Who owns your block
1600 block of S 52nd St
A mixed-ownership block: 55% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 3 homes behind $1,359 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 152% since 2016, now about $112K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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 $112K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $112K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 36% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 86 reported crimes (35 violent) and 153 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
- $112K typical home, up +152% since 2016
- Tax bill $461 to $1,367 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.3M assessed, $28,974/yr to the city, about $1,317 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +152% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +197% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1620 S 52nd St is assessed at $210K but pays $1,176 a year — about 40% of the $2,940 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 +8.8% 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 $252 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2007. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Future Is Now Llc, carries 19 open violations across 71 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Is Now Llc | 1 | 71 | $14M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Charles M Major (individual) | 3 | 12 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Offir Partnership Llc | 1 | 8 | $930K | phila.gov ↗ |
| West Philly Development I Llc | 1 | 1 | $600K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1614 S 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $116K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1616 S 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $112K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1618 S 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1620 S 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $14K in 2018. | Absentee individual | $210K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1622 S 52ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $21K in 2015 → $476K in 2021 (+2167%). | Investor / LLC | $111K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 2 | 4 viol |
| 1623 S 52ND ST History3 L&I violations (2010). | Vacant | $52K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1624 S 52ND ST Historysold $54K (2007); 3 L&I violations (2014). | Absentee individual | $112K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1625 S 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $124K | —/— | 1,296 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1626 S 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1628 S 52ND ST HistoryL&I violation (2012). | Absentee individual | $112K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1630 S 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1631 S 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit. | Investor / LLC | $600K | —/— | 2,590 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1632 S 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit, sold for $35K in 2008. | Absentee individual | $111K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1634 S 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2015. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $141K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1636 S 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $182K in 2019. Owner pulled a use permit in 2019. | Absentee individual | $111K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1638 S 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $110K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1640 S 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $151K | 4/1 | 1,984 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1642 S 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $151K | 4/1 | 1,984 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1644 S 52ND ST New constructionBought for $51K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $85K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 3 | abated |
| 1646 S 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $27K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Investor / LLC | $111K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1648 S 52ND ST HistoryL&I violation (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014). | Absentee individual | $116K | 3/1 | 992 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 1653 S 52ND ST | Vacant | $271K | —/— | — | — | 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)