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Who owns your block

1600 block of Stenton Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $16 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 68% since 2016, now about $203K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$203K
$182K–$326K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$125
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
8 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$16
1 of 8 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$198
5 years
+87%
value · tax +$587
10 years
+68%
value · tax +$122

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 $203K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$203K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied75%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 63 reported crimes (28 violent) and 186 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
63
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
186
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults21
Fraud10
Thefts6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection55
Maintenance Complaint23
Illegal Dumping18
Street Light Outage13
Abandoned Vehicle11
Sanitation Violation9

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 · K-5
Prince Hall
6101 N Gratz St · 317 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$125K$250K$203K2016: $121K2017: $121K2018: $121K2019: $113K2020: $108K2021: $108K2022: $108K2023: $151K2024: $151K2025: $191K2026: $191K2027: $203K2016202020232027

▲ +68% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4752016: $1,3532017: $1,3532018: $1,3532019: $1,0252020: $8882021: $8882022: $8882023: $1,0042024: $1,0042025: $1,2772026: $1,2772027: $1,4752016202020232027

▲ +9% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9010025020162019202220252027This block 168 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $168 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+68%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.6 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
6arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$182K$241K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 8 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1600 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $185K in 2006 → $272K in 2021 (+47%). Owner-occupied $326K 4/2 2,296 1925 3
1602 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $205K 4/2 1,666 1925 0
1604 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $182K 3/2 1,306 1925 0
1606 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $196K 3/2 1,644 1925 1
1608 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $201K 4/2 1,658 1925 0
1610 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $201K 4/2 1,652 1925 0
1612 STENTON AVE Traded 2×: $40K in 2002 → $76K in 2002 (+90%). Owner-occupied $206K 4/2 1,652 1925 2
1614 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $241K 4/2 1,700 1925 0

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

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.