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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

6800 block of Sylvester St

A mixed-ownership block: 45% owner-occupied, 5% investor-held, with 1 home behind $299 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 92% since 2016, now about $211K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.

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
$211K
$198K–$298K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$194
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$220K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $211K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
45%
25 of 56
city 41%
Rentals
46%
26 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$299
1 of 56 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$6
5 years
+69%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+92%
value · tax +$1K

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 $211K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below 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$211K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied29%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 97 reported crimes (32 violent) and 96 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
97
32 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
96
32 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft20
Other Assaults19
Thefts13
Fraud8
All Other Offenses7
Burglary Residential6

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle27
Maintenance Complaint25
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Shoveling8
Street Defect6
Other (Streets)5

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$125K$250K$211K2016: $110K2017: $110K2018: $110K2019: $120K2020: $125K2021: $125K2022: $125K2023: $170K2024: $170K2025: $211K2026: $211K2027: $211K2016202020232027

▲ +92% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9462016: $1,5352017: $1,5362018: $1,5362019: $1,6732020: $1,7432021: $1,7432022: $1,7432023: $2,3742024: $2,3752025: $2,9392026: $2,9402027: $2,9462016202020232027

▲ +92% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 192 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $192 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+92%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.4 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 83 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
83arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 56 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 28 56parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 28

Value distribution today

30 parcels18 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels8 parcels
$198K$290K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Yue Xing Rental Llc16$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
An Properties Llc13$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Davy Properties Llc11$208Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 56 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
6800 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $298K —/— 1,640 1950 1 rented
6801 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $290K 2/2 1,640 1950 1
6802 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $209K 3/1 1,060 1950 1 rented
6803 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $83K in 2004 → $126K in 2004 (+52%). Owner-occupied $217K 3/1 1,196 1950 2
6804 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6805 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $77K in 2002 → $165K in 2018 (+115%). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,088 1950 2 rented
6806 SYLVESTER ST Traded 3×: $52K in 2000 → $208K in 2021 (+304%). Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 3
6807 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6808 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,082 1950 1
6809 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $127K in 2006 → $71K in 2010 (-44%). Absentee individual $210K 3/1 1,088 1950 2 rented
6810 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 0 rented
6811 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6812 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 0 rented
6813 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6814 SYLVESTER ST Traded 3×: $60K in 2000 → $120K in 2015 (+100%). Investor / LLC $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 3
6815 SYLVESTER ST Traded 3×: $107K in 2006 → $120K in 2025 (+12%). Absentee individual $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 3
6816 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $105K in 2009 → $100K in 2016 (-5%). Absentee individual $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 2 rented
6817 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6818 SYLVESTER ST Traded 3×: $70K in 2003 → $113K in 2011 (+61%). Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 3
6819 SYLVESTER ST Traded 3×: $67K in 2002 → $95K in 2009 (+43%). Absentee individual $210K 3/1 1,088 1950 3 rented
6820 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 1 rented
6821 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6822 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $65K in 2007 → $90K in 2012 (+38%). Absentee individual $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 2 rented
6823 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,088 1950 1 rented
6824 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2004 → $103K in 2018 (+37%). Absentee individual $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 2 rented
6825 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2003 → $110K in 2009 (+47%). Absentee individual $210K 3/1 1,088 1950 2 rented
6826 SYLVESTER ST Traded 3×: $120K in 2003 → $320K in 2026 (+167%). Owner-occupied $290K —/— 1,640 1950 3
6827 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $160K in 2006 → $185K in 2019 (+16%). Absentee individual $290K —/— 1,640 1950 2 rented
6828 SYLVESTER ST Traded 3×: $205K in 2005 → $150K in 2012 (-27%). Absentee individual $278K —/— 1,640 1950 3 rented
6829 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $290K —/— 1,640 1950 0 rented
6830 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $138K in 2005 → $86K in 2018 (-38%). Absentee individual $209K 3/1 1,062 1950 2 rented
6831 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2014 → $115K in 2023 (+35%). Investor / LLC $208K 3/1 1,060 1950 2
6832 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 0 rented
6833 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $68K in 2002 → $116K in 2004 (+71%). Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 2 rented
6834 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6835 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2014 → $113K in 2019 (+33%). Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 2
6836 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 0
6837 SYLVESTER ST Traded 4×: $55K in 2000 → $128K in 2016 (+133%). Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 4 rented
6838 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 1 rented
6839 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $118K in 2004 → $100K in 2017 (-15%). Absentee individual $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 2 rented
6840 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $115K in 2006 → $135K in 2020 (+17%). Investor / LLC $210K 3/1 1,086 1950 2
6841 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 0
6842 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 1 rented
6843 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 0
6844 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6845 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $210K 3/1 1,082 1950 1 rented
6846 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 0
6847 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $81K in 2008 → $94K in 2011 (+16%). Absentee individual $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 2
6848 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 0
6849 SYLVESTER ST Traded 4×: $20K in 2003 → $100K in 2013 (+400%). Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,082 1950 4
6850 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6851 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,088 1950 1
6852 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2008 → $90K in 2019 (+80%). Absentee individual $202K 3/1 1,056 1950 2 rented
6853 SYLVESTER ST Owner-occupied $208K —/— 1,088 1950 0
6854 SYLVESTER ST Absentee individual $297K 2/2 1,640 1950 1
6855 SYLVESTER ST Traded 2×: $103K in 2002 → $118K in 2012 (+15%). Absentee individual $297K —/— 1,640 1950 2 rented

Neighborhood

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

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