Who owns your block
1600 block of John F Kennedy Blvd
A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is down 97% since 2016, now about $1.7M. Property taxes are climbing about 35% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $1.7M — about 7.6× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19103 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.7M | $608K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 28% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 296 reported crimes (67 violent) and 138 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
- $1.7M typical home, down -97% since 2016
- Tax bill $720,140 to $10,192 a year, -35%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $212M assessed, $2,898,713/yr to the city, about $362,339 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▼ -97% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -99% since 2016 · ~-35%/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:
- 1600s-26 John F Kennedy Blvdtax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $1.1M
- 1600s-26 John F Kennedy Blvdtax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $23K
- 1601s-29 John F Kennedy Blvdtax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $1.9M
- 1628s-40 John F Kennedy Blvdexemption0.00%$0/yr on $140K
- 1628 John F Kennedy Blvdtax-abated new construction0.00%$0/yr on $1.5M
The starkest example: 1601s-29 John F Kennedy Blvd is assessed at $1.9M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $27,095 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 -26.7% 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 $3 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.
Who owns it
Ownership of 8 parcels
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Septa, carries 28 open violations across 295 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Septa (individual) | 5 | 295 | $217M | phila.gov ↗ |
| One Penn Associates L P | 1 | 1 | $97M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Eight Penn Center Partner | 1 | 1 | $41M | phila.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 8 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 | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600S-26 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD | Absentee individual | $1.1M | 18,628 | — | 0 | abated |
| 1600S-26 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD | Absentee individual | $23K | 789 | — | 0 | abated |
| 1600-26 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit. | Absentee individual | $69M | 544,200 | 1966 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 1601-29 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit. | Investor / LLC | $97M | 798,189 | 1928 | 0 | |
| 1601S-29 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD | Absentee individual | $1.9M | 20,320 | — | 0 | abated |
| 1628-40 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit. | Investor / LLC | $41M | 263,580 | 1981 | 0 | |
| 1628S-40 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD | Vacant | $140K | — | — | 0 | |
| 1628 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD | Absentee individual | $1.5M | 17,500 | 1970 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
First time here?
This is the 1600 block of John F Kennedy Blvd,
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8 homes. Every deed, permit, L&I violation, tax bill and sale the city has on file — one report.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)