Who owns your block
1600 block of Afton St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $14,486 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 89% since 2016, now about $302K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $302K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19111 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $302K | $293K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 58% | 57% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 22 reported crimes (11 violent) and 38 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
- $302K typical home, up +89% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,037 to $2,914 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.6M assessed, $41,219/yr to the city, about $3,435 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +89% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +43% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% 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 $189 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1110 Saint Vincent Inc | 1 | 3 | $870K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600 AFTON ST ImprovedBought for $132K in 2015. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $309K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 1602 AFTON ST History2 L&I violations (2014). | Owner-occupied | $302K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 1604 AFTON ST TradedTraded 2×: $147K in 2004 → $275K in 2022 (+87%). | Owner-occupied | $302K | 3/1 | 1,296 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 1606 AFTON ST TradedTraded 2×: $91K in 2001 → $175K in 2009 (+92%). | Owner-occupied | $302K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 1608 AFTON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $109K in 2002 → $170K in 2017 (+56%). | Owner-occupied | $302K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1610 AFTON ST Historysold $160K (2004); 2 L&I violations (2009). | Owner-occupied | $302K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 1612 AFTON ST ImprovedBought for $149K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $302K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 1614 AFTON ST Historysold $97K (2000); 2 L&I violations (2014). | Owner-occupied | $308K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 1616 AFTON ST | Owner-occupied | $302K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 1618 AFTON ST HistoryL&I violation (2008); 2 L&I violations (2017); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2023). | Owner-occupied | $302K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 1620 AFTON ST | Owner-occupied | $302K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 1622 AFTON ST | Owner-occupied | $308K | —/— | 1,296 | 1960 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)