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Who owns your block

1600 block of S 16th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 79% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 17 open code violations and 4 homes behind $24,362 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 194% since 2016, now about $273K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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
$273K
$240K–$568K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$223
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$396K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $273K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 43
$47K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
79%
34 of 43
city 41%
Rentals
12%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
17
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$24K
4 of 43 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$87
5 years
+120%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+194%
value · tax +$2K

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 $273K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$273K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied56%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 103 reported crimes (24 violent) and 257 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
103
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
257
37 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle20
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Other Assaults15
All Other Offenses11
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection58
Salting29
Maintenance Complaint23
Illegal Dumping20
Other (Streets)18
Sanitation Violation17

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
George W Childs
1599 Wharton St · 443 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$250K$500K$273K2016: $93K2017: $93K2018: $93K2019: $115K2020: $124K2021: $124K2022: $124K2023: $232K2024: $232K2025: $253K2026: $262K2027: $273K2016202020232027

▲ +194% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,2942016: $9772017: $1,0302018: $1,0302019: $1,3032020: $1,2152021: $1,2152022: $1,2152023: $2,7092024: $2,7932025: $3,2072026: $3,2072027: $3,2942016202020232027

▲ +237% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr

4
4 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 $47,252 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%
$4,762pays now $7,956at the full rate

1648 S 16th St is assessed at $568K but pays $4,762 a year — about 60% of the $7,956 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 +10.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 294 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $294 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+194%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.8 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 72 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M2004201020162022
72arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 43 parcels

Owner-occupied: 34Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 4 43parcels
  • Owner-occupied 34
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

19 parcels5 parcels3 parcels2 parcels4 parcels4 parcels6 parcels
$240K$422K+

The block's largest owner, Cumberland Property Associates Llc, carries 7 open violations across 6 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Cumberland Property Associates Llc16$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Poon Family Irrevocable Trust13$734Kphila.gov ↗
16xseven Llc12$990Kphila.gov ↗
1600 Emily Inc11$275Kphila.gov ↗
1619s16cde Llc11$363Kphila.gov ↗
1648 House Llc11$568Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 43 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
1600 S 16TH ST sold $15K (2003); 10 L&I violations (2017). Owner-occupied $275K —/— 1,872 1925 1 10 viol
1602 S 16TH ST Bought for $330K in 2017. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Absentee individual $380K 4/1 1,520 1925 1
1604 S 16TH ST Bought for $10K in 2010, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $280K in 2020 (+2700%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,376 1925 3
1606 S 16TH ST built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $257K 3/1 1,232 1925 0 abated
1608 S 16TH ST Traded 4×: $60K in 2005 → $180K in 2014 (+200%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,376 1925 4
1610 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,232 1925 0
1611 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $260K 3/1 1,080 1925 1
1612 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,232 1925 0
1613 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $171K in 2014 → $278K in 2017 (+63%). Owner-occupied $335K 3/1 1,160 1925 2
1614 S 16TH ST Bought for $250K in 2018, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $750K in 2021. Owner-occupied $563K 3/2 2,043 1925 2
1615 S 16TH ST Bought for $32K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $330K in 2025 (+931%). Owner-occupied $251K 3/2 1,200 1925 3
1616 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $2.3M in 2024 → $181K in 2026 (-92%). Absentee individual $257K 3/1 1,232 1925 2 rented
1617 S 16TH ST Bought for $105K in 2014, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $400K in 2024. Investor / LLC $363K 3/2 1,336 1925 3 rented
1618 S 16TH ST Bought for $36K in 2001, built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated), sold for $439K in 2025. Owner-occupied $405K 3/1 1,246 1925 4 abated
1619 S 16TH ST Bought for $62K in 2009. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $363K 3/2 1,334 1925 3 rented
1620 S 16TH ST Bought for $15K in 1999, mechanical permit in 2016, sold for $391K in 2025 (+2597%). Owner-occupied $373K 3/2 1,370 1925 4
1621 S 16TH ST Bought for $70K in 2006, electrical permit in 2015, sold for $400K in 2025 (+471%). Owner-occupied $363K 3/2 1,334 1925 4
1622 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,232 1925 0 tax lien
1623 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 tax lien
1624 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,232 1925 0
1625 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,200 1925 0 tax lien
1626 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $272K —/— 1,336 1925 0
1627 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,080 1925 1
1628 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2013 → $98K in 2013 (+118%). Investor / LLC $262K 3/1 1,292 1925 2 rented
1629 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,200 1925 0
1630 S 16TH ST Bought for $185K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $410K 3/2 1,292 1925 1 tax lien
1631 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,200 1925 0 2 viol
1632 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $57K in 2003 → $177K in 2014 (+211%). Owner-occupied $380K 4/2 1,472 1915 2
1633 S 16TH ST 3 L&I violations (2009); 5 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2025). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,080 1925 0 5 viol
1634 S 16TH ST Bought for $132K in 2016, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $368K in 2019 (+178%). Owner-occupied $458K 3/2 1,700 1925 2
1635 S 16TH ST Bought for $83K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $307K in 2022 (+1706%). Owner-occupied $344K 3/1 1,240 1925 6
1636 S 16TH ST Bought for $153K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $390K in 2020. Owner-occupied $422K 3/2 1,304 1925 3 abated
1637 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,200 1925 0
1638 S 16TH ST Bought for $174K in 2009, mechanical permit in 2009, sold for $429K in 2025 (+1044%). Owner-occupied $371K 3/1 1,352 1925 6
1639 S 16TH ST Bought for $32K in 2003. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $326K 3/2 1,080 1925 2
1640 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Absentee individual $273K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
1641 S 16TH ST Bought for $15K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $156K in 2007 (+942%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,080 1925 3
1642 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $273K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
1643 S 16TH ST Bought for $12K in 2005, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $180K in 2014. Owner-occupied $301K 3/1 1,080 1925 4
1644 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,232 1925 1
1645 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,080 1925 0
1646 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $290K 4/1 1,568 1925 0
1648 S 16TH ST Bought for $275K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $629K in 2022. Investor / LLC $568K —/— 2,896 1915 2 rentedabatedtax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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