Who owns your block
1600 block of S 59th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 74% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 open code violations and 7 homes behind $17,787 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 107% since 2016, now about $135K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.
- 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 $135K — about 0.6× 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 | $135K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 53% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (37 violent) and 222 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
- $135K typical home, up +107% since 2016
- Tax bill $490 to $761 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.6M assessed, $20,716/yr to the city, about $1,090 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +107% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +55% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% 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 $207 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhn Llc | 1 | 1 | $132K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600 S 59TH ST | Vacant | $77K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1615 S 59TH ST History2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 4 L&I violations (2015). | Vacant | $15K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1617 S 59TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $40K in 2006 → $20K in 2016 (-50%). | Owner-occupied | $130K | 3/1 | 1,180 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1619 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $132K | 3/1 | 1,180 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1621 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $128K | 3/1 | 1,180 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1623 S 59TH ST History4 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2012); sold $8K (2014). | Owner-occupied | $132K | 3/1 | 1,180 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1625 S 59TH ST History2 L&I violations (2012); 4 L&I violations (2015). | Owner-occupied | $171K | —/— | 1,260 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1627 S 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1629 S 59TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $24K in 2013 → $53K in 2015 (+126%). | Investor / LLC | $132K | 3/1 | 1,180 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1630 S 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $140K | 4/1 | 1,618 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1631 S 59TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2012); 7 L&I violations (2024). | Owner-occupied | $132K | 3/1 | 1,180 | 1925 | 0 | 7 violtax lien |
| 1632 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 4/1 | 1,618 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1633 S 59TH ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $132K | 3/1 | 1,180 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1634 S 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $154K | 4/1 | 1,618 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1635 S 59TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2011). | Owner-occupied | $135K | 3/1 | 1,180 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1636 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 4/1 | 1,618 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1637 S 59TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $300K in 2007 → $103K in 2007 (-66%). | Absentee individual | $176K | —/— | 1,260 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1638 S 59TH ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 4/1 | 1,618 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1640 S 59TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $169K | 4/1 | 1,618 | 1925 | 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)