Who owns your block
1600 block of W Thompson St
A mixed-ownership block: 24% owner-occupied, 32% investor-held, with 5 homes behind $22,384 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 551% since 2016, now about $244K. Property taxes are climbing about 24% a year.
- 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 $244K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $244K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 5% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 140 reported crimes (51 violent) and 522 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
- $244K typical home, up +551% since 2016
- Tax bill $183 to $1,988 a year, +24%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $87,385/yr to the city, about $2,362 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +551% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +986% since 2016 · ~+24%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1618-22 W Thompson St is assessed at $1.3M but pays $11,526 a year — about 63% of the $18,295 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +18.6% 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 $651 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 21 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 37 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 14
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Fasten Construction Inc, carries 2 open violations across 7 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fasten Construction Inc | 2 | 7 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Norym Capital Llc | 1 | 3 | $499K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cama Sdira Llc | 1 | 3 | $596K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Spartan 1616 Llc | 1 | 2 | $630K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ev-Air Tight Calking Co | 2 | 2 | $305K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gesu School Inc | 2 | 2 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Chz 1621 Llc | 1 | 1 | $661K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Life On Dime Llc | 1 | 1 | $887K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jgmvrp Llc | 1 | 1 | $470K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $242K | —/— | 1,998 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1601 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $239K | —/— | 1,830 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1602 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $148K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1603 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $1K in 2005 → $75K in 2007 (+7400%). | Absentee individual | $394K | 4/2 | 2,412 | 1915 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1604 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1605 W THOMPSON ST Historysold $35K (2005); Appeal granted (2019). | Absentee individual | $250K | 3/1 | 1,785 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1606 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $2K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1607 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $253K | 3/1 | 1,970 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1608-10 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $148K | —/— | 4,110 | 1960 | 0 | abated |
| 1609 W THOMPSON ST Historysold $32K (2016); Appeal granted (2017). | Vacant | $113K | —/— | — | — | 1 | rented |
| 1611 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $1K in 2013 → $44K in 2014 (+4250%). | Vacant | $97K | —/— | — | — | 2 | rented |
| 1612 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $142K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1613 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $40K in 2013 → $248K in 2023 (+519%). | Owner-occupied | $440K | 6/3 | 1,360 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1614 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $324K | —/— | 1,680 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1615 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $268K | —/— | 4,704 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1616 W THOMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $550K | —/— | 2,610 | 1937 | 1 | |
| 1617 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $114K | —/— | 2,000 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 1618-22 W THOMPSON ST | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 13,186 | 1937 | 0 | abated |
| 1619 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $191K | —/— | 3,360 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1621 W THOMPSON ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $31K in 2017, demolished in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $661K | 5/— | 2,283 | 2021 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1623 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $244K | 4/1 | 1,720 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1624-26 W THOMPSON ST ImprovedBought for $1.6M in 2024. | Vacant | $419K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1625 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $22K in 2005, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $887K | —/— | 6,075 | 2023 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1627 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 2015 → $65K in 2016 (+63%). | Absentee individual | $301K | 3/1 | 1,426 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1628 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $458K | 3/3 | 1,580 | 2020 | 0 | abated |
| 1628 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $312K | 2/2 | 900 | 2020 | 0 | abated |
| 1628 W THOMPSON ST | Absentee individual | $299K | 2/2 | 900 | 2020 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1629 W THOMPSON ST | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,426 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1630 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $15K in 2007 → $210K in 2016 (+1300%). | Investor / LLC | $216K | 1/— | 2,736 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1631-41 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $728K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1632 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $140K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1634 W THOMPSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $5K in 2010 → $55K in 2011 (+1000%). | Vacant | $198K | —/— | — | — | 4 | |
| 1636 W THOMPSON ST New constructionBought for $114K in 2019, built new (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $470K | 5/— | 2,240 | 2023 | 3 | rentedabated |
| 1638 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $131K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1643 W THOMPSON ST | Vacant | $89K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1645 W THOMPSON ST ImprovedBought for $8K in 2005. | Vacant | $161K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1647 W THOMPSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $8K in 2005 → $113K in 2006 (+1400%). | Vacant | $259K | —/— | — | — | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)