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Who owns your block

1600 block of W Glenwood Ave

An investor-heavy block: 40% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 14 open code violations and 5 homes behind $15,756 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 370% since 2016, now about $96K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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
$96K
$79K–$153K
ZIP median $79K
Price / sq ft
$68
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$158K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $96K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 15
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
33%
5 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
20%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
14
L&I code
▲ block 27% · city 5%
Back taxes
$16K
5 of 15 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax +$191
5 years
+139%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+370%
value · tax +$1K

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 $96K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19132Philadelphia
Median home value$96K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied27%26%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 187 reported crimes (83 violent) and 281 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
187
83 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
281
73 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults46
All Other Offenses29
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief21
Aggravated Assault No Firearm14
Burglary Residential12
Weapon Violations12

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint88
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection46
Construction Complaints36
Abandoned Vehicle17
Illegal Dumping16
Information Request11

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
Tanner Duckrey
1501 W Diamond St · 402 students
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$96K2016: $20K2017: $20K2018: $20K2019: $23K2020: $40K2021: $40K2022: $40K2023: $71K2024: $71K2025: $98K2026: $98K2027: $96K2016202020232027

▲ +370% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3142016: $2862017: $2862018: $2862019: $3222020: $5032021: $2482022: $2482023: $6062024: $8222025: $9002026: $1,1232027: $1,3142016202020232027

▲ +359% since 2016 · ~+15%/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 $4,734 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:

11 homes pay the full 1.40%4 pay less
$262pays now $1,662at the full rate

The starkest example: 1632 W Glenwood Ave is assessed at $119K but pays $262 a year — about 16% of the $1,662 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +15.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 470 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $470 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+15.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+370%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+15.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+12.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+8.6 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
16arm's-length sales since 2005
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 4 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels6 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$79K$121K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ocd Investments LLC125$2.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Bulk Boy LLC119$1.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Shan Group LLC111$555Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
The Snn Group LLC18$713Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Alexander Realtors INC14$391Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Dynamic Home Buyer Network LLC11$96Kphila.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 15 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
1610 W GLENWOOD AVE Absentee individual $108K 4/1 1,800 1939 0 tax lien
1612 W GLENWOOD AVE Traded 2×: $5K in 2012 → $43K in 2020 (+830%). Absentee individual $116K 3/1 1,282 1939 2
1614 W GLENWOOD AVE Bought for $10K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $94K 3/1 1,410 1939 1 tax lien
1616 W GLENWOOD AVE sold $15K (2013); L&I violation (2014); Appeal dismissed (2015); L&I violation (2019). Investor / LLC $119K 3/1 1,410 1939 1 rented
1618 W GLENWOOD AVE 8 L&I violations (2015); 3 L&I violations (2018); sold $70K (2026); 4 L&I violations (2026). Investor / LLC $96K 3/1 1,410 1939 1 4 viol
1620 W GLENWOOD AVE Owner-occupied $95K 3/1 1,410 1939 0 abatedtax lien
1622 W GLENWOOD AVE built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $95K 3/1 1,410 1939 0 abatedtax lien
1624 W GLENWOOD AVE 2 L&I violations (2015); sold $5K (2017). Investor / LLC $153K 3/1 1,410 1939 1 rentedtax lien
1626 W GLENWOOD AVE Traded 3×: $19K in 2005 → $36K in 2024 (+89%). Investor / LLC $94K 4/2 1,410 1941 3 tax lien
1628 W GLENWOOD AVE Bought for $70K in 2025, exterior window and door replacement permit in 2025, sold for $245K in 2026 (+250%). Owner-occupied $93K 3/1 1,410 1939 2 3 violtax lien
1630 W GLENWOOD AVE Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $121K 3/1 1,410 1939 0 3 violtax lien
1632 W GLENWOOD AVE built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $51K in 2005. Owner-occupied $119K 3/1 1,410 1939 1 rentedabated4 viol
1634 W GLENWOOD AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Absentee individual $97K 3/1 1,640 1939 0
1636 W GLENWOOD AVE built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $79K 3/1 1,074 1939 0 abated
1638 W GLENWOOD AVE Bought for $33K in 2007, electrical permit in 2016, sold for $78K in 2021 (+136%). Absentee individual $80K 3/2 1,217 1939 4

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

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