Who owns your block
1600 block of Van Kirk St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $12,093 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 90% since 2016, now about $189K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $189K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19149 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19149 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19149 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $189K | $234K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 72 reported crimes (27 violent) and 116 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
- $189K typical home, up +90% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,009 to $1,587 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.9M assessed, $39,795/yr to the city, about $1,990 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +90% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +57% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% 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 $190 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 42 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2007 → $229K in 2018 (+141%). | Absentee individual | $228K | —/— | 2,537 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1603 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 1605 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $130K in 2023 → $194K in 2023 (+49%). | Owner-occupied | $230K | 2/1 | 938 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1607 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $39K in 2000 → $89K in 2020 (+130%). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 1609 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $67K in 2004 → $94K in 2014 (+40%). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1611 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $69K in 2004 → $145K in 2020 (+110%). | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 1613 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $36K in 2004 → $230K in 2025 (+539%). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 2/1 | 938 | 1950 | 4 | |
| 1615 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $99K in 2006 → $57K in 2017 (-43%). | Absentee individual | $199K | 2/1 | 938 | 1950 | 3 | rented |
| 1617 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $68K in 2013 → $170K in 2022 (+150%). | Owner-occupied | $207K | 2/1 | 938 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 1619 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $52K in 1999 → $88K in 2018 (+70%). | Owner-occupied | $196K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1621 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2005 → $60K in 2017 (-40%). | Absentee individual | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 1623 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $34K in 2001 → $107K in 2006 (+219%). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 1625 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2001 → $175K in 2024 (+219%). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 2/2 | 938 | 1950 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1627 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1629 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $51K in 2000 → $165K in 2022 (+224%). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 2/1 | 938 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1631 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 1633 VAN KIRK ST TradedTraded 2×: $36K in 2000 → $110K in 2009 (+210%). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 1635 VAN KIRK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $39K in 2000 → $92K in 2017 (+136%). | Absentee individual | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 4 | rented |
| 1637 VAN KIRK ST Historysold $130K (2007); Appeal denied (2012). | Owner-occupied | $189K | 3/1 | 938 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 1639 VAN KIRK ST | Owner-occupied | $230K | 3/1 | 1,164 | 1950 | 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)