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Who owns your block

1600 block of N 30th St

A mixed-ownership block: 55% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 6 homes behind $20,239 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 410% since 2016, now about $140K. Property taxes are climbing about 45% 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
$140K
$38K–$419K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$116
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$250K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $140K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 38
$44K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
55%
20 of 38
city 41%
Rentals
16%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$20K
6 of 38 behind
▲ block 16% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-11%
value · tax −$256
5 years
+160%
value · tax +$689
10 years
+410%
value · tax +$1K

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 $140K — about 0.6× 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$140K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied42%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (34 violent) and 244 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
114
34 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
244
52 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft23
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
Other Assaults17
Thefts14
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8
All Other Offenses7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint41
Illegal Dumping33
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Abandoned Vehicle17
Salting17
Construction Complaints11

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
Edward Gideon
2817 W Glenwood Ave · 184 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$125K$250K$140K2016: $28K2017: $28K2018: $28K2019: $52K2020: $54K2021: $54K2022: $54K2023: $137K2024: $137K2025: $157K2026: $157K2027: $140K2016202020232027

▲ +410% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2102016: $202017: $252018: $562019: $2802020: $2642021: $1272022: $5212023: $8652024: $8912025: $1,2852026: $1,4662027: $1,2102016202020232027

▲ +5950% since 2016 · ~+45%/yr

7
7 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 $43,762 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%
$1,173pays now $5,867at the full rate

1654 N 30th St is assessed at $419K but pays $1,173 a year — about 20% of the $5,867 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +16% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 510 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $510 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+16%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+410%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+16%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+13%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+9.5 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 41 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
41arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 38 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 3 38parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels3 parcels18 parcels5 parcels2 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$38K$361K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Phila (individual)23871$6561Mphila.gov ↗
Harrison Inc182$17Mphila.gov ↗
C3 Real Estate Development Llc114$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Ejk Ventures Llc17$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Inner City Housing Llc13$425Kphila.gov ↗
Your Philly Housing Llc12$314Kphila.gov ↗
Johnson Deborah K Tr (individual)22$282Kphila.gov ↗
Modern Conceptions Llc12$374Kphila.gov ↗
Hp Holding Llc11$392Kphila.gov ↗
30th Street Revocable Trust11$38Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 38 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1610 N 30TH ST Bought for $76K in 2018, built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $160K in 2018. Absentee individual $361K 4/2 1,975 1915 2 rentedabated
1611 N 30TH ST Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 1,080 1915 0 abated
1612 N 30TH ST L&I violation (2013); 5 L&I violations (2022); Appeal complete (2023); sold $230K (2024); 4 L&I violations (2024). Investor / LLC $392K 4/3 1,815 1915 1 rented
1613 N 30TH ST Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,080 1915 0
1614 N 30TH ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2005 → $766K in 2020 (+2964%). Investor / LLC $217K —/— 1,815 1915 2
1615 N 30TH ST Bought for $318K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,080 1915 2
1616 N 30TH ST Owner-occupied $140K 4/1 1,532 1915 1
1617 N 30TH ST Traded 2×: $5K in 2018 → $7K in 2020 (+40%). Vacant $38K —/— 2 tax lien
1618 N 30TH ST Owner-occupied $140K 4/1 1,530 1915 0
1619 N 30TH ST sold $6K (1999); 2 L&I violations (2015); 4 L&I violations (2020); 5 L&I violations (2022). Absentee individual $133K 3/1 1,376 1915 1 4 violtax lien
1620 N 30TH ST Bought for $48K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $334K in 2022. Absentee individual $283K 3/2 1,530 1915 3 abated
1621 N 30TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,224 1915 0
1622 N 30TH ST Bought for $48K in 2006, built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $40K in 2016. Investor / LLC $242K 4/1 1,532 1915 2 abated
1623 N 30TH ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2014 → $150K in 2014 (+275%). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,224 1915 2
1624 N 30TH ST sold $23K (2010); L&I violation (2013). Absentee individual $140K 4/1 1,532 1915 1
1625 N 30TH ST Traded 3×: $2.0M in 2007 → $204K in 2025 (-90%). Investor / LLC $201K 3/1 1,164 1915 3 rented
1626 N 30TH ST Bought for $26K in 2005, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $250K in 2025 (+861%). Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,532 1915 2
1627 N 30TH ST Owner-occupied $141K 3/1 1,224 1915 0
1628 N 30TH ST sold $5K (2004); L&I violation (2010); 7 L&I violations (2012). Investor / LLC $140K 4/1 1,532 1915 1 tax lien
1629 N 30TH ST Bought for $115K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $325K in 2021. Owner-occupied $254K 3/1 1,224 1915 2 tax lien
1630 N 30TH ST Owner-occupied $140K 4/1 1,530 1915 0
1631 N 30TH ST 2 L&I violations (2010); sold $209K (2017). Absentee individual $181K 3/1 1,344 1915 1 rented
1632 N 30TH ST Bought for $130K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $140K 4/1 1,530 1915 2
1633 N 30TH ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,260 1915 0
1634 N 30TH ST Absentee individual $140K 4/1 1,530 1915 0
1635 N 30TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,194 1915 0
1636 N 30TH ST Owner-occupied $140K 4/1 1,530 1915 0
1637 N 30TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $138K 3/1 1,194 1915 0
1638 N 30TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $140K 4/1 1,530 1915 0
1639 N 30TH ST L&I violation (2022). Absentee individual $138K 3/1 1,194 1915 0
1640 N 30TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $141K 4/1 1,535 1915 0 tax lien
1642 N 30TH ST Bought for $41K in 2002, zoning permit in 2020, sold for $360K in 2021 (+778%). Owner-occupied $283K 3/2 1,533 1915 3
1644 N 30TH ST Owner-occupied $141K 4/1 1,535 1915 0
1646 N 30TH ST Bought for $100K in 2018, built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $300K in 2026. Investor / LLC $283K 4/1 1,722 1915 3 rentedabatedtax lien
1648 N 30TH ST 2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $52K —/— 0
1650 N 30TH ST Bought for $101K in 2018, built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated), sold for $143K in 2019. Investor / LLC $345K 3/3 1,884 1915 2 abatedtax lien
1652 N 30TH ST 2 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $41K —/— 0
1654 N 30TH ST Bought for $40K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $560K in 2022. Owner-occupied $419K 4/3 1,905 2022 3 rentedabatedtax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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