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Who owns your block

6900 block of Elmwood Ave

An investor-heavy block: 60% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 21 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 142% since 2016, now about $2.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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
$2.0M
$718K–$24M
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$110
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
8.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$28K
typical · up to $67K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 5
$283K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
20%
1 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
21
L&I code
▲ block 80% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+82%
value · tax +$19K
5 years
+142%
value · tax +$21K
10 years
+171%
value · tax +$21K

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 $2.0M — about 8.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19142 median of $131K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19142 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19142Philadelphia
Median home value$2.0M$131K$223K
Owner-occupied0%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 148 reported crimes (36 violent) and 114 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
148
36 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
114
28 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses61
Other Assaults21
Thefts14
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle23
Illegal Dumping17
Maintenance Complaint17
License Complaint14
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
Sanitation Violation7

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-4
John M Patterson
7000 Buist Ave · 353 students
Middle · 5-8
William Tilden
6601 Elmwood Ave · 230 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$1.3M$2.5M$2.0M2016: $815K2017: $728K2018: $791K2019: $813K2020: $815K2021: $815K2022: $815K2023: $1.1M2024: $1.1M2025: $1.1M2026: $1.1M2027: $2.0M2016202020232027

▲ +142% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$27,5792016: $8,2272017: $7,0002018: $7,6042019: $6,9932020: $7,0442021: $7,0442022: $7,0442023: $8,5982024: $8,5982025: $8,4202026: $8,4202027: $27,5792016202020232027

▲ +235% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $282,656 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8910025020162019202220252027This block 242 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $242 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+142%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.4%/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 5 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M20042008201220162020
5arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 2 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$718K$2.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
69 Elmwood Investment LLC11$2.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Alm Philadelphia LLC11$24Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
6924 Elmwood Ave LLC11$718Kphila.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 5 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$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6900-14 ELMWOOD AVE built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $450K in 2021. Investor / LLC $2.0M 18,228 1960 1 1 viol
6901 ELMWOOD AVE Bought for $9.6M in 2021, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $24M 140,010 2023 3 abated4 viol
6916-22 ELMWOOD AVE built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $1.1M 11,779 1960 0 abated
6924-28 ELMWOOD AVE Bought for $400K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $718K 6,525 1960 1 10 viol
6930-54 ELMWOOD AVE Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2025. Absentee individual $2.0M 13,135 1985 0 6 viol

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.