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Who owns your block

1200 block of N 16th St

A mixed-ownership block: 35% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 2 homes behind $11,411 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 158% since 2016, now about $203K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% 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
$203K
$54K–$505K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$180
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$300K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $203K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 20
$14K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
35%
6 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
10%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
2 of 20 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-10%
value · tax −$180
5 years
+46%
value · tax +$829
10 years
+158%
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 $203K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$203K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied10%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 162 reported crimes (39 violent) and 210 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
162
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
210
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle27
Other Assaults26
Thefts26
Motor Vehicle Theft23
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
All Other Offenses10

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping47
Maintenance Complaint39
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Street Defect17
Abandoned Vehicle14
Salting11

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 & Middle · K-8
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$203K2016: $79K2017: $79K2018: $101K2019: $138K2020: $139K2021: $139K2022: $139K2023: $169K2024: $169K2025: $227K2026: $227K2027: $203K2016202020232027

▲ +158% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,8232016: $4172017: $7102018: $8882019: $1,0592020: $1,0592021: $9942022: $9942023: $1,2412024: $1,2412025: $2,1232026: $2,0032027: $1,8232016202020232027

▲ +337% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr

1
1 property 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 $14,095 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

12 homes pay the full 1.40%8 pay less
$651pays now $4,134at the full rate

The starkest example: 1212 N 16th St is assessed at $295K but pays $651 a year — about 16% of the $4,134 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 258 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $258 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+158%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.5 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
18arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 8 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 8

Value distribution today

5 parcels5 parcels1 parcels3 parcels1 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$54K$478K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Redevelopment Authority (individual)21303$240Mphila.gov ↗
City Of Philadelphia (individual)21002$444Mphila.gov ↗
American Property Investm118$3.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Rock Realty Group LLC18$1.8Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Kat Property Investments LLC16$1.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Rising Investment Limited12$797Kphila.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 20 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1212 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $295K 3/1 1,641 1915 0 abated
1214 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $295K 3/1 1,641 1915 0
1218 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $115K in 2023 → $185K in 2025 (+61%). Absentee individual $54K —/— 1,476 1945 2
1220 N 16TH ST Vacant $109K —/— 0
1222 N 16TH ST Vacant $115K —/— 0
1224 N 16TH ST Vacant $115K —/— 0
1226 N 16TH ST Bought for $440K in 2020, zoning/use permit in 2013, sold for $415K in 2024 (+972%). Owner-occupied $431K 8/6 2,060 1915 3
1228 N 16TH ST Investor / LLC $232K 3/1 1,407 1915 0 rented
1229 N 16TH ST built new under a 2013 permit. Investor / LLC $465K —/— 2,412 1915 1 rented
1231 N 16TH ST Bought for $18K in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $443K —/— 1,800 1915 2 tax lien
1233 N 16TH ST Bought for $225K in 2012, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $459K in 2019 (+629%). Absentee individual $478K 5/3 2,112 1915 4
1235 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. Absentee individual $308K —/— 2,070 1915 0 tax lien
1236 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $243K —/— 1,674 1915 0
1237 N 16TH ST Traded 3×: $23K in 2002 → $26K in 2006 (+13%). Owner-occupied $175K —/— 1,548 1915 3
1238 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2015); sold $72K (2016); 4 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2020). Vacant $127K —/— 1
1239 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2019). Vacant $102K —/— 0
1240 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2015); 4 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2020). Vacant $133K —/— 0
1241 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008). Vacant $114K —/— 0
1242-44 N 16TH ST Bought for $28K in 2010, built new under a 2011 permit. Owner-occupied $505K 8/6 2,880 2011 2 tax lien
1243 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008). Vacant $106K —/— 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.