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Who owns your block

1600 block of W Toronto St

A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 14 open code violations and 13 homes behind $95,739 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 140% since 2016, now about $72K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$72K
$20K–$111K
ZIP median $79K
Price / sq ft
$84
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$45K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $72K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 41
$10K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
41%
16 of 41
city 41%
Rentals
15%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
14
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$96K
13 of 41 behind
▲ block 32% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$39
5 years
+178%
value · tax +$649
10 years
+140%
value · tax +$590

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 $72K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below 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$72K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied20%26%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 78 reported crimes (28 violent) and 133 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
78
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
133
31 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults15
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
Burglary Residential6
Fraud6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint41
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
Salting9
Abandoned Vehicle7
Illegal Dumping7
Other (Streets)6

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
Kenderton
1500 W Ontario St · 271 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$50K$100K$72K2016: $30K2017: $30K2018: $30K2019: $25K2020: $26K2021: $26K2022: $26K2023: $46K2024: $46K2025: $70K2026: $70K2027: $72K2016202020232027

▲ +140% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0132016: $4232017: $4232018: $4232019: $3532020: $3642021: $3642022: $3642023: $6482024: $6482025: $9742026: $9742027: $1,0132016202020232027

▲ +139% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

10
10 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 $9,963 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $1,023at the full rate

1622 W Toronto St is assessed at $73K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,023 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 +8.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8310025020162019202220252027This block 240 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $240 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+140%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.8 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 22 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 24 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M19952002200920162023
22arm's-length sales since 1995
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
24homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 41 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 13Vacant: 5 41parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 13
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

4 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels36 parcels
$20K$77K+

The block's largest owner, Gnr Merav 2a Llc, carries 6 open violations across 60 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Gnr Merav 2a Llc160$10Mphila.gov ↗
Philly Sfr Iv Llc136$4.1Mphila.gov ↗
Bull Dawg Llc14$331Kphila.gov ↗
Capital Ventures & Trust Llc12$215Kphila.gov ↗
Key Property Holdings Llc11$73Kphila.gov ↗
1618 West Toronto Llc11$73Kphila.gov ↗
H&Mes Llc11$111Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 41 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1609 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $72K 3/1 860 1925 1
1610 W TORONTO ST Vacant $20K —/— 0 tax lien
1611 W TORONTO ST Investor / LLC $72K 3/1 860 1925 0 tax lien
1612 W TORONTO ST Bought for $25K in 2004. Vacant $20K —/— 1 1 viol
1613 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 860 1925 0
1614 W TORONTO ST Investor / LLC $73K 3/1 876 1925 1 rented
1615 W TORONTO ST Investor / LLC $72K 3/1 860 1925 1
1616 W TORONTO ST Vacant $20K —/— 0 tax lien
1617 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 860 1925 1
1618 W TORONTO ST Traded 3×: $7K in 2000 → $25K in 2021 (+242%). Investor / LLC $73K 2/1 876 1925 3 tax lien
1619 W TORONTO ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2019 → $110K in 2021 (+450%). Investor / LLC $111K 2/1 860 1925 2
1620 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $73K 3/1 876 1925 1 rented
1621 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 860 1925 0
1622 W TORONTO ST Bought for $8K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $14K in 2020. Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 876 1925 2 rentedabated
1623 W TORONTO ST Investor / LLC $72K 3/1 860 1925 0 rentedabated
1624 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $76K 3/1 946 1925 0 tax lien
1625 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $72K 3/1 860 1925 0
1626 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $73K 3/1 876 1925 0
1627 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $77K 3/1 970 1925 0
1628 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 876 1925 0
1629 W TORONTO ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2000 → $9K in 2011 (+31%). Absentee individual $72K 3/1 860 1925 2 rented1 violtax lien
1630 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $73K 2/1 876 1925 1 tax lien
1631 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $72K 3/1 860 1925 0 tax lien
1632 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $73K 3/1 876 1925 0 tax lien
1633 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 860 1925 0 abated
1634 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $76K 3/1 942 1925 0 tax lien
1635 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 860 1925 0 abatedtax lien
1636 W TORONTO ST Investor / LLC $73K 3/1 876 1925 1 tax lien
1637 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 860 1925 0 abated
1638 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $73K 2/1 876 1925 0 abated
1639 W TORONTO ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $37K in 2005. Owner-occupied $72K 2/1 860 1925 1 abatedtax lien
1640 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 876 1925 0 abated
1641 W TORONTO ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $3K in 2008. Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 860 1925 1 abated2 violtax lien
1642 W TORONTO ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $20K in 2016. Owner-occupied $73K 3/1 876 1925 1 abated
1643 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $72K 3/1 860 1925 0
1644-54 W TORONTO ST Vacant $95K —/— 0
1645 W TORONTO ST Absentee individual $36K 3/1 860 1925 0 10 violtax lien
1647 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $72K 2/1 860 1925 1 rented
1649 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 860 1925 1
1651 W TORONTO ST Owner-occupied $72K 3/1 860 1925 0 tax lien
1653 W TORONTO ST Vacant $21K —/— 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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