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Who owns your block

6600 block of N 6th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations and 4 homes behind $74,831 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 45% since 2016, now about $228K. 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
$228K
$196K–$459K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$148
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
26 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$75K
4 of 26 behind
▲ block 15% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-6%
value · tax −$211
5 years
+57%
value · tax +$264
10 years
+45%
value · tax −$124

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 $228K — about 1.0× 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$228K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied96%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 39 reported crimes (8 violent) and 82 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
39
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
82
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft11
Fraud8
Other Assaults4
Theft from Vehicle4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Thefts3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
Maintenance Complaint14
Abandoned Vehicle9
Construction Complaints9
Street Defect5
Salting4

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$228K2016: $158K2017: $158K2018: $158K2019: $145K2020: $146K2021: $146K2022: $146K2023: $179K2024: $179K2025: $243K2026: $243K2027: $228K2016202020232027

▲ +45% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,7952016: $1,9192017: $1,9192018: $1,9192019: $1,5922020: $1,5312021: $1,5312022: $1,5312023: $1,4272024: $1,3862025: $2,0062026: $2,0062027: $1,7952016202020232027

▼ -6% 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 +3.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9210025020162019202220252027This block 145 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $145 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+45%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.1 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20002005201020152020
20arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26

Value distribution today

12 parcels6 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$196K$381K+

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

House by house

All 26 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
6601 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $236K —/— 1,520 1940 0
6603 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,342 1945 0
6604 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $371K 5/1 2,700 1925 0
6605 N 6TH ST Bought for $69K in 2000, addition and/or alteration permit in 2021, sold for $240K in 2022 (+248%). Owner-occupied $295K 3/1 1,342 1945 2
6606 N 6TH ST Bought for $245K in 2004. Owner pulled a parking only permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $459K 9/3 3,308 1925 1 1 viol
6607 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,342 1945 0
6608 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $381K 6/1 2,813 1925 0
6609 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2017 → $230K in 2022 (+156%). Owner-occupied $243K 3/2 1,342 1945 2
6610 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $384K 6/1 2,813 1925 0
6611 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,440 1945 0
6612 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $376K 6/1 2,250 1925 1
6613 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $76K in 2000 → $76K in 2000 (+0%). Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,440 1945 2
6614 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $313K 6/1 1,875 1925 0
6615 N 6TH ST Bought for $79K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $228K 6/1 1,440 1940 1
6617 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $228K 6/1 1,440 1940 0
6619 N 6TH ST Bought for $90K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $245K in 2024 (+172%). Owner-occupied $260K 3/1 1,440 1940 4
6621 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,440 1940 0
6623 N 6TH ST Bought for $86K in 2001. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,440 1940 1
6625 N 6TH ST Traded 2×: $37K in 2001 → $83K in 2002 (+126%). Owner-occupied $228K 6/1 1,440 1940 2
6627 N 6TH ST Bought for $18K in 2001. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,440 1940 2 5 violtax lien
6629 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2014); 3 L&I violations (2016); 4 L&I violations (2018). Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,440 1940 0
6631 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,440 1940 0
6633 N 6TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,440 1940 0
6635 N 6TH ST Owner-occupied $228K 6/1 1,440 1940 1
6637 N 6TH ST Bought for $95K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,440 1940 1
6639 N 6TH ST 2 L&I violations (2014). Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,440 1940 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.