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Who owns your block

6900 block of Theodore St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 66% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations and 5 homes behind $80,122 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 123% since 2016, now about $133K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$133K
$99K–$231K
ZIP median $131K
Price / sq ft
$114
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$143K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $133K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
66%
25 of 38
city 41%
Rentals
21%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$80K
5 of 38 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$134
5 years
+82%
value · tax +$836
10 years
+123%
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 $133K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and in line with 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$133K$131K$223K
Owner-occupied29%34%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 174 reported crimes (53 violent) and 128 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
174
53 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
128
34 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses63
Other Assaults32
Thefts18
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle24
Maintenance Complaint21
Illegal Dumping18
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
License Complaint13
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-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$100K$200K$133K2016: $60K2017: $60K2018: $60K2019: $68K2020: $73K2021: $73K2022: $73K2023: $86K2024: $86K2025: $123K2026: $123K2027: $133K2016202020232027

▲ +123% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,8592016: $8322017: $8322018: $8322019: $9452020: $1,0232021: $1,0232022: $1,0232023: $1,2012024: $1,2012025: $1,7252026: $1,7252027: $1,8592016202020232027

▲ +123% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 223 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $223 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+123%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.1 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 49 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M2004201020162022
49arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 38 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 6 38parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels35 parcels
$99K$133K+

The block's largest owner, Wps Realty Llc, carries 49 open violations across 75 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Wps Realty Llc175$9.5Mphila.gov ↗
Y E R A Inc19$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Chidera Trust13$554Kphila.gov ↗
H&D Group Llc13$684Kphila.gov ↗
Ace Capital Properties Ll12$206Kphila.gov ↗
Entrust Group Inc Fbo Mic11$133Kphila.gov ↗
Legacy Enhancement Master Pooled Trust11$131Kphila.gov ↗
Homes Stream Estate Llc11$126Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 38 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6901 THEODORE ST Investor / LLC $231K —/— 2,016 1920 1 rented
6903 THEODORE ST Investor / LLC $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1 rented
6905 THEODORE ST Traded 2×: $18K in 2006 → $71K in 2006 (+294%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 2
6907 THEODORE ST Traded 2×: $71K in 2007 → $75K in 2024 (+6%). Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 2
6909 THEODORE ST Traded 4×: $48K in 2001 → $155K in 2024 (+223%). Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,170 1925 4
6911 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 0
6913 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 0
6915 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1 rented
6917 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 0
6918 THEODORE ST sold $73K (2013); Appeal dismissed (2025). Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,242 1925 1
6919 THEODORE ST Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1
6920 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,138 1925 1
6921 THEODORE ST Traded 5×: $35K in 2002 → $30K in 2016 (-14%). Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 5 rented
6922 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,138 1925 0 rented
6923 THEODORE ST Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 0
6924 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,138 1925 1
6925 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 0 tax lien
6926 THEODORE ST Traded 3×: $60K in 2004 → $61K in 2019 (+2%). Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,138 1925 3
6927 THEODORE ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2018 → $130K in 2025 (+160%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 2
6928 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,138 1925 1
6929 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1
6930 THEODORE ST Traded 2×: $63K in 2019 → $185K in 2025 (+194%). Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,138 1925 2
6931 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1
6932 THEODORE ST Traded 2×: $65K in 2004 → $150K in 2021 (+131%). Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 1,138 1925 2
6933 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 0
6935 THEODORE ST Appeal city affirmed (2011). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 0 1 viol
6937 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 0
6939 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1
6941 THEODORE ST Traded 3×: $25K in 2000 → $64K in 2019 (+156%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 3
6943 THEODORE ST Traded 2×: $4K in 2021 → $1K in 2022 (-71%). Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 2 4 violtax lien
6945 THEODORE ST Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,065 1925 1 rented2 viol
6947 THEODORE ST Traded 3×: $50K in 1999 → $30K in 2023 (-40%). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 3
6949 THEODORE ST Investor / LLC $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1
6951 THEODORE ST Investor / LLC $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1 rented
6953 THEODORE ST Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1 tax lien
6955 THEODORE ST Investor / LLC $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 1 rented
6957 THEODORE ST Traded 2×: $11K in 2001 → $95K in 2025 (+764%). Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,170 1925 2 2 violtax lien
6959 THEODORE ST Investor / LLC $99K —/— 2,096 1925 1 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

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