Who owns your block
1600 block of N 33rd St
A mixed-ownership block: 17% owner-occupied, 28% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 2 homes behind $1,347 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 308% since 2016, now about $336K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $336K — about 1.5× 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 block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $336K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 3% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 60 reported crimes (22 violent) and 85 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $336K typical home, up +308% since 2016
- Tax bill $610 to $1,390 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.7M assessed, $82,937/yr to the city, about $2,860 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +308% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +128% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1601 N 33rd St is assessed at $370K but pays $1,529 a year — about 30% of the $5,183 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 +13.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $408 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 26 arm's-length sales since 1996. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 13
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bt Philly Llc | 4 | 7 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Habitat For Humanity Philadelphia Inc | 1 | 6 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Oliver Kell (individual) | 2 | 2 | $1000K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Prairie Horizon Investment Llc | 1 | 1 | $137K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1623 North 33 Llc | 1 | 1 | $446K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Buildyisrael Llc | 1 | 1 | $473K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 29 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 N 33RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $287K | 2/1 | 932 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1601 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $370K | 3/1 | 1,206 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1601 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $337K | 2/1 | 1,064 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1603 N 33RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $347K | 2/2 | 1,012 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1603 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $337K | 2/1 | 962 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1605 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $347K | 2/2 | 1,008 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1605 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $336K | 2/1 | 930 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1607 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $347K | 2/2 | 1,008 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1607 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $336K | 2/1 | 898 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1609 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $8K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $455K | —/— | 3,135 | 1915 | 4 | tax lien |
| 1611 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2004. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $455K | 5/3 | 3,135 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1613 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $135K | 1/1 | 475 | 1915 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1613 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $297K | 3/3 | 1,745 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1613 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $225K | 2/2 | 780 | 1915 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1613 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $124K | —/1 | 317 | 1915 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1615 1/2 N 33RD ST | Vacant | $29K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1615 N 33RD ST | Owner-occupied | $265K | —/— | 3,135 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1617-19 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2004. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 8/2 | 2,250 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1621 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $275K in 2025. Owner pulled a exterior window and door replacement permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $275K | —/— | 2,550 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1623 N 33RD ST New constructionBought for $190K in 2005, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $247K in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $446K | —/— | 6,169 | 1915 | 5 | |
| 1625 N 33RD ST TradedTraded 2×: $190K in 2005 → $33K in 2008 (-83%). | Vacant | $78K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1627 N 33RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $70K in 2005 → $33K in 2008 (-54%). | Vacant | $78K | —/— | — | — | 3 | |
| 1629 N 33RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit, sold for $325K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $462K | —/— | 3,186 | 1915 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 1631 N 33RD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $170K in 2004, addition and/or alteration permit in 2023, sold for $515K in 2024 (+203%). | Absentee individual | $473K | 6/4 | 3,636 | 1915 | 4 | rented |
| 1633 N 33RD ST History2 L&I violations (2015); sold $431K (2019); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Owner-occupied | $527K | 6/5 | 3,636 | 1915 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 1635 N 33RD ST HistoryL&I violation (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); 7 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Investor / LLC | $473K | 6/4 | 3,636 | 1915 | 0 | 2 viol |
| 1637 N 33RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. | Absentee individual | $382K | —/— | 3,186 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1639 N 33RD ST History2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2017). | Vacant | $78K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1641-45 N 33RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $232K | —/— | 1,584 | 1915 | 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)