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Who owns your block

1600 block of S 28th St

A mixed-ownership block: 46% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 11 open code violations and 1 home behind $500 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 161% since 2016, now about $188K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$188K
$39K–$578K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$139
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$243K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $188K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 39
$23K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
46%
18 of 39
city 41%
Rentals
38%
15 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
11
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$500
1 of 39 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax +$312
5 years
+134%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+161%
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 $188K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below 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$188K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied26%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 179 reported crimes (66 violent) and 228 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
179
66 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
228
48 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses50
Other Assaults44
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief21
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Fraud9
Thefts9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection58
Salting34
Maintenance Complaint32
Abandoned Vehicle16
Construction Complaints14
Illegal Dumping14

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
Universal Institute Charter School At Alcorn
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$188K2016: $72K2017: $72K2018: $72K2019: $75K2020: $80K2021: $80K2022: $80K2023: $124K2024: $124K2025: $164K2026: $164K2027: $188K2016202020232027

▲ +161% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,4262016: $1,0082017: $1,0082018: $1,0082019: $1,0402020: $1,1182021: $1,1182022: $1,1182023: $1,6102024: $1,6102025: $2,1142026: $2,1142027: $2,4262016202020232027

▲ +141% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 $22,591 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%
$1,264pays now $4,110at the full rate

1615 S 28th St is assessed at $294K but pays $1,264 a year — about 31% of the $4,110 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 +9.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 261 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $261 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+161%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.6 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 90 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
90arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 39 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 12Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 1 39parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 12
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels15 parcels15 parcels2 parcels6 parcels
$39K$294K+

The block's largest owner, Tcs Anika Homes Acquisitions 5 Llc, carries 4 open violations across 57 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Tcs Anika Homes Acquisitions 5 Llc157$13Mphila.gov ↗
Point Property Managemen,224$4.6Mphila.gov ↗
Legancy Real State Development Llc123$2.5Mphila.gov ↗
Trung Huy Llc18$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Bella Group Inc15$867Kphila.gov ↗
1517 S 24th St Llc13$559Kphila.gov ↗
Ant Jul Llc13$448Kphila.gov ↗
Y M Investment Llc11$173Kphila.gov ↗
1613 28th Llc11$188Kphila.gov ↗
1629 37 S 28th St Llc11$578Kphila.gov ↗
T M Prestige R E I Llc11$251Kphila.gov ↗
Graystate Llc11$39Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 39 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 28TH ST Bought for $130K in 2021. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $195K —/— 1,692 1920 1
1601 S 28TH ST Bought for $9K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $198K 3/1 1,408 1920 1 rented
1602 S 28TH ST Traded 4×: $20K in 2003 → $125K in 2022 (+525%). Investor / LLC $271K 3/3 1,248 1920 4
1603 S 28TH ST Bought for $38K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $200K 3/1 1,400 1920 3 rented
1604 S 28TH ST Bought for $70K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,398 1920 1
1605 S 28TH ST Bought for $20K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $188K —/— 1,400 1920 3 rented
1606 S 28TH ST built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $70K in 2018. Investor / LLC $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 1 11 violtax lien
1607 S 28TH ST Bought for $28K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $250K in 2020 (+793%). Owner-occupied $294K 3/2 1,400 1920 3
1608 S 28TH ST Bought for $26K in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 3 rented
1609 S 28TH ST Traded 4×: $230K in 2000 → $77K in 2016 (-67%). Investor / LLC $174K 3/1 1,224 1920 4 rented
1610 S 28TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $36K in 2001. Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 1 abated
1611 S 28TH ST sold $50K (2006); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2015); 2 L&I violations (2018). Absentee individual $204K —/— 1,400 1920 1
1612 S 28TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2002. Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 1 abated
1613 S 28TH ST Bought for $12K in 2002. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $188K 3/1 1,400 1920 2 tax lien
1614 S 28TH ST Bought for $40K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $181K in 2025 (+354%). Investor / LLC $173K 4/1 1,248 1920 3 rented
1615 S 28TH ST Bought for $59K in 2005, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $305K in 2020. Owner-occupied $294K 3/3 1,400 1920 3 abated
1616 S 28TH ST Bought for $45K in 2004, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $122K in 2022. Investor / LLC $271K 3/1 1,248 1920 4 rentedabated
1617 S 28TH ST Bought for $44K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,400 1920 3
1618 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 1
1619 S 28TH ST Bought for $65K in 2013. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. Absentee individual $240K —/— 1,400 1920 1 rented
1620 S 28TH ST Traded 6×: $10K in 2002 → $120K in 2017 (+1100%). Absentee individual $186K 3/1 1,398 1920 6 rented
1621 S 28TH ST Bought for $32K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,400 1920 1
1622 S 28TH ST Traded 4×: $20K in 2001 → $1.3M in 2011 (+6481%). Investor / LLC $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 4 rented
1623 S 28TH ST Bought for $34K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $90K in 2010 (+161%). Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,400 1920 3
1624 S 28TH ST sold $11K (2000); L&I violation (2017). Investor / LLC $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 1 rented
1625 S 28TH ST built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $235K in 2018. Owner-occupied $294K 3/2 1,400 1920 2
1626 S 28TH ST Bought for $42K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 1
1627 S 28TH ST Bought for $30K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,400 1920 2
1628 S 28TH ST Bought for $50K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 2
1629-37 S 28TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $578K —/— 9,544 1940 3 tax lien
1630 S 28TH ST Bought for $230K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $251K 4/2 1,248 1920 4 rented
1632 S 28TH ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2004 → $210K in 2020 (+320%). Owner-occupied $217K 4/1 1,248 1920 2
1634 S 28TH ST Bought for $56K in 2002, addition and/or alteration permit in 2024, sold for $305K in 2026 (+446%). Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 3 rented
1636 S 28TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2005 → $125K in 2019 (+127%). Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 2
1638 S 28TH ST Traded 3×: $10K in 2004 → $88K in 2006 (+779%). Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,248 1920 3
1639 S 28TH ST sold $240K (2013); 2 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $39K —/— 1 tax lien
1640 S 28TH ST Bought for $145K in 2018. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $217K 4/2 1,248 1920 1 rented
1642 S 28TH ST Traded 2×: $54K in 2013 → $68K in 2016 (+27%). Absentee individual $169K 3/1 1,248 1920 2 rented
1644 S 28TH ST Bought for $39K in 2003. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Absentee individual $198K —/— 1,721 1920 3

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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