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Who owns your block

6800 block of N Sydenham St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $6,620 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 106% since 2016, now about $190K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$190K
$113K–$196K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$123
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
83%
5 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$7K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$15
5 years
+54%
value · tax +$173
10 years
+106%
value · tax +$261

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $190K — about 0.9× 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$190K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied83%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 76 reported crimes (18 violent) and 135 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
76
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
135
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft18
Thefts11
Other Assaults10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
All Other Offenses7
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection50
Maintenance Complaint24
Abandoned Vehicle15
Complaint (Streets)7
Illegal Dumping7
Other (Streets)7

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
William Rowen
6841 N 19th St · 272 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$190K2016: $92K2017: $92K2018: $92K2019: $105K2020: $123K2021: $123K2022: $123K2023: $162K2024: $162K2025: $190K2026: $190K2027: $190K2016202020232027

▲ +106% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2692016: $1,0082017: $1,0082018: $1,0082019: $9132020: $1,0962021: $1,0962022: $1,0962023: $1,1452024: $1,1452025: $1,2542026: $1,2542027: $1,2692016202020232027

▲ +26% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 206 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $206 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+106%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.3 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20062007200820092010
2arm's-length sales since 2006
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Absentee individual: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$113K$191K+

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

House by house

All 6 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6811 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $191K 4/1 1,544 1925 0 tax lien
6813 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $190K 4/1 1,544 1925 0 tax lien
6815 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $190K 4/1 1,544 1925 0
6817 N SYDENHAM ST Traded 2×: $111K in 2006 → $114K in 2010 (+3%). Owner-occupied $190K 4/1 1,544 1925 2
6819 N SYDENHAM ST Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,650 1925 0
6821 N SYDENHAM ST Absentee individual $113K —/— 1,508 1925 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.