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Who owns your block

1600 block of Andrews Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $266 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $207K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$207K
$187K–$302K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$180
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$200K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $207K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
88%
15 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$266
2 of 17 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$4
5 years
+73%
value · tax +$556
10 years
+87%
value · tax +$473

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 $207K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$207K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied65%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 39 reported crimes (13 violent) and 118 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
39
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
118
21 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults9
Theft from Vehicle8
Fraud5
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Thefts3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection39
Maintenance Complaint20
Illegal Dumping17
Street Defect9
Abandoned Vehicle6
Smoke Detector5

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
Samuel Pennypacker
1858 E Washington Ln · 302 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 students

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$125K$250K$207K2016: $111K2017: $111K2018: $111K2019: $125K2020: $120K2021: $120K2022: $120K2023: $165K2024: $165K2025: $209K2026: $209K2027: $207K2016202020232027

▲ +87% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6002016: $1,1272017: $1,1272018: $1,1272019: $1,1882020: $1,0442021: $1,0442022: $1,0442023: $1,1972024: $1,1972025: $1,5962026: $1,5962027: $1,6002016202020232027

▲ +42% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 187 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+87%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.6 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
17arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels3 parcels4 parcels2 parcels2 parcels4 parcels
$187K$223K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bomid Llc13$582Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 17 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1601 ANDREWS AVE Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,200 1960 1
1603 ANDREWS AVE Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,200 1960 1
1605 ANDREWS AVE Traded 2×: $45K in 2022 → $265K in 2023 (+489%). Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,152 1960 2
1607 ANDREWS AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,148 1960 0
1609 ANDREWS AVE Traded 2×: $140K in 2016 → $200K in 2025 (+43%). Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,148 1960 2
1611 ANDREWS AVE Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
1613 ANDREWS AVE Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
1615 ANDREWS AVE Bought for $3K in 2006. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,148 1960 2
1617 ANDREWS AVE sold $77K (2004); L&I violation (2020). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,152 1960 1
1619 ANDREWS AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,152 1960 0
1621 ANDREWS AVE Traded 2×: $200K in 2024 → $200K in 2024 (+0%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,152 1960 2
1623 ANDREWS AVE Traded 2×: $95K in 2019 → $261K in 2022 (+175%). Owner-occupied $302K 3/2 1,150 1960 2
1625 ANDREWS AVE Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,082 1960 1
1627 ANDREWS AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,148 1960 0
1629 ANDREWS AVE Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,146 1960 0
1631 ANDREWS AVE Traded 2×: $90K in 2014 → $110K in 2022 (+22%). Investor / LLC $200K 3/1 1,148 1960 2 rented
1633 ANDREWS AVE sold $101K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2020). Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,152 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)

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.