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Who owns your block

2900 block of S 16th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $428 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 52% since 2016, now about $257K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$257K
$226K–$402K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$209
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$340K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $257K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
94%
49 of 52
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$428
1 of 52 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$76
5 years
+25%
value · tax +$108
10 years
+52%
value · tax +$410

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 $257K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$257K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied73%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 52 reported crimes (9 violent) and 152 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
52
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
152
20 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft16
Theft from Vehicle9
Other Assaults8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Fraud4
Thefts4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection57
Salting22
Shoveling11
Other (Streets)9
Maintenance Complaint7
Street Defect7

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
F Amedee Bregy
1700 Bigler St · 244 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 students

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$250K$500K$257K2016: $170K2017: $170K2018: $170K2019: $192K2020: $206K2021: $206K2022: $206K2023: $240K2024: $240K2025: $247K2026: $247K2027: $257K2016202020232027

▲ +52% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3632016: $1,9532017: $1,9532018: $1,9532019: $2,1222020: $2,2552021: $2,2552022: $2,2552023: $2,3922024: $2,3922025: $2,2872026: $2,2872027: $2,3632016202020232027

▲ +21% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 152 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $152 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+52%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.7 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 53 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 24 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
53arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
24homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 52 parcels

Owner-occupied: 49Absentee individual: 3 52parcels
  • Owner-occupied 49
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels26 parcels13 parcels3 parcels2 parcels0 parcels7 parcels
$226K$348K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 52 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2900 S 16TH ST Traded 3×: $63K in 2000 → $250K in 2025 (+297%). Absentee individual $333K —/— 1,728 1920 3
2901 S 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2009); 4 L&I violations incl VACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU (2010); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2017); 11 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $306K —/— 1,520 1920 0 tax lien
2902 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1920 0 tax lien
2903 S 16TH ST L&I violation (2016). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,240 1920 0
2904 S 16TH ST Bought for $67K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1920 1
2905 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $150K in 2005 → $265K in 2022 (+77%). Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,226 1920 2
2906 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
2907 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $105K in 2000 → $269K in 2019 (+156%). Absentee individual $286K 3/1 1,349 1920 2
2908 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $100K in 2000 → $160K in 2003 (+60%). Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,226 1925 2
2909 S 16TH ST L&I violation (2013); L&I violation (2016). Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
2910 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 0
2911 S 16TH ST built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $250K in 2020. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 1
2912 S 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 0
2913 S 16TH ST L&I violation (2016); 2 L&I violations (2017). Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
2914 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 0
2915 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
2916 S 16TH ST Appeal filed (2026); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 0 1 viol
2917 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $175K in 2011 → $225K in 2020 (+29%). Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 2
2918 S 16TH ST Traded 5×: $73K in 2000 → $355K in 2025 (+390%). Owner-occupied $375K 3/2 1,226 1925 5
2919 S 16TH ST Bought for $160K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,226 1920 1
2920 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $185K in 2004 → $235K in 2007 (+27%). Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,226 1925 2
2921 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
2922 S 16TH ST Bought for $228K in 2017. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 2
2923 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
2924 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $180K in 2017 → $330K in 2020 (+83%). Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 2
2925 S 16TH ST Bought for $108K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 4
2926 S 16TH ST Bought for $145K in 2019, major alteration permit in 2019, sold for $375K in 2020 (+159%). Owner-occupied $401K 3/1 1,226 1925 2
2927 S 16TH ST Bought for $175K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,226 1920 1
2928 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 0
2929 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
2930 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,226 1925 0
2931 S 16TH ST Bought for $80K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 1
2932 S 16TH ST Bought for $167K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,226 1925 1
2933 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
2934 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 1 tax lien
2935 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $165K in 2019 → $370K in 2021 (+124%). Owner-occupied $402K 3/1 1,226 1920 2
2936 S 16TH ST Bought for $130K in 2008, major alteration permit in 2008, sold for $370K in 2020 (+185%). Owner-occupied $347K 3/2 1,226 1925 5
2937 S 16TH ST Bought for $97K in 2002. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 1
2938 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 0
2939 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 0
2940 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,370 1925 0
2941 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $286K 3/1 1,351 1920 1
2942 S 16TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,226 1925 0
2943 S 16TH ST Bought for $125K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $358K in 2024 (+186%). Owner-occupied $348K 3/1 1,226 1920 3
2944 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 0
2945 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 1
2946 S 16TH ST Traded 2×: $167K in 2005 → $235K in 2023 (+41%). Absentee individual $256K 3/1 1,226 1925 2
2947 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,226 1920 1
2948 S 16TH ST built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $58K in 2000. Owner-occupied $336K 3/1 1,226 1920 1
2949 S 16TH ST Owner-occupied $274K 3/1 1,280 1920 0
2950 S 16TH ST built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $340K in 2023. Owner-occupied $313K 4/1 1,888 1920 1
2951 S 16TH ST built new under a 2013 permit. Owner-occupied $226K —/— 1,488 1920 0

Neighborhood

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

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