Philadelphia property report

1600 block of Cobbs Creek Pkwy

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($628 recorded then).

The typical home here is up 139% since 2016, now about $187K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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.
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By the Numbers

Median home value
$187K
9 homes of 10 parcels
ZIP median $155K
Price / sq ft
$146
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1930
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
67%
6 of 9
city 48%
Rentals
30%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
$628
1 of 10 listed
▲ block 10% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax −$187
5 years
+93%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+139%
value · tax +$2K

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 $187K — about 0.8× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $155K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$187K$155K$230K
Owner-occupied22%46%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 50 reported crimes (about 4 a month, 36% of them violent) and 182 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
50
about 4/month · 36% violent
311 requests · 12mo
182
about 15/month · 51 open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults12
All Other Offenses7
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Thefts7
Fraud5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint45
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection34
Abandoned Vehicle20
Street Defect18
Illegal Dumping17
Other (Streets)8

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
William Longstreth
5700 Willows Ave · 259 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$187K2016: $78K2017: $78K2018: $78K2019: $84K2020: $97K2021: $97K2022: $97K2023: $201K2024: $201K2025: $201K2026: $201K2027: $187K2016202020232027

▲ +139% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6132016: $1,0922017: $1,0922018: $1,0922019: $1,1812020: $1,3552021: $1,3552022: $1,3552023: $2,8002024: $2,8002025: $2,7792026: $2,8002027: $2,6132016202020232027

▲ +139% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

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:

7 homes pay the full 1.40%2 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 239 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $239 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+139%
since 2016
Net rental yield
4.7%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+13%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+10%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.8 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20042008201220162020
6arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

5 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$182K$222K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
1708 Diamond St LP13$658K5403 Vine Street, Philadelphia PA, 19139phila.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 10 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
1625-29 COBBS CREEK PKWY Place of worship built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $135K in 2007. Owner-occupied $203K —/— 3,744 1940 1 abated
1631-35 COBBS CREEK PKWY Apartment building sold $210K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2012); 5 L&I violations (2014); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2014); Inspection passed (2015); L&I violation (2017); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2017); 3 L&I violations (2019); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2019). Absentee individual $909K —/— 5,624 1930 1 rented
1637 COBBS CREEK PKWY Apartment building Owner-occupied $190K —/— 1,280 1930 0
1639 COBBS CREEK PKWY Apartment building Owner-occupied $189K —/— 1,280 1930 1
1641 COBBS CREEK PKWY Apartment building Owner-occupied $187K —/— 1,280 1930 1
1643 COBBS CREEK PKWY Apartment building sold $18K (2006); L&I violation (2014); L&I violation (2015); Inspection failed (2015); 3 L&I violations (2017); Inspection failed (2017); Inspection passed (2018); 3 L&I violations (2026); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2026). Investor / LLC $187K —/— 1,280 1930 1 rented
1645 COBBS CREEK PKWY Apartment building Absentee individual $187K —/— 1,280 1930 0 rented
1647 COBBS CREEK PKWY Apartment building Owner-occupied $184K —/— 1,280 1930 0
1649 COBBS CREEK PKWY Apartment building Owner-occupied $182K —/— 1,280 1930 1
1651 COBBS CREEK PKWY Apartment building sold $210K (2020); L&I violation (2025); Inspection failed (2025); Inspection passed (2026). Owner-occupied $222K 4/2 1,280 1930 1

Neighborhood

Median income
$70K
household
Own vs. rent
49%
owner-occupied
Median age
30.5
residents
Median rent
$954
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.