Who owns your block
1600 block of Walnut St
An investor-heavy block: 64% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 30 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 53% since 2016, now about $3.1M. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $3.1M — about 13.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19103 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $3.1M | $608K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 28% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 745 reported crimes (90 violent) and 376 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
- $3.1M typical home, up +53% since 2016
- Tax bill $27,920 to $42,698 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $189M assessed, $2,643,522/yr to the city, about $120,160 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +53% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +53% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.9% 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 $153 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 11
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Honey Nuts Llc, carries 6 open violations across 11 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Nuts Llc | 1 | 11 | $30M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1608 Retail Associates | 2 | 2 | $3.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Castlepoint Numa Usa Inc | 1 | 2 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Medarts Properties Limite | 1 | 1 | $22M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1607 Walnut Lp | 1 | 1 | $3.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1611 Ppw Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| C & H Walnut Associates I | 1 | 1 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gam 1617 Walnut Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Adr 1623 Walnut Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ire 1625 Walnut Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $2.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Walnut 16 Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Adr 1628 Walnut Lp | 1 | 1 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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 | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600-02 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $19M | 86,664 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 1601-05 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $22M | 128,115 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1604 WALNUT ST Historysold $425K (2003); Appeal granted with conditions (2011). | Owner-occupied | $2.2M | 9,200 | 1926 | 1 | |
| 1606 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $2.9M | 17,520 | 1926 | 0 | |
| 1607-09 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $2.5M in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $3.6M | 10,960 | 1910 | 1 | |
| 1608-14 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $24M | 205,334 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1608-14 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $3.3M | 17,581 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 1608-14 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $598K | 8,314 | 1980 | 0 | 17 viol |
| 1611 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $3.0M | 9,360 | 1910 | 1 | |
| 1613 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $2.2M | 6,140 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1615 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $3.1M | 10,644 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1616-26 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $28M in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $72M | 274,250 | 1929 | 1 | rented |
| 1617 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $5.4M in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $4.4M | 5,980 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 1619-21 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $7.1M in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $8.1M | 42,624 | 1937 | 2 | |
| 1623 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $3.2M | 9,186 | 1865 | 1 | |
| 1625 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $2.4M | 6,100 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1627-29 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $3.5M | 14,772 | 1966 | 0 | 9 viol |
| 1628 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $3.5M in 2007 → $1.8M in 2012 (-49%). | Investor / LLC | $2.2M | 7,650 | 1865 | 2 | |
| 1630 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $2.0M | 5,518 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1632 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $1.6M in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $1.9M | 2,640 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1634 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $2.2M | 6,900 | 1920 | 0 | 4 viol |
| 1636 WALNUT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $4.0M in 2000, addition and/or alteration permit in 2024, sold for $6.4M in 2025 (+60%). | Investor / LLC | $2.3M | 3,970 | 1925 | 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)