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Who owns your block

6500 block of N 6th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 95% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $4,104 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 48% since 2016, now about $300K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year.

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
$300K
$28K–$495K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$109
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$250K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $300K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
95%
18 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
5%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
1 of 19 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-20%
value · tax −$711
5 years
+29%
value · tax +$529
10 years
+48%
value · tax +$744

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 $300K — about 1.3× 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$300K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied68%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 34 reported crimes (7 violent) and 54 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
34
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
54
9 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft10
Fraud6
Theft from Vehicle6
Other Assaults5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Weapon Violations2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Maintenance Complaint10
Abandoned Vehicle8
Salting5
Dead Animal in Street3
Street Defect3

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
Ellwood
6701 N 13th St · 252 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$250K$500K$300K2016: $202K2017: $202K2018: $202K2019: $231K2020: $233K2021: $233K2022: $233K2023: $283K2024: $283K2025: $377K2026: $377K2027: $300K2016202020232027

▲ +48% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1682016: $2,4202017: $2,4242018: $2,4242019: $2,6832020: $2,6392021: $2,6392022: $2,6392023: $2,8562024: $2,8562025: $3,8792026: $3,8792027: $3,1682016202020232027

▲ +31% 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 +3.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 148 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $148 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+48%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.8 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
13arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 1 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels9 parcels5 parcels
$28K$402K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Vanessa Johnson (individual)25$917Kphila.gov ↗
Grace Trinity Lp13$598Kphila.gov ↗
66th Avenue Garage Llc11$150Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 19 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
6500 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $495K —/— 4,297 1925 0
6501 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $332K 5/2 3,050 1925 1
6505 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $326K 6/1 2,650 1925 0
6507 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $28K —/— 441 1925 1
6509 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $349K 6/2 2,660 1925 1
6511 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $350K 6/2 2,310 1925 1
6513 N 6TH ST Bought for $190K in 2004. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $328K 6/2 1,875 1925 2
6514 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $300K 5/2 2,890 1925 0
6515 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $280K 6/2 1,925 1925 0
6516 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $295K 5/2 2,890 1925 1
6517 N 6TH ST Investor / LLC $199K —/— 1,875 1925 1
6518 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $297K 5/2 2,890 1925 1
6520 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $298K 5/2 2,890 1925 0
6521 N 6TH ST Bought for $100K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $150K —/— 2,000 1955 1
6522 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $364K 5/2 2,890 1925 1
6524 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $300K 6/3 2,890 1925 1
6526 N 6TH ST Bought for $250K in 2024. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $301K 6/3 2,975 1925 1 rented
6528 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $296K 6/1 2,600 1925 0
6530 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $402K 6/2 2,640 1925 0

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.