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Who owns your block

3200 block of N 16th St

An investor-heavy block: 56% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 19 open code violations and 4 homes behind $101,625 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 170% since 2016, now about $106K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% 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
$106K
$30K–$300K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$72
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$280K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $106K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1939
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
31%
2 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
19
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$102K
4 of 16 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 44% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+32%
value · tax +$363
5 years
+222%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+170%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $106K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$106K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied0%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 131 reported crimes (42 violent) and 194 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
131
42 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
194
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults32
Motor Vehicle Theft18
Burglary Residential16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Theft from Vehicle10
Thefts10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint76
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Illegal Dumping17
Abandoned Vehicle16
Dangerous Building Complaint7
Other (Streets)7

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$100K$200K$106K2016: $39K2017: $39K2018: $34K2019: $32K2020: $33K2021: $33K2022: $33K2023: $45K2024: $45K2025: $80K2026: $80K2027: $106K2016202020232027

▲ +170% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4862016: $3872017: $4082018: $4082019: $3822020: $3832021: $3832022: $3832023: $5592024: $5592025: $1,1232026: $1,1232027: $1,4862016202020232027

▲ +284% since 2016 · ~+13%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8210050020162019202220252027This block 270 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $270 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+170%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.9 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
16arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 11 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 11

Value distribution today

3 parcels4 parcels3 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$30K$272K+

The block's largest owner, Geena Llc, carries 36 open violations across 178 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Geena Llc1178$8.0Mphila.gov ↗
Mount Sinai Holy Church Of America Inc24$524Kphila.gov ↗
3221 N 16th St Llc22$190Kphila.gov ↗
Rds Property Management L12$352Kphila.gov ↗
Ndh Holdings Llc11$106Kphila.gov ↗
Tioga And Temple Llc11$79Kphila.gov ↗
3259 N 16th Street Lp11$30Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 16 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3212 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2025); L&I violation (2026). Vacant $107K —/— 0
3216 N 16TH ST demolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2021). Vacant $106K —/— 3 16 violtax lien
3220 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2010); 6 L&I violations (2012); 7 L&I violations (2014); 3 L&I violations (2016). Vacant $300K —/— 0 tax lien
3221-47 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2017). Vacant $156K —/— 0 tax lien
3226 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021). Vacant $85K —/— 0 tax lien
3228 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2015); sold $125K (2019); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022). Vacant $79K —/— 1
3230 N 16TH ST Bought for $125K in 2019. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2022. Vacant $79K —/— 1
3232 N 16TH ST Bought for $75K in 2017, built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $160K in 2019. Owner-occupied $272K 4/— 3,765 1939 2 3 violtax lien
3236 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $6K in 2000 → $27K in 2019 (+350%). Investor / LLC $124K 4/— 2,520 1939 2
3238 N 16TH ST built new under a 2023 permit. Vacant $79K —/— 0 tax lien
3249 N 16TH ST Bought for $1K in 2018, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $625K in 2021. Vacant $35K —/— 2 tax lien
3251 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2017). Vacant $32K —/— 0 tax lien
3253 N 16TH ST Bought for $229K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $241K 6/3 2,415 1939 2 rented
3255 N 16TH ST sold $65K (2005); 5 L&I violations (2015); 4 L&I violations (2024). Absentee individual $158K 6/— 2,415 1939 1
3257 N 16TH ST sold $95K (2018); 3 L&I violations (2019); 6 L&I violations (2021); Appeal granted (2023); 4 L&I violations (2024). Absentee individual $213K 4/— 2,415 1939 1
3259 N 16TH ST sold $11K (2018); Appeal held/info (2019); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2025); L&I violation (2026). Vacant $30K —/— 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.