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Who owns your block

1600 block of N 19th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 87% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $32,694 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 181% since 2016, now about $421K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$421K
$130K–$425K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$226
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2000
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
87%
13 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
7%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$33K
3 of 15 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+23%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+148%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+181%
value · tax +$3K

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 $421K — about 1.9× 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$421K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied80%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 260 reported crimes (75 violent) and 168 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
260
75 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
168
48 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses70
Other Assaults52
Thefts29
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief26
Theft from Vehicle17
Motor Vehicle Theft15

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint37
Street Defect19
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Abandoned Vehicle16
Illegal Dumping15
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
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$250K$500K$421K2016: $150K2017: $150K2018: $150K2019: $165K2020: $170K2021: $170K2022: $170K2023: $275K2024: $275K2025: $344K2026: $344K2027: $421K2016202020232027

▲ +181% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,4982016: $1,8452017: $1,8452018: $1,6802019: $1,8102020: $1,8212021: $1,8212022: $1,8212023: $2,7352024: $2,7352025: $3,4112026: $3,4112027: $4,4982016202020232027

▲ +144% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 281 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $281 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+181%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.3 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20002004200820122016
21arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Absentee individual: 2 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels10 parcels
$130K$425K

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

House by house

All 15 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1615 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $200K in 2006 → $241K in 2015 (+20%). Absentee individual $130K —/— 1,800 1940 2
1616 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $279K 4/2 1,785 2000 1
1617 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $421K 4/2 1,836 2000 1
1618 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $279K 4/2 1,785 2000 1
1619 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $411K 4/2 1,836 2001 1 tax lien
1620 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $263K 4/2 1,785 2000 1 tax lien
1622 N 19TH ST Bought for $46K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $263K 4/2 1,785 2000 1 rented
1623 N 19TH ST Bought for $42K in 2001. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $425K 4/2 1,836 2000 1
1625 N 19TH ST Bought for $42K in 2001. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $423K 4/2 1,836 2000 1
1627 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $157K in 2011 → $175K in 2016 (+11%). Owner-occupied $423K 4/2 1,836 2000 3
1629 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $425K 4/2 1,836 2000 1
1631 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $425K 4/2 1,836 2000 1
1633 N 19TH ST Vacant land, last sold for $46K in 2001. Owner-occupied $421K 4/2 1,866 2000 2
1635 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $174K in 2014 → $183K in 2017 (+5%). Absentee individual $425K 4/2 1,866 2000 3
1637 N 19TH ST sold $46K (2000); 2 L&I violations (2009). Owner-occupied $425K 4/2 2,010 2000 1 tax lien

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.