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Who owns your block

1600 block of N 25th St

A mixed-ownership block: 14% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 4 homes behind $31,495 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 918% since 2016, now about $52K. Property taxes are climbing about 23% 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
$52K
$49K–$355K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$167
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$726
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 7
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
14%
1 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
14%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$31K
4 of 7 behind
▲ block 57% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-24%
value · tax −$268
5 years
+525%
value · tax +$571
10 years
+525%
value · tax +$571

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 $52K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below 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$52K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied0%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 187 reported crimes (82 violent) and 305 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
187
82 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
305
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults51
All Other Offenses24
Thefts24
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief21
Aggravated Assault No Firearm13
Theft from Vehicle12

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint62
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection58
Abandoned Vehicle29
Street Defect28
Illegal Dumping26
Dangerous Sidewalk11

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
William D Kelley
1601 N 28th St · 205 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$50K$100K$52K2016: $5K2017: $8K2018: $8K2019: $8K2020: $8K2021: $8K2022: $8K2023: $57K2024: $57K2025: $68K2026: $68K2027: $52K2016202020232027

▲ +918% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6872016: $712017: $1162018: $1162019: $1162020: $1162021: $1162022: $1162023: $7922024: $7922025: $9552026: $9552027: $6872016202020232027

▲ +868% since 2016 · ~+23%/yr

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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 $4,533 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +23.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100200020162019202220252027This block 1018 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $1018 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+23.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+918%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+23.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+20.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+17 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 2008. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20082012201620202024
7arm's-length sales since 2008
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 1Vacant: 5 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$49K$93K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Wayland Temple Dev (individual)44$202Kphila.gov ↗
Infinity Re Holdings Llc13$823Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 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
1616 N 25TH ST 4 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); sold $10K (2024). Vacant $49K —/— 1 tax lien
1618 N 25TH ST 4 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); sold $15K (2024). Vacant $49K —/— 1 tax lien
1620 N 25TH ST Bought for $25K in 2008, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $188K in 2023 (+652%). Owner-occupied $49K —/— 1,927 1915 3
1622 N 25TH ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $73K in 2024. Vacant $52K —/— 1 tax lien
1624 N 25TH ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $42K in 2024. Vacant $52K —/— 1 tax lien
1626 N 25TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $355K 4/2 2,131 1915 0 rentedabatedtax lien
1628-30 N 25TH ST Vacant $93K —/— 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.