ +29% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 158 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $158 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+58%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.3 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
15arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Absentee individual: 1 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels1 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$262K$468K+

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

House by house

All 9 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6401 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $379K 6/2 2,250 1900 0
6403 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $372K 6/2 2,625 1900 0
6404 N 6TH ST Bought for $140K in 2001, fast form building permit in 2008, sold for $290K in 2021 (+107%). Owner-occupied $390K 5/— 2,363 1900 3
6405 N 6TH ST Bought for $125K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $469K in 2021 (+275%). Owner-occupied $468K 4/2 1,800 1900 5
6406 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $410K 5/2 2,363 1900 0
6407 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $170K in 2000 → $230K in 2004 (+35%). Owner-occupied $367K 5/2 2,250 1900 2 tax lien
6408 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $375K in 2005 → $350K in 2020 (-7%). Owner-occupied $497K 6/3 4,488 1900 2
6409 N 6TH ST Absentee individual $262K 5/2 3,155 1900 1
6411 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $270K in 2013 → $336K in 2017 (+24%). Owner-occupied $420K 5/2 2,915 1900 2

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.