Who owns your block
1600 block of South St
A mixed-ownership block: 34% owner-occupied, 34% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $78,217 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 128% since 2016, now about $708K. 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 $708K — about 3.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $708K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 14% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 100 reported crimes (24 violent) and 495 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
- $708K typical home, up +128% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,360 to $9,250 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $31M assessed, $381,698/yr to the city, about $10,906 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +128% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +175% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1619 South St is assessed at $1.3M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $18,260 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 +7.8% 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 $228 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 28 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 21 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 35 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 11
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzly Investments L P | 1 | 4 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Brandstetter Family Llc | 1 | 3 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Center City Properties | 1 | 1 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Michael I Alharir Llc | 1 | 1 | $231K | phila.gov ↗ |
| D & R Bari Investments Llc | 1 | 1 | $626K | phila.gov ↗ |
| South Of No North Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mal1620 Llc | 1 | 1 | $258K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ricciardi Enterprises Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Couzzin'S 6 Llc | 1 | 1 | $983K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1638 South General Lp | 1 | 1 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| South Pa Management Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Swcci Seventeeth Llc | 1 | 1 | $543K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600-02 SOUTH ST ImprovedBought for $425K in 2013. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $1.5M | —/— | 6,950 | 2013 | 1 | rented |
| 1601-05 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $747K | 3/2 | 2,258 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 1601-05 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $574K | 2/2 | 1,583 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 1601-05 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $231K | —/— | 1,990 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 1604 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $688K | —/— | 1,948 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1606 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $750K in 2006 → $800K in 2022 (+7%). | Investor / LLC | $626K | —/— | 1,948 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1607 SOUTH ST Historysold $230K (2005); Appeal granted (2013). | Owner-occupied | $817K | —/— | 2,640 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1608 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $750K in 2006 → $800K in 2022 (+7%). | Investor / LLC | $661K | —/— | 2,040 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1609 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $708K | —/— | 2,187 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1610 SOUTH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $155K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $696K | —/— | 2,147 | 1915 | 1 | abated |
| 1611 SOUTH ST | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 3,771 | 1915 | 1 | rented2 viol |
| 1612-16 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal continued (2009); Appeal continued (2009); Appeal continued (2009); Appeal granted with conditions (2012); Appeal approved (2013); Appeal filed (2014). | Absentee individual | $3.3M | —/— | 13,583 | 2013 | 0 | rented |
| 1613-15 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $1.9M | —/— | 4,710 | 1955 | 0 | |
| 1617 SOUTH ST | Vacant | $239K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1618 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $926K | —/— | 3,000 | 2009 | 0 | rented |
| 1619 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $1.3M | —/— | 3,264 | 1945 | 0 | abated |
| 1620 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2012). | Investor / LLC | $258K | —/— | 2,224 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1620 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $337K | 2/1 | 1,096 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1620 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $330K | 2/1 | 1,120 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1622 SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $140K in 2002 → $625K in 2013 (+346%). | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | —/— | 3,504 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1623 SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $100K in 2000 → $321K in 2012 (+221%). | Owner-occupied | $659K | 3/2 | 2,022 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 1624 SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $149K in 2009 → $760K in 2014 (+411%). | Investor / LLC | $983K | —/— | 3,186 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1625 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $480K in 2017 → $580K in 2022 (+21%). | Investor / LLC | $680K | 3/2 | 2,220 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1626 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $848K | —/— | 2,965 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1627 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $754K | —/— | 2,134 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1628-30 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $1.3M | —/— | 6,362 | 1915 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1629 SOUTH ST New constructionBought for $6K in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $6K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $704K | —/— | 2,030 | 1915 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1631-33 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal denied (2012). | Absentee individual | $122K | —/— | 700 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1631 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $651K | 3/2 | 1,442 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 1632-38 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 12,096 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1633 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $651K | 3/2 | 1,442 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 1635 SOUTH ST | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 3,440 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1637 SOUTH ST ImprovedBought for $180K in 1999. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $543K | 3/2 | 1,050 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1640 SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $129K in 2002 → $420K in 2003 (+226%). | Absentee individual | $1.4M | —/— | 4,620 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1642 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $1.2M | —/— | 3,785 | 2002 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)