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Who owns your block

6400 block of N Sydenham St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 9 homes behind $131,093 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $189K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$189K
$123K–$287K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$142
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$245K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $189K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 48
$54K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
92%
44 of 48
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$131K
9 of 48 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax −$41
5 years
+78%
value · tax +$389
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$148

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 $189K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below 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$189K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied77%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 43 reported crimes (10 violent) and 191 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
43
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
191
35 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft13
Other Assaults6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations3
Theft from Vehicle3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection78
Maintenance Complaint33
Abandoned Vehicle13
Illegal Dumping11
Street Trees9
Other (Streets)7

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-5
Prince Hall
6101 N Gratz St · 317 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
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$125K$250K$189K2016: $106K2017: $106K2018: $106K2019: $111K2020: $107K2021: $107K2022: $107K2023: $146K2024: $146K2025: $187K2026: $187K2027: $189K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2512016: $1,1232017: $1,1032018: $1,1232019: $9982020: $8622021: $8622022: $8622023: $9282024: $9282025: $1,2922026: $1,2922027: $1,2512016202020232027

▲ +11% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $54,399 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $2,606at the full rate

6456 N Sydenham St is assessed at $186K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $2,606 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 38 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 25 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
38arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
25homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 48 parcels

Owner-occupied: 44Absentee individual: 4 48parcels
  • Owner-occupied 44
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels17 parcels17 parcels2 parcels2 parcels9 parcels
$123K$272K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Dotdothomes Llc11$231Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 48 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6412 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 3×: $66K in 2001 → $245K in 2025 (+272%). Owner-occupied $231K 3/— 1,342 1925 3
6414 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0 tax lien
6415 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $287K 3/2 1,408 1925 1 tax lien
6416 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6417 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 4×: $52K in 2014 → $253K in 2021 (+386%). Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,338 1925 4 tax lien
6418 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6419 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
6420 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6421 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 0 tax lien
6422 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0 1 violtax lien
6423 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
6424 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2006 → $142K in 2017 (+89%). Owner-occupied $229K 3/1 1,342 1925 2
6425 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
6426 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6427 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 1
6428 N SYDENHAM ST sold $56K (2010); Appeal complete (2024). Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 1
6429 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $101K in 2022 → $236K in 2023 (+134%). Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,338 1925 2
6430 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6431 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
6432 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 1
6433 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
6434 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 1 tax lien
6435 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $65K in 2014 → $154K in 2015 (+137%). Owner-occupied $253K 4/2 1,338 1925 2
6436 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6437 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $86K in 2006 → $135K in 2024 (+58%). Absentee individual $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 2
6438 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6439 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 1
6440 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6441 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 0
6442 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $253K 3/1 1,342 1925 1
6443 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2013 → $225K in 2020 (+400%). Owner-occupied $189K 3/— 1,338 1925 2
6444 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6445 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $107K in 2024 → $318K in 2025 (+197%). Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 2 tax lien
6446 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6447 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $123K 3/1 1,338 1925 0 abatedtax lien
6448 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,342 1925 1
6449 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $18K in 2013 → $113K in 2014 (+543%). Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 1,338 1925 2
6450 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,342 1925 0 tax lien
6451 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $273K 3/— 1,270 1925 1
6452 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 0
6453 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 4×: $83K in 2004 → $252K in 2025 (+202%). Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,338 1925 4
6454 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,342 1925 0 tax lien
6455 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,338 1925 1
6456 N SYDENHAM ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $78K in 2013. Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,342 1925 1 abated
6457 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,338 1925 1
6458 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,342 1925 1
6459 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,496 1925 0 tax lien
6460 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,920 1925 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 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.