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Who owns your block

1600 block of N 18th St

A mixed-ownership block: 22% owner-occupied, 22% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 52% since 2016, now about $318K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$318K
$149K–$708K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$155
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 9
$13K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
22%
2 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
11%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-11%
value · tax −$518
5 years
+31%
value · tax +$841
10 years
+52%
value · tax +$1K

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 $318K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$318K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied22%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 331 reported crimes (88 violent) and 261 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
331
88 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
261
65 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses114
Other Assaults59
Thefts33
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief29
Theft from Vehicle18
Motor Vehicle Theft14

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint62
Street Defect43
Sanitation Violation21
Illegal Dumping18
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Abandoned Vehicle17

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
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$500K$1.0M$318K2016: $209K2017: $209K2018: $209K2019: $251K2020: $242K2021: $242K2022: $242K2023: $342K2024: $342K2025: $358K2026: $358K2027: $318K2016202020232027

▲ +52% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,5962016: $2,3962017: $2,4502018: $2,4502019: $2,8672020: $2,7552021: $2,7552022: $2,7552023: $3,6632024: $3,6632025: $4,1142026: $4,1142027: $3,5962016202020232027

▲ +50% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

1
1 property 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 $13,330 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%
$0pays now $4,388at the full rate

1615 N 18th St is assessed at $314K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,388 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 +3.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 152 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $152 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+52%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.6 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020042008201220162020
7arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 2 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$149K$439K+

The block's largest owner, Ddh Fund Lp, carries 74 open violations across 52 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ddh Fund Lp152$8.2Mphila.gov ↗
Jackson Frances Googe (individual)22$467Kphila.gov ↗
1619 N 18th Street Llc11$708Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 9 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
1603 N 18TH ST Owner-occupied $430K 3/2 1,800 1999 0
1607 N 18TH ST Traded 2×: $44K in 2000 → $44K in 2007 (+0%). Owner-occupied $283K 4/2 1,716 1915 2
1609 N 18TH ST built new under a 2018 permit. Investor / LLC $257K —/— 2,244 1915 0 rented
1611 N 18TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008). Vacant $149K —/— 0
1613 N 18TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2008. Absentee individual $318K —/— 2,010 1915 0
1615 N 18TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $314K 4/3 2,424 1915 0 abated
1617 N 18TH ST Bought for $155K in 2008, electrical permit in 2008, sold for $370K in 2020 (+139%). Absentee individual $341K 6/3 2,424 1915 4
1619-21 N 18TH ST Bought for $160K in 2011. Owner pulled a suppression permit in 2013. Investor / LLC $708K 4/2 4,569 2000 1
1623-31 N 18TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2018); Appeal denied (2023); Appeal complete (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $439K —/— 0

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

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.