Who owns your block
1600 block of Wallace St
A mixed-ownership block: 3% owner-occupied, 24% investor-held, with 29 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 22% since 2016, now about $584K.
- 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 $584K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19130 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $584K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 91 reported crimes (17 violent) and 248 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
- $584K typical home, up +22% since 2016
- Whole block: $16M assessed, $114,255/yr to the city, about $3,940 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +22% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
Not enough history yet.
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1629 Wallace St is assessed at $1.0M but pays $5,503 a year — about 38% of the $14,522 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.8% 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 $122 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 23 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 19
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace St Development Ll | 4 | 4 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cedar Apartments Llc | 1 | 3 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Glory Investment Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1422 Front Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 29 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 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $983K | —/— | 4,725 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1603 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $872K | —/— | 4,200 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1604 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $584K | —/— | 3,150 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 1605 WALLACE ST TradedTraded 2×: $53K in 2000 → $600K in 2007 (+1032%). | Investor / LLC | $675K | 6/3 | 3,300 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1606 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $584K | —/— | 3,150 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 1607 WALLACE ST TradedTraded 2×: $338K in 1999 → $600K in 2007 (+78%). | Investor / LLC | $675K | 3/3 | 3,300 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1608 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $584K | —/— | 3,150 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1609 WALLACE ST TradedTraded 2×: $338K in 1999 → $600K in 2007 (+78%). | Investor / LLC | $675K | 6/3 | 3,300 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1610 WALLACE ST | Vacant | $476K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1611 WALLACE ST TradedTraded 2×: $338K in 1999 → $600K in 2007 (+78%). | Investor / LLC | $675K | 5/3 | 3,195 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1612 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $44K | —/— | 4,888 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1613 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $460K | —/— | 2,790 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1614 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $668K | —/— | 3,150 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1615 WALLACE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $44K | —/— | 3,195 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1616 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $66K | —/— | 4,210 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1617 WALLACE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $700 in 2004. | Absentee individual | $495K | —/— | 2,400 | 1915 | 1 | abated5 viol |
| 1618 WALLACE ST | Vacant | $476K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1619 WALLACE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $65K in 2004. | Absentee individual | $131K | —/— | 7,571 | 1915 | 1 | abated |
| 1620 WALLACE ST | Vacant | $509K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1622 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $528K | —/— | 3,600 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1623 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $462K | —/— | 3,060 | 1915 | 0 | abated2 viol |
| 1624 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $803K | —/— | 4,840 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1625 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $725K | —/— | 2,895 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1626 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $485K | —/— | 3,150 | 1915 | 0 | abated16 viol |
| 1627 WALLACE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $78K in 2002 → $398K in 2014 (+410%). | Investor / LLC | $655K | —/— | 3,000 | 1996 | 3 | rented |
| 1628 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $453K | —/— | 3,150 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1629 WALLACE ST New constructionBought for $80K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $390K in 2016. | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | —/— | 6,112 | 1915 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1630 WALLACE ST | Absentee individual | $482K | —/— | 3,150 | 1915 | 0 | abated6 viol |
| 1631 WALLACE ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $148K in 2000 → $858K in 2021 (+480%). | Owner-occupied | $955K | —/— | 3,660 | 1915 | 4 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)