Who owns your block
1600 block of Solly Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 70% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 107% since 2016, now about $388K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $388K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19152 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $388K | $330K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 30% | 59% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 29 reported crimes (5 violent) and 55 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
- $388K typical home, up +107% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,581 to $5,406 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.3M assessed, $56,400/yr to the city, about $5,640 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +107% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +109% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1623-25 Solly Ave is assessed at $454K but pays $5,951 a year — about 94% of the $6,351 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 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 10 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1615 SOLLY AVE | Absentee individual | $407K | 1,070 | 2005 | 1 | |
| 1617 SOLLY AVE TradedTraded 2×: $41K in 2005 → $800K in 2026 (+1832%). | Owner-occupied | $710K | 4,290 | 2004 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1619 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $388K | 2,240 | 1960 | 1 | 4 viol |
| 1621 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $388K | 2,240 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 1623-25 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $454K | 4,240 | 1960 | 0 | abated |
| 1627 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $369K | 2,240 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 1629 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $379K | 2,240 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 1631 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $385K | 2,240 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 1633 SOLLY AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $219K in 2006 → $418K in 2022 (+91%). | Absentee individual | $384K | 2,240 | 1960 | 4 | |
| 1635 SOLLY AVE | Absentee individual | $393K | 2,436 | 1960 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)