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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.

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
$708K
$122K–$3.3M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$309
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $46K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 35
$55K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
34%
12 of 35
city 41%
Rentals
57%
20 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$78K
2 of 35 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
16
9 homes · ZBA & boards
block 26% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$603
5 years
+32%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+128%
value · tax +$6K

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 $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 blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$708K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied14%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.

Crimes · 12mo
100
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
495
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts33
Other Assaults19
Theft from Vehicle10
Burglary Non-Residential9
Motor Vehicle Theft9
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection118
Salting77
Graffiti Removal47
Street Defect38
Illegal Dumping32
Maintenance Complaint18

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 · K-8
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 students

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$1.0M$2.0M$708K2016: $311K2017: $311K2018: $509K2019: $535K2020: $535K2021: $535K2022: $535K2023: $627K2024: $627K2025: $646K2026: $646K2027: $708K2016202020232027

▲ +128% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$9,2502016: $3,3602017: $3,5492018: $4,9272019: $6,1772020: $6,2562021: $6,2562022: $6,2562023: $8,2772024: $8,3892025: $8,5332026: $8,6472027: $9,2502016202020232027

▲ +175% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

4
4 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $55,493 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $18,260at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 228 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+7.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+128%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.3 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 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

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
28arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
21homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 35 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 11Absentee individual: 11Vacant: 1 35parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 11
  • Absentee individual 11
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

6 parcels1 parcels13 parcels5 parcels3 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$122K$1.7M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Grizzly Investments L P14$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Brandstetter Family Llc13$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Center City Properties11$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Michael I Alharir Llc11$231Kphila.gov ↗
D & R Bari Investments Llc11$626Kphila.gov ↗
South Of No North Llc11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Mal1620 Llc11$258Kphila.gov ↗
Ricciardi Enterprises Llc11$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Couzzin'S 6 Llc11$983Kphila.gov ↗
1638 South General Lp11$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
South Pa Management Llc11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Swcci Seventeeth Llc11$543Kphila.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

$0$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1600-02 SOUTH ST Bought 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 Owner 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 Traded 2×: $750K in 2006 → $800K in 2022 (+7%). Investor / LLC $626K —/— 1,948 1915 2 rented
1607 SOUTH ST sold $230K (2005); Appeal granted (2013). Owner-occupied $817K —/— 2,640 1915 1 rented
1608 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $750K in 2006 → $800K in 2022 (+7%). Investor / LLC $661K —/— 2,040 1915 2 rented
1609 SOUTH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $708K —/— 2,187 1915 0 rented
1610 SOUTH ST built 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 Appeal 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 Owner 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 Appeal 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 Traded 3×: $140K in 2002 → $625K in 2013 (+346%). Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 3,504 1915 3 rented
1623 SOUTH ST Traded 4×: $100K in 2000 → $321K in 2012 (+221%). Owner-occupied $659K 3/2 2,022 1915 4
1624 SOUTH ST Traded 3×: $149K in 2009 → $760K in 2014 (+411%). Investor / LLC $983K —/— 3,186 1915 3 rented
1625 SOUTH ST Traded 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 Bought 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 Appeal 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 Owner 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 Bought 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 Traded 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)

Where this comes from

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