Philadelphia property report

6900 block of Waxwing Pl

A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 142% since 2016, now about $325K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$325K
12 homes of 13 parcels
ZIP median $132K
Price / sq ft
$243
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
1 of 12
$13K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
83%
10 of 12
city 48%
Rentals
8%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 15% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+65%
value · tax +$2K
5 years
+288%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+142%
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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 $325K — about 1.4× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19142 median of $132K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19142 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19142Philadelphia
Median home value$325K$132K$230K
Owner-occupied67%39%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (about 5 a month, 25% of them violent) and 106 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
59
about 5/month · 25% violent
311 requests · 12mo
106
about 9/month · 18 open

Most reported crimes

Thefts17
All Other Offenses15
Other Assaults12
Fraud4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Burglary Non-Residential2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint26
Illegal Dumping15
Other (Streets)14
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8
Inlet Cleaning7
Salting6

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$250K$500K$325K2016: $134K2017: $134K2018: $134K2019: $77K2020: $84K2021: $84K2022: $84K2023: $117K2024: $117K2025: $197K2026: $197K2027: $325K2016202020232027

▲ +142% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1752016: $1,7462017: $1,7462018: $1,7462019: $7492020: $7882021: $7882022: $7882023: $7162024: $7162025: $1,4562026: $1,4432027: $3,1752016202020232027

▲ +82% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

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1 property on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $13,442. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

3 homes pay the full 1.40%9 pay less
$463pays now $3,558at the full rate

One large gap: 6937 Waxwing Pl has a $463/year assessment-based estimate on $254K assessed value — about 13% of the $3,558 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

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

5810025020162019202220252027This 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
4.1%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.5%/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 7 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
7arm's-length sales since 2004
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels11 parcels
$69K$336K

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

House by house

All 13 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6901 WAXWING PL Owner-occupied $335K —/— 1,321 1965 0
6906 WAXWING PL Bought for $113K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $333K —/— 1,321 1965 1 licensed rental2 viol
6907 WAXWING PL Owner-occupied $336K 3/3 2,125 1965 1
6912 WAXWING PL Owner-occupied $327K —/— 1,321 1965 1
6913 WAXWING PL Owner-occupied $324K —/— 1,321 1965 0
6918 WAXWING PL Bought for $158K in 2011. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $327K —/— 1,321 1965 1 7 viol
6919 WAXWING PL sold $150K (2006); 2 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2025); Inspection failed (2025). Owner-occupied $318K —/— 1,321 1965 1
6924 WAXWING PL Owner-occupied $321K —/— 1,321 1965 0
6925 WAXWING PL Owner-occupied $318K —/— 1,321 1965 1
6930 WAXWING PL Owner-occupied $321K —/— 1,321 1965 0
6931 WAXWING PL Bought for $245K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $336K 3/2 2,620 1965 1
6936 WAXWING PL Vacant lot Vacant $69K —/— 0
6937 WAXWING PL built new under a 2022 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). Absentee individual $184K —/— 2,046 1965 0 assessment exemption · basis unverifiedlien in pre-2017 ledger

Neighborhood

Median income
$44K
household
Own vs. rent
81%
owner-occupied
Median age
39.2
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:01 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.