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Who owns your block

1600 block of S 30th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 140% since 2016, now about $305K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$305K
$243K–$305K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$211
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2006
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
80%
8 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
10%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+12%
value · tax +$461
5 years
+81%
value · tax +$818
10 years
+140%
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 $305K — about 1.4× 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$305K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied70%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (34 violent) and 135 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
114
34 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
135
54 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses24
Other Assaults20
Thefts13
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle24
Maintenance Complaint21
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
Illegal Dumping9
Information Request7
Street Defect7

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$250K$500K$305K2016: $127K2017: $127K2018: $127K2019: $157K2020: $169K2021: $169K2022: $169K2023: $240K2024: $240K2025: $272K2026: $272K2027: $305K2016202020232027

▲ +140% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8632016: $1,3362017: $1,7662018: $1,7572019: $2,1932020: $2,2952021: $2,0452022: $2,0452023: $2,2442024: $2,2442025: $2,4022026: $2,4022027: $2,8632016202020232027

▲ +114% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 240 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $240 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+140%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.8 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
15arm's-length sales since 2004
2times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Absentee individual: 2 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels7 parcels
$243K$305K

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

House by house

All 10 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1600 S 30TH ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2006 → $185K in 2018 (+54%). Absentee individual $293K —/1 1,440 2006 2
1602 S 30TH ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2006 → $140K in 2011 (+17%). Owner-occupied $305K —/1 1,440 2006 2
1604 S 30TH ST Bought for $120K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $305K —/1 1,440 2006 1
1606 S 30TH ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2006 → $191K in 2017 (+59%). Owner-occupied $305K —/1 1,440 2006 2
1608 S 30TH ST Owner-occupied $305K —/1 1,440 2006 1
1610 S 30TH ST Bought for $120K in 2006, built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $311K in 2022. Owner-occupied $305K 3/1 1,440 2006 2
1612 S 30TH ST Vacant land, last sold for $120K in 2004. Absentee individual $243K 3/1 1,440 2006 2 rented
1614 S 30TH ST Owner-occupied $305K —/1 1,440 2005 1
1616 S 30TH ST Owner-occupied $305K —/1 1,440 2006 1
1618 S 30TH ST Owner-occupied $293K —/1 1,440 2006 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.