Who owns your block
6500 block of Walker St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $214K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $214K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19135 median of $207K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19135 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19135 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $214K | $207K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 36% | 44% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 83 reported crimes (24 violent) and 168 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $214K typical home, up +82% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,592 to $2,879 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.0M assessed, $69,944/yr to the city, about $2,498 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +82% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +81% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 6517 Walker Stexemption0.72%$1,480/yr on $206K
- 6521 Walker Stexemption0.72%$1,480/yr on $206K
- 6503 Walker Stexemption0.75%$1,593/yr on $214K
- 6505 Walker Stexemption0.75%$1,593/yr on $214K
- 6531 Walker Stexemption0.75%$1,593/yr on $214K
- …and 5 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $182 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 43 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 28 parcels
- Owner-occupied 23
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Wang Brothers 168 LLC, carries 1 open violation across 8 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Brothers 168 LLC | 1 | 8 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Castor 1628 LLC | 1 | 6 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
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 28 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6501 WALKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $69K in 2001 → $210K in 2024 (+204%). | Absentee individual | $236K | 3/2 | 1,296 | 1950 | 5 | rented |
| 6503 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 6505 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $78K in 2015 → $220K in 2025 (+182%). | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 6507 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $118K in 2006 → $188K in 2021 (+59%). | Investor / LLC | $206K | 3/2 | 1,152 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 6509 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $68K in 2002 → $123K in 2017 (+80%). | Owner-occupied | $206K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 6511 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 2014 → $100K in 2022 (+72%). | Absentee individual | $206K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 6513 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 6515 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 6517 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $206K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 6519 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 6521 WALKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $75K in 2004 → $117K in 2007 (+56%). | Owner-occupied | $206K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 6523 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $126K in 2018 → $110K in 2025 (-12%). | Investor / LLC | $206K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 6525 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $206K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 6527 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 2004 → $135K in 2017 (+23%). | Owner-occupied | $228K | —/1 | 1,326 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 6529 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $237K | —/1 | 1,326 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 6531 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 6533 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 6535 WALKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $53K in 2001 → $225K in 2022 (+325%). | Owner-occupied | $241K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 6537 WALKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $69K in 2003 → $136K in 2020 (+99%). | Absentee individual | $206K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 3 | rented |
| 6539 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 6541 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 6543 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 6545 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2009 → $215K in 2023 (+115%). | Owner-occupied | $206K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 2 | tax lien |
| 6547 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $206K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 6549 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $206K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | rented |
| 6551 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 6553 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $64K in 2002 → $85K in 2003 (+34%). | Owner-occupied | $214K | —/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 6555 WALKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $120K in 2005 → $177K in 2018 (+47%). | Owner-occupied | $226K | —/1 | 1,296 | 1950 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)