1600 block of Willington St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $371K — about 1.6× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $196K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 376 reported crimes (about 31 a month, 23% of them violent) and 288 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $371K typical home, up +61% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $2,394 to $5,000 a year through 2027, +7%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $72,492/yr from taxable assessments, or $4,833 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 1628 Willington Stlower taxable assessment0.28%$2,570/yr on $918K
• 1606 Willington Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$2,671/yr on $954K
• 1626 Willington Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$2,125/yr on $759K
• 1624 Willington Stlower taxable assessment0.93%$2,805/yr on $300K

One large gap: 1606 Willington St has a $2,671/year assessment-based estimate on $954K assessed value — about 20% of the $13,357 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.4% 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 $161 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 25 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

Torn down & rebuilt

1623 Willington St

$1.6M · demolished and rebuilt (2016).

Torn down & rebuilt

1631 Willington St

$1.1M · Old house bought for $100K in 2013, demolished in 2013 and rebuilt (2013), then sold for $1.3M in 2016.

Torn down & rebuilt

1626 Willington St

$621K · demolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2019).

Torn down & rebuilt

1628 Willington St

$567K · demolished and rebuilt (2015), then sold for $1.3M in 2021.

Torn down & rebuilt

1604 Willington St

$556K · demolished in 2015 and rebuilt (2015).

Torn down & rebuilt

1603 Willington St

$357K · demolished and rebuilt (2013), then sold for $420K in 2015.

Neighborhood