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Who owns your block

1600 block of W Erie Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 42% owner-occupied, 36% investor-held, with 12 open code violations and 7 homes behind $73,871 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 60% since 2016, now about $101K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$101K
$25K–$307K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$56
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$100K
5 sold in 2yr
assessed $101K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 36
$12K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
42%
15 of 36
city 41%
Rentals
25%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
12
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$74K
7 of 36 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-4%
value · tax −$92
5 years
+52%
value · tax +$487
10 years
+76%
value · tax +$429

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 $101K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$101K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied19%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 170 reported crimes (75 violent) and 240 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
170
75 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
240
54 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults50
All Other Offenses23
Motor Vehicle Theft21
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Thefts12
Aggravated Assault Firearm9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint71
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection39
Abandoned Vehicle15
Sanitation Violation15
Construction Complaints14
Illegal Dumping12

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
Mastery Charter School At Cleveland
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$100K$200K$101K2016: $63K2017: $58K2018: $58K2019: $60K2020: $67K2021: $67K2022: $67K2023: $82K2024: $82K2025: $105K2026: $105K2027: $101K2016202020232027

▲ +60% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1552016: $8052017: $7262018: $6502019: $6032020: $5892021: $5892022: $6682023: $8802024: $8802025: $9612026: $1,2472027: $1,1552016202020232027

▲ +43% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 $12,406 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

28 homes pay the full 1.40%8 pay less
$1,178pays now $4,290at the full rate

The starkest example: 1618 W Erie Ave is assessed at $307K but pays $1,178 a year — about 27% of the $4,290 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9110025020162019202220252027This block 160 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $160 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+60%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.1 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 41 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
41arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 36 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 11Vacant: 4 36parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 11
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

10 parcels8 parcels8 parcels4 parcels1 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$25K$280K+

The block's largest owner, West Lee Housing LLC, carries 15 open violations across 15 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
West Lee Housing LLC115$2.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
L&M Homes LLC115$1.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Charlie Choe (individual)213$4.7Mphila.gov ↗
New Life Affordable House (individual)512$295Kphila.gov ↗
New Properties INC110$1.8Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Hardimon Hall Acquisitions LLC12$580Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Nopaleo Enterprises LLC11$164Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Dambay LLC11$220Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Rei 1613 West Erie Avenue LLC11$95Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Bri Steven LLC11$95Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Green Realty 3 LLC11$307Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Jj Rental Company INC11$158Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 36 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1600 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2008 permit. Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,650 2008 0 rented
1601 W ERIE AVE Bought for $10K in 1999. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $81K —/— 1,760 1930 2
1602 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2008 permit. Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,650 2008 0 rented
1603 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Absentee individual $106K —/— 2,304 1930 0
1604 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $125K —/— 2,250 1930 0
1605 W ERIE AVE sold $90K (2001); L&I violation (2009). Owner-occupied $174K —/— 3,960 1930 1 tax lien
1606 W ERIE AVE 9 L&I violations (2019); sold $88K (2020). Owner-occupied $280K 3/3 2,251 1930 1
1607 W ERIE AVE 17 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2013); 2 L&I violations (2017). Owner-occupied $164K —/— 1,830 1930 0 tax lien
1608 W ERIE AVE Traded 4×: $30K in 2000 → $125K in 2021 (+317%). Investor / LLC $280K 3/— 2,250 1930 4
1609 W ERIE AVE Bought for $7K in 2002, use permit in 2008, sold for $21K in 2017 (+200%). Absentee individual $164K 4/1 1,836 1930 5
1610 W ERIE AVE Bought for $30K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $219K 6/2 2,250 1930 4
1611 W ERIE AVE Bought for $60K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $220K in 2025 (+267%). Investor / LLC $220K 5/2 1,728 1930 3 rented
1612 W ERIE AVE Owner-occupied $125K —/— 2,250 1930 0 tax lien
1613 W ERIE AVE Bought for $50K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $95K 3/1 1,440 1930 1 1 viol
1614 W ERIE AVE Bought for $100K in 2025. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Absentee individual $125K —/— 2,250 1930 1 tax lien
1615 W ERIE AVE Bought for $72K in 2021, change of use permit in 2023, sold for $306K in 2025 (+620%). Investor / LLC $95K 3/1 1,440 1930 4 rentedtax lien
1616 W ERIE AVE 3 L&I violations (2021); 6 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $125K —/— 2,250 1930 0 tax lien
1617 W ERIE AVE Bought for $10K in 2004, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $40K in 2024 (+300%). Vacant $40K —/— 3 2 violtax lien
1618 W ERIE AVE Bought for $45K in 2003, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $65K in 2021. Investor / LLC $307K 5/4 2,250 1930 2 rentedabated
1619 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 1,440 1930 0
1620 W ERIE AVE Bought for $145K in 2023. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Absentee individual $161K —/— 2,595 1930 1 tax lien
1621 W ERIE AVE Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,440 1930 0 abated
1622 W ERIE AVE Bought for $158K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $158K 4/4 2,604 1930 1
1623 W ERIE AVE Absentee individual $87K 3/1 1,440 1930 0
1624 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $2K in 2018. Owner-occupied $91K —/— 2,407 1930 1 abatedtax lien
1625 W ERIE AVE Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,440 1930 0 abated
1626 W ERIE AVE Bought for $10K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $127K 4/2 2,385 1930 2
1627 W ERIE AVE Traded 3×: $65K in 2004 → $25K in 2021 (-62%). Owner-occupied $108K —/— 2,210 1930 3 8 viol
1628 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2008 permit. Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,650 2008 0 rented
1630 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2008 permit. Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,650 2008 0 rented
1632 W ERIE AVE Bought for $40K in 2024. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2019. Vacant $29K —/— 1
1634 W ERIE AVE Vacant $26K —/— 0 tax lien
1636 W ERIE AVE Vacant $26K —/— 0
1638 W ERIE AVE Bought for $45K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $127K —/— 2,385 1930 1 1 viol
1640 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2008 permit. Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,650 2008 0 rented
1642 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2008 permit. Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,650 2008 0 rented

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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