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Who owns your block

1300 block of N 16th St

A mixed-ownership block: 25% owner-occupied, 38% investor-held, with 7 homes behind $819 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 1805% since 2016, now about $91K. Property taxes are climbing about 28% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$91K
$49K–$691K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$196
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
25%
3 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
25%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$819
7 of 16 behind
▲ block 44% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-5%
value · tax +$57
5 years
+1578%
value · tax +$984
10 years
+1805%
value · tax +$984

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 $91K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below 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$91K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied0%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 178 reported crimes (61 violent) and 218 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
178
61 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
218
50 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults42
Thefts23
Theft from Vehicle21
Motor Vehicle Theft17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Burglary Residential12

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint51
Illegal Dumping35
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Street Defect16
Abandoned Vehicle13
Sanitation Violation12

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$91K2016: $5K2017: $5K2018: $5K2019: $5K2020: $5K2021: $5K2022: $5K2023: $46K2024: $46K2025: $96K2026: $96K2027: $91K2016202020232027

▲ +1805% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0512016: $672017: $672018: $672019: $672020: $672021: $672022: $672023: $5192024: $5192025: $9942026: $9942027: $1,0512016202020232027

▲ +1469% since 2016 · ~+28%/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 +30.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100250020162019202220252027This block 1905 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $1905 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+30.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+1805%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+30.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+27.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+24.2 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2010. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K201020122014201620182020
26arm's-length sales since 2010
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 10 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 10

Value distribution today

9 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$49K$473K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ingersoll & 16th Llc57$474Kphila.gov ↗
Dvora Properties Lp17$4.0Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 16 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1304 N 16TH ST Vacant $49K —/— 0 tax lien
1306 N 16TH ST Vacant $55K —/— 0 tax lien
1308 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $200K —/— 1,166 0
1309 N 16TH ST 3 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $95K —/— 0
1311 N 16TH ST Traded 3×: $267K in 2015 → $700 in 2024 (-100%). Vacant $75K —/— 3
1312-26 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. Vacant $473K —/— 0
1313 N 16TH ST Traded 3×: $267K in 2015 → $700 in 2024 (-100%). Vacant $54K —/— 3
1315-17 N 16TH ST built new under a 2014 permit. Owner-occupied $691K —/— 3,336 2015 0 rentedtax lien
1319 N 16TH ST Traded 3×: $267K in 2015 → $700 in 2024 (-100%). Vacant $75K —/— 3
1321 N 16TH ST Traded 3×: $267K in 2015 → $700 in 2024 (-100%). Vacant $75K —/— 3
1323 N 16TH ST sold $2K (2018); 4 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $72K —/— 1 tax lien
1325 N 16TH ST Traded 3×: $267K in 2015 → $700 in 2024 (-100%). Vacant $88K —/— 3
1327 N 16TH ST Bought for $145K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $395K in 2019 (+172%). Absentee individual $373K 3/2 1,995 1920 2
1329 N 16TH ST Bought for $145K in 2010, electrical permit in 2011, sold for $290K in 2019 (+100%). Absentee individual $348K 3/2 1,794 1915 2 rented
1331 N 16TH ST Bought for $145K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $250K in 2020 (+72%). Absentee individual $344K 4/2 1,760 1915 3 rented
1333 N 16TH ST Bought for $145K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $340K in 2019 (+134%). Owner-occupied $344K 4/2 1,760 1920 3 rented

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.