Who owns your block
1500 block of N 16th St
An investor-heavy block: 58% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 10 open code violations and 2 homes behind $75,177 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 20% since 2016, now about $577K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $577K — about 2.6× 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 block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $577K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 16% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 274 reported crimes (88 violent) and 179 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $577K typical home, up +20% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,965 to $7,458 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $20M assessed, $198,144/yr to the city, about $10,429 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +20% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +25% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1534 N 16th St is assessed at $4.1M but pays $8,582 a year — about 15% of the $57,151 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $120 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 10
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Bell Telephone Co Of Pa, carries 14 open violations across 29 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Telephone Co Of Pa | 1 | 29 | $68M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bell Telephone Co | 1 | 6 | $3.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sophisticated Investments | 1 | 4 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tu Rental 1 Ppp Llc | 1 | 3 | $3.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Templeton Properties Ii | 2 | 2 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| D H C Holdings Lp | 1 | 1 | $568K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1515 N 16th Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 16th Street Development L | 1 | 1 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1531 North 16th Street Owner Llc | 1 | 1 | $398K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1534 North 16th Street Development Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-06 N 16TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $927K | —/— | 40,095 | 1924 | 0 | |
| 1501-03 N 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $145K in 1999. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2012. | Investor / LLC | $905K | —/— | 9,387 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1505 N 16TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $345K in 2007 → $520K in 2016 (+51%). | Absentee individual | $577K | —/— | 4,150 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1507 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $405K | —/— | 5,000 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1509 N 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $170K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $568K | —/— | 4,225 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1511 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit, sold for $575K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $835K | 12/6 | 4,698 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1515-17 N 16TH ST New constructionBought for $200K in 2006, built new under a 2014 permit. | Investor / LLC | $4.1M | —/— | 25,000 | 2015 | 2 | rented |
| 1516 N 16TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2011). | Vacant | $366K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1519-21 N 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $1.9M in 2017, electrical permit in 2011, sold for $1.9M in 2017 (+61900%). | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 13,623 | 1925 | 5 | 2 viol |
| 1522 N 16TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2025). | Owner-occupied | $532K | 4/2 | 4,140 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1523 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $535K | —/— | 4,170 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1524 N 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $100K in 2000. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $533K | —/— | 5,550 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1525 N 16TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2000 → $5.0M in 2023 (+4934%). | Investor / LLC | $533K | —/— | 4,476 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1526 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $609K | 4/2 | 4,980 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1527-29 N 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $495K in 2019. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $243K | 10/4 | 3,612 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1530 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit, sold for $1.2M in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $901K | 5/1 | 35,523 | 1890 | 1 | |
| 1531 N 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $1.1M in 2016, zoning permit in 2017, sold for $900K in 2023 (+4400%). | Investor / LLC | $398K | —/— | 7,080 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 1533-41 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.3M | —/— | 19,500 | — | 0 | abated |
| 1534 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $4.1M | —/— | 21,120 | 1950 | 1 | abated8 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)