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Who owns your block

6500 block of N Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 95% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 8 homes behind $90,434 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 74% since 2016, now about $183K. 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
$183K
$119K–$275K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$145
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$202K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $183K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
95%
57 of 60
city 41%
Rentals
5%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$90K
8 of 60 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$32
5 years
+81%
value · tax +$371
10 years
+74%
value · tax +$107

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 $183K — about 0.8× 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$183K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied73%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (28 violent) and 191 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
82
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
191
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults18
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Thefts8
Aggravated Assault Firearm4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection63
Maintenance Complaint23
Abandoned Vehicle20
Street Defect15
Illegal Dumping13
Other (Streets)9

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$100K$200K$183K2016: $105K2017: $105K2018: $105K2019: $106K2020: $101K2021: $101K2022: $101K2023: $140K2024: $140K2025: $185K2026: $185K2027: $183K2016202020232027

▲ +74% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1582016: $1,0512017: $1,0512018: $1,0512019: $9202020: $7872021: $7872022: $7872023: $8332024: $8332025: $1,1902026: $1,1902027: $1,1582016202020232027

▲ +10% since 2016 · ~+1%/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 +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 174 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $174 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+74%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 62 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 30 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
62arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
30homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 60 parcels

Owner-occupied: 57Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2 60parcels
  • Owner-occupied 57
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels43 parcels5 parcels4 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$119K$270K+

The block's largest owner, Affordable Homes Group In, carries 2 open violations across 8 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Affordable Homes Group In18$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
C & D Enterprise11$119Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 60 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

Frequently traded
6502 N Smedley St
$275K · Traded 3×: $80K in 2018 → $270K in 2022 (+238%).
Frequently traded
6536 N Smedley St
$270K · Traded 3×: $55K in 2007 → $225K in 2020 (+309%).
Frequently traded
6539 N Smedley St
$270K · Traded 3×: $19K in 2002 → $230K in 2021 (+1143%).
Frequently traded
6546 N Smedley St
$270K · Traded 3×: $53K in 2017 → $235K in 2024 (+348%).
Frequently traded
6506 N Smedley St
$224K · Traded 4×: $39K in 2004 → $160K in 2017 (+309%).
Frequently traded
6513 N Smedley St
$183K · Traded 4×: $22K in 2003 → $212K in 2022 (+864%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6500 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/2 1,680 1925 0
6501 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/2 1,344 1925 0 tax lien
6502 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $80K in 2018 → $270K in 2022 (+238%). Owner-occupied $275K 3/2 1,260 1925 3
6503 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/2 1,260 1925 0 tax lien
6504 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1
6505 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6506 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $39K in 2004 → $160K in 2017 (+309%). Owner-occupied $224K 3/2 1,260 1925 4 tax lien
6507 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2020 → $275K in 2023 (+1000%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 2 1 viol
6508 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6509 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6510 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0 tax lien
6511 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1
6512 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6513 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $22K in 2003 → $212K in 2022 (+864%). Absentee individual $183K 3/1 1,260 1925 4
6514 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1
6515 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1
6516 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2019 → $240K in 2021 (+220%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 2 tax lien
6517 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2005 → $107K in 2006 (+65%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 2
6518 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1 2 viol
6519 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6520 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6521 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6522 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1
6523 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $64K in 2009 → $125K in 2009 (+95%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 2
6524 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6525 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1
6526 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6527 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6528 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0 1 viol
6529 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0 tax lien
6530 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0 1 viol
6531 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $57K in 2015 → $165K in 2016 (+189%). Owner-occupied $248K 3/2 1,260 1925 2
6532 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0 tax lien
6533 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6534 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $39K in 2003 → $160K in 2021 (+310%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 4 1 viol
6535 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6536 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $55K in 2007 → $225K in 2020 (+309%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,260 1925 3
6537 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2019 → $180K in 2019 (+80%). Owner-occupied $224K 3/2 1,260 1925 2
6538 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6539 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $19K in 2002 → $230K in 2021 (+1143%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,260 1925 3
6540 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $63K in 2008 → $123K in 2008 (+95%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/1 1,260 1925 2
6541 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $29K in 2003 → $63K in 2004 (+117%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/1 1,260 1925 2 rented
6542 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6543 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6544 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1
6545 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2008 → $102K in 2017 (+69%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 2
6546 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $53K in 2017 → $235K in 2024 (+348%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/2 1,260 1925 3 tax lien
6547 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1
6548 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $119K 3/2 1,260 1925 0 rented1 violtax lien
6549 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6550 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 1 tax lien
6551 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0 rented
6552 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2023 → $200K in 2024 (+90%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,260 1925 2 tax lien
6553 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2004 → $202K in 2025 (+237%). Owner-occupied $186K 3/2 1,260 1925 2
6554 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6555 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6556 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $26K in 1999 → $97K in 2005 (+271%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 4
6557 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,260 1925 0
6558 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2013 → $164K in 2014 (+173%). Owner-occupied $266K 3/3 1,680 1925 2
6559 N SMEDLEY ST HistoryAppeal complete (2025). Owner-occupied $217K 3/2 1,704 1925 0 tax lien

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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