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Who owns your block

1600 block of N 72nd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $7,122 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 16% since 2016, now about $426K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$426K
$323K–$588K
ZIP median $189K
Price / sq ft
$187
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$492K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $426K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
11 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$7K
1 of 11 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
0%
value · tax −$164
5 years
+27%
value · tax +$399
10 years
+16%
value · tax +$224

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 $426K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19151 median of $189K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19151 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19151Philadelphia
Median home value$426K$189K$223K
Owner-occupied91%54%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 11 reported crimes (1 violent) and 35 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
11
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
35
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Fraud1
Other Assaults1
Receiving Stolen Property1

Top 311 complaints

Street Light Outage9
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection7
Abandoned Vehicle5
Salting5
Illegal Dumping2
Dangerous Sidewalk1

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
Robert E Lamberton
7501 Woodbine Ave · 362 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$500K$1.0M$426K2016: $367K2017: $367K2018: $367K2019: $368K2020: $336K2021: $336K2022: $336K2023: $336K2024: $336K2025: $427K2026: $427K2027: $426K2016202020232027

▲ +16% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$4,9372016: $4,7132017: $4,7132018: $4,7132019: $4,7592020: $4,5382021: $4,5382022: $4,5382023: $4,1562024: $3,5812025: $4,5752026: $5,1012027: $4,9372016202020232027

▲ +5% since 2016 · ~+0%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9210025020162019202220252027This block 116 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $116 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+16%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.1 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
10arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels4 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$323K$576K+

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

House by house

All 11 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
1600 N 72ND ST Owner-occupied $453K 4/2 2,178 1925 1
1601 N 72ND ST Bought for $371K in 2024. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $426K —/— 2,232 1925 1
1605 N 72ND ST Owner-occupied $396K —/— 2,291 1925 0
1606 N 72ND ST Bought for $290K in 2010. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $323K —/— 1,540 1925 2
1610 N 72ND ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $406K —/— 2,530 1925 0
1614 N 72ND ST Bought for $280K in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $340K —/— 1,486 1925 1
1617 N 72ND ST Bought for $195K in 2000. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $506K —/— 2,502 1958 1
1618 N 72ND ST Bought for $185K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $416K 4/3 2,241 1954 2
1622 N 72ND ST Owner-occupied $576K —/— 4,938 1925 0
1623 N 72ND ST Owner-occupied $511K —/— 2,727 1953 1
1626 N 72ND ST Bought for $250K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $588K —/— 4,938 1925 1

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.