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Who owns your block

1600 block of E Walnut Ln

A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 5 open code violations and 4 homes behind $25,957 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $204K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$204K
$190K–$9.8M
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$163
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$228K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $204K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 37
$173K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
92%
34 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
11%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$26K
4 of 37 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$45
5 years
+55%
value · tax +$281
10 years
+76%
value · tax +$247

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 $204K — 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$204K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied62%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 45 reported crimes (14 violent) and 113 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
45
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
113
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults8
Theft from Vehicle7
Motor Vehicle Theft6
All Other Offenses5
Fraud5
Aggravated Assault Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection35
Illegal Dumping19
Maintenance Complaint19
Street Defect8
Abandoned Vehicle5
Information Request5

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$204K2016: $116K2017: $116K2018: $116K2019: $138K2020: $132K2021: $132K2022: $132K2023: $171K2024: $171K2025: $210K2026: $210K2027: $204K2016202020232027

▲ +76% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4962016: $1,2492017: $1,2492018: $1,2472019: $1,3662020: $1,2152021: $1,2152022: $1,2152023: $1,2782024: $1,2782025: $1,5412026: $1,5412027: $1,4962016202020232027

▲ +20% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $173,488 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

12 homes pay the full 1.40%25 pay less
$0pays now $137,738at the full rate

The starkest example: 1601-35 E Walnut Ln is assessed at $9.8M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $137,738 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 176 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+76%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 22 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
22arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
22homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 34Absentee individual: 3 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 34
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

21 parcels4 parcels2 parcels2 parcels2 parcels1 parcels5 parcels
$190K$289K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 37 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1600 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $279K —/— 1,660 1920 0
1601-35 E WALNUT LN built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $9.8M —/— 36,210 2006 0 abated
1602 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,314 1920 0 3 violtax lien
1604 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,308 1920 0 rented
1606 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,314 1920 0
1608 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $246K —/— 1,660 1920 0
1610 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $349K —/— 1,660 1920 1
1612 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 4/1 1,308 1925 0
1614 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $222K 3/1 1,308 1925 0
1616 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,308 1925 0
1618 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,308 1925 0 tax lien
1620 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $207K 4/1 1,308 1925 0
1622 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,308 1925 1
1624 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,314 1925 0
1626 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,314 1925 0
1628 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $225K 3/1 1,308 1925 0
1630 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $246K 4/1 1,660 1925 0 rented
1632 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $65K in 2011 → $85K in 2013 (+32%). Absentee individual $279K 4/2 1,660 1920 2 rented
1634 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,170 1925 0
1636 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $80K in 2024 → $275K in 2024 (+244%). Owner-occupied $275K 3/2 1,164 1925 2
1638 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $190K 4/1 1,164 1925 0
1640 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,164 1925 1
1642 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $70K in 2005 → $130K in 2007 (+86%). Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,164 1943 2
1644 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,164 1925 0
1646 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $36K in 2001 → $68K in 2002 (+88%). Owner-occupied $190K 4/1 1,164 1925 2
1648 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,164 1925 0 tax lien
1650 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,164 1925 0 2 violtax lien
1652 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,164 1925 1
1654 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $190K 4/1 1,164 1925 1
1656 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,164 1925 1
1658 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,314 1925 1
1660 E WALNUT LN Bought for $50K in 2014, built new (tax-abated), sold for $157K in 2014. Owner-occupied $254K 3/2 1,164 1925 2 abated
1662 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,164 1925 0
1664 E WALNUT LN Absentee individual $190K 3/1 1,164 1925 1
1666 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,164 1925 0
1668 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $95K in 2006 → $155K in 2016 (+63%). Owner-occupied $260K 3/1 1,164 1955 3 rented
1670 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $289K —/— 1,660 1920 1

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

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