The Block Report

House report

6024 Lawndale St

2 stories · 1,384 sqft · RSA5 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $272K. On the 6000 block of Lawndale St.

Street view of 6024 Lawndale St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$272KCity assessed value Last sale$28KRecorded 1980 Est. annual tax$2K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits2Shown in this report Violations1Open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record

What the record is signaling

Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.

watch signalPublic-record pressure

More than one public record deserves a current-status check.

Evidence: 1 open L&I violation · failed L&I inspection activity in 2026

Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.

Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, not a prediction or allegation.

What to do with this

The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.

If you’re buying

Built 1925: lead rules apply

Federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure at sale for any pre-1978 home. If it will be rented, Philadelphia also requires a lead-safe or lead-free certificate before a rental license can issue.

Zoned RSA5: one household by right

Single-family rowhouse (the classic Philly row). Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.

If you own it

1 open violation: the clock matters

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

Derived from this house's public records and the city's rules as of 2026 (abatement ordinance, Homestead, rental licensing, lead certification, L&I process, excavation protections). Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

The investment read

How this house has moved and where it's pointed: the city's assessed value (not a listing price) over 12 years, charted against its block; appreciation is that history's pace, and the 5-year figure simply extends it. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$272K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$197
block $174 · above block
Appreciation
+127%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$273K
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
0.89% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
—
Gross yield
4.3%
≈$972/mo rent
Times sold
0

Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line

$0$250K$500K2017: Plumbing2022: Alterations2026: 3 L&I violations 2026: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed$272K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Improved

Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022.

  1. 2017 PlumbingPermit
  2. 2022 AlterationsPermit
  3. 2026 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit

Flags: 1 open L&I violation. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The house, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Stories
2
Interior
1,384 sqft
livable area
Lot
3,938 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 6024 Lawndale St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes start with an annual estimate from the City’s taxable assessment, not a current bill or balance; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$272K
20%
6.875%
$975/mo

When this house last sold (1980) a 30-year mortgage ran about 13.74% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
—
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
—
rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
—
NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
—
year-1 return on cash in

Estimates for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record.

Block context

6024 Lawndale St sits on the 6000 block of Lawndale St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 6018 Lawndale St  ·  6030 Lawndale St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.

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