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Who owns your block

6800 block of Bustleton Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 27% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 65% since 2016, now about $309K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$309K
$167K–$1.2M
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$211
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $17K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
27%
4 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$42
5 years
+36%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+65%
value · tax +$2K

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 $309K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19149 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19149 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19149Philadelphia
Median home value$309K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied0%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (23 violent) and 76 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
79
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
76
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults17
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Thefts10
Fraud9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
All Other Offenses7

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle14
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Maintenance Complaint8
Shoveling6
Complaint (Streets)4
License Complaint4

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
Solomon Solis-Cohen
7001 Horrocks St · 1354 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$309K2016: $188K2017: $188K2018: $248K2019: $225K2020: $226K2021: $226K2022: $226K2023: $246K2024: $246K2025: $306K2026: $306K2027: $309K2016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,3202016: $2,6252017: $2,6252018: $3,4702019: $3,1472020: $3,1692021: $3,1692022: $3,1692023: $3,4382024: $3,4382025: $4,2782026: $4,2782027: $4,3202016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 15 of 15 homes pay that full rate. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.

1.40% — the full rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
home on this blocktax-abated

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 165 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $165 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+65%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.9 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
18arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 9 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 9

Value distribution today

1 parcels3 parcels8 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$167K$553K+

The block's largest owner, The Southland Corp, carries 6 open violations across 8 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
The Southland Corp18$5.8Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Slc Properties LLC13$967Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Da Silva John Alexandre (individual)22$860Kphila.gov ↗
6836 Bustleton Property L22$602Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
6828 Bustleton LLC11$310Kphila.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 15 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6800 BUSTLETON AVE Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $1.2M 2,669 1985 0
6820 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $125K in 2004. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $321K 1,565 1950 1 1 viol
6822 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $118K in 2004. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $329K 1,660 1950 1
6824 BUSTLETON AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Absentee individual $308K 1,984 2011 0
6826 BUSTLETON AVE Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2010. Absentee individual $553K 3,486 2011 0
6828 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $350K in 2016. Owner pulled a use permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $310K 1,503 1950 1
6830 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $67K in 2001. Owner pulled a use permit in 2020. Absentee individual $251K 1,080 1950 3
6832 BUSTLETON AVE L&I violation (2007); L&I violation (2008); sold $360K (2024). Absentee individual $269K 1,080 1950 1
6834 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $233K in 2007. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Absentee individual $269K 1,080 1950 1
6836 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $370K in 2013. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $301K 1,224 1950 2
6838 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $365K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $301K 1,224 1950 2
6840 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $210K in 2007. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Absentee individual $309K 1,260 1950 2
6842 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $225K in 2010. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Absentee individual $167K 1,078 1950 1
6844 BUSTLETON AVE Bought for $318K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $317K 1,500 1950 1
6846 BUSTLETON AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2016. Absentee individual $353K 1,800 1950 2

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.