Who owns your block
1600 block of Swain St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 3 homes behind $28,844 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 68% since 2016, now about $422K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $422K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19130 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $422K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 24% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 108 reported crimes (25 violent) and 379 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
- $422K typical home, up +68% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,567 to $4,189 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $12M assessed, $96,223/yr to the city, about $3,849 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +68% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +63% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1629 Swain St is assessed at $1.0M but pays $2,800 a year — about 20% of the $13,998 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.8% 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 $168 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 34 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Francisville Associates, carries 1 open violation across 6 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisville Associates | 2 | 6 | $276K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rymar Properties Llc | 2 | 3 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Peer Investments | 1 | 2 | $740K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1608 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $40K in 2003 → $315K in 2015 (+686%). | Absentee individual | $405K | 3/3 | 1,604 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 1609 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $661K | —/— | 2,094 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1610 SWAIN ST HistoryAppeal granted (2022). | Owner-occupied | $422K | —/— | 1,334 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 1611 SWAIN ST New constructionBought for $380K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $230K in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $796K | 5/5 | 2,639 | 1920 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1612 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $387K | —/— | 1,334 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1613 SWAIN ST New constructionBought for $25K in 2014, built new (tax-abated), sold for $680K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $680K | 4/3 | 2,400 | 1920 | 5 | abated |
| 1614 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $253K | —/— | 1,334 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1615 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $145K in 2004 → $388K in 2009 (+167%). | Owner-occupied | $595K | —/— | 2,334 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1616 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $387K | —/— | 1,334 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1617 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $49K | 4/1 | 2,346 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 1618 SWAIN ST New constructionBought for $212K in 2018, built new (tax-abated), sold for $500K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $555K | 3/2 | 1,602 | 1920 | 3 | abated |
| 1619 SWAIN ST HistoryAppeal filed (2026). | Owner-occupied | $380K | 4/1 | 2,334 | 1920 | 0 | 4 violtax lien |
| 1620 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $130K in 2006 → $473K in 2023 (+263%). | Owner-occupied | $422K | 3/2 | 1,334 | 1920 | 5 | |
| 1621 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $595K | 4/2 | 2,334 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1622 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $387K | —/— | 1,334 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1623 SWAIN ST LandVacant land, last sold for $82K in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $552K | 3/2 | 2,238 | 2010 | 3 | |
| 1624 SWAIN ST | Investor / LLC | $49K | 4/1 | 2,487 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1625 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $593K | —/— | 2,334 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1626 SWAIN ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $248K | 4/1 | 1,295 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1627 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $593K | 4/1 | 2,334 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1628 SWAIN ST | Investor / LLC | $25K | 3/1 | 1,454 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1629 SWAIN ST New constructionBought for $7K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $855K in 2018. | Absentee individual | $1.0M | 4/4 | 2,700 | 2017 | 4 | rentedabated |
| 1630 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $336K | —/— | 1,334 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 1631 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2006 → $265K in 2007 (+194%). | Owner-occupied | $436K | 2/1 | 1,218 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1633 SWAIN ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2019). | Investor / LLC | $793K | 4/3 | 2,520 | 2020 | 0 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)