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Who owns your block

1600 block of Locust St

A mixed-ownership block: 42% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 2 homes behind $294,070 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 57% since 2016, now about $2.4M. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    This block appreciated 4.2% per year since 2016 while the city averaged 6.5%, making it slower than the broader market.

  2. 02
    Taxes

    Annual tax abatements for 4 homes equal $294K, matching the exact amount owed in back taxes by 2 delinquent homes.

  3. 03
    Turnover

    Only 6 of 33 homes sold since 2004, meaning 30 properties have never changed hands in 20 years.

By the Numbers

Median value
$2.4M
$358K–$11M
ZIP median $403K
Price / sq ft
$669
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
10.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$3.8M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $2.4M
Tax / yr
$33K
typical · up to $105K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 33
$294K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
42%
14 of 33
city 41%
Rentals
15%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$294K
2 of 33 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 12% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax −$182
5 years
+22%
value · tax +$5K
10 years
+49%
value · tax +$11K

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 $2.4M — about 10.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19102 median of $403K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19102 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19102Philadelphia
Median home value$2.4M$403K$223K
Owner-occupied15%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 394 reported crimes (71 violent) and 440 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
394
71 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
440
82 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts192
Other Assaults49
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief27
All Other Offenses26
Theft from Vehicle19
Fraud18

Top 311 complaints

Street Light Outage85
Graffiti Removal46
Information Request40
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Traffic Signal Emergency25
Maintenance Complaint24

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$2.5M$5.0M$2.4M2016: $1.5M2017: $1.6M2018: $1.6M2019: $1.9M2020: $1.9M2021: $1.9M2022: $1.9M2023: $2.3M2024: $2.3M2025: $2.3M2026: $2.3M2027: $2.4M2016202020232027

▲ +57% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$32,0552016: $18,5662017: $21,3932018: $21,8132019: $26,8792020: $26,8732021: $26,8732022: $26,8792023: $32,0692024: $32,0692025: $32,2372026: $32,2372027: $32,0552016202020232027

▲ +73% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

4
4 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 $293,864 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$5,883pays now $147,063at the full rate

1607-27 Locust St is assessed at $11M but pays $5,883 a year — about 4% of the $147,063 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 157 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $157 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+57%
since 2016
Net rental yield
-0.2%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.3 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 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 30 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20042006200820102012
6arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
30homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 33 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 10 33parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 10

Value distribution today

2 parcels17 parcels7 parcels4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$358K$7.5M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Adr 1601 Locust Lp22$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Aster Elgart Tr (individual)22$4.7Mphila.gov ↗
Clover Investors Llc11$2.3Mphila.gov ↗
Lanesborough 400 Llc11$2.3Mphila.gov ↗
888 Locust Llc11$2.4Mphila.gov ↗
Gieselman Living Trust11$2.5Mphila.gov ↗
Teewinot Hole Llc11$2.5Mphila.gov ↗
Lanes 1200 Llc11$2.4Mphila.gov ↗
1628 Locust Street Associates Lp11$7.5Mphila.gov ↗
St Marks Associates Lp11$2.2Mphila.gov ↗
1635 Locust Associates Ll11$4.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 33 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$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

New construction
1607-27 Locust St
$11M · built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated).
New construction
1610-18 Locust St
$8.2M · built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated).
New construction
1624-28 Locust St
$7.5M · built new under a 2020 permit.
New construction
1602-04 Locust St
$3.5M · built new under a 2024 permit.
New construction
1601 Locust St
$2.6M · built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated).
New construction
1601 Locust St
$2.5M · built new under a 2019 permit.
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1600 LOCUST ST ImprovedBought for $2.1M in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. Absentee individual $1.9M —/— 7,500 1880 1
1601 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $2.7M 3/3 4,327 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Absentee individual $1.7M 2/2 2,300 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $2.3M 3/2 3,498 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $2.6M 3/3 3,422 1929 0 abated
1601 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2008. Investor / LLC $2.3M 3/3 3,467 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $2.4M 3/3 3,542 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit. Investor / LLC $702K —/— 4,029 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $2.4M 3/3 3,516 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. Investor / LLC $2.5M 3/4 3,422 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $2.5M 3/3 3,513 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $2.4M 3/3 3,447 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $2.3M 3/4 3,422 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $2.4M 3/3 3,422 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $2.4M 3/4 3,422 1929 0 rented
1601 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $2.3M 3/3 3,479 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $2.4M 3/2 3,446 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $2.3M 3/3 3,422 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $2.3M 3/3 3,419 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $2.4M 3/3 3,403 1929 0
1601 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $358K —/— 4,344 1929 0
1602-04 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit. Owner-occupied $3.5M —/— 14,612 1895 0 rented
1606 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $3.1M —/— 7,800 1860 0 rented
1607-27 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $11M —/— 38,564 1890 0 abated
1608 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Absentee individual $1.5M —/— 6,084 1929 0 rented
1610-18 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $8.2M —/— 83,043 2010 0 rentedabated
1620 LOCUST ST New constructionBought for $450K in 2011, built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated), sold for $2.4M in 2012. Absentee individual $1.6M —/— 8,199 1880 3 abated
1622 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $3.8M —/— 12,524 1854 0
1624-28 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit. Investor / LLC $7.5M —/— 49,000 1940 0 1 viol
1629 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $2.2M —/— 9,000 1899 0
1630 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $2.0M —/— 8,319 1926 0
1631 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $3.5M —/— 15,185 1890 0
1635-37 LOCUST ST ImprovedBought for $2.1M in 2004. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $4.2M —/— 18,000 1880 2

Neighborhood

Median income
$208K
household
Own vs. rent
20%
owner-occupied
Median age
32.3
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-08 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.