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Who owns your block

3500 block of N 16th St

A mixed-ownership block: 35% owner-occupied, 23% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $7,280 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 280% since 2016, now about $85K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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
$85K
$25K–$790K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$70
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$736
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 26
$20K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
35%
7 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
46%
12 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$7K
3 of 26 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 15% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax −$26
5 years
+262%
value · tax +$388
10 years
+280%
value · tax +$544

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 $85K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below 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$85K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied12%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 166 reported crimes (70 violent) and 210 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
166
70 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
210
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults47
All Other Offenses25
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief16
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Thefts15
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint69
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Illegal Dumping15
Construction Complaints12
License Complaint12
Abandoned Vehicle11

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$125K$250K$85K2016: $23K2017: $23K2018: $24K2019: $24K2020: $24K2021: $24K2022: $24K2023: $67K2024: $67K2025: $56K2026: $81K2027: $85K2016202020232027

▲ +280% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$7182016: $2272017: $1742018: $2182019: $3302020: $3302021: $3302022: $3302023: $6372024: $6372025: $7002026: $7442027: $7182016202020232027

▲ +216% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

4
4 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $20,237 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,104pays now $11,056at the full rate

3517 N 16th St is assessed at $790K but pays $1,104 a year — about 10% of the $11,056 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 380 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $380 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+280%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6.4 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 15 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20002005201020152020
15arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 11Vacant: 5 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 11
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

13 parcels5 parcels3 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$25K$600K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
New Life Affordable (individual)842$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
A&P Construction Llc16$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Trio Investment Group Lp13$86Kphila.gov ↗
Cheatham Gregory O Jr (individual)22$487Kphila.gov ↗
Hny Properties Llc22$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Residences At N 16th Llc11$790Kphila.gov ↗
Residences At N 16th Two Llc11$50Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 26 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3510 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $25K 4/2 1,757 2007 0 rented
3512 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $25K 4/2 1,757 2007 0 rented
3514 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $25K 4/2 1,757 2007 0 rented
3516 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $25K 4/2 1,757 2007 0 rented
3517 N 16TH ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $790K —/— 4,896 2024 0 rentedabated
3518 N 16TH ST Vacant $33K —/— 0
3519 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2024). Vacant $43K —/— 0 tax lien
3520 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $25K 5/2 1,756 2007 0 rented
3521 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $38K in 2003 → $115K in 2008 (+203%). Absentee individual $148K 7/— 2,220 1940 2 rented
3522 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $25K 5/2 1,756 2007 0 rented
3523 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $204K 4/— 2,220 1940 1
3524 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $25K 5/2 1,756 2007 0 rented
3525 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 4/— 2,805 1940 1 rentedtax lien
3526 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $25K 5/2 1,756 2007 0 rented
3527 N 16TH ST sold $150K (2006); L&I violation (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016). Owner-occupied $244K 6/— 2,805 1940 1 rentedtax lien
3528-34 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2023). Absentee individual $400K —/— 4,080 1930 0
3533 N 16TH ST demolished in 2026 and rebuilt (2009), then sold for $105K in 2021. Investor / LLC $168K 6/2 2,188 1930 1
3535 N 16TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.1M in 2019. Investor / LLC $600K 6/6 2,940 2017 1 abated
3536 N 16TH ST Bought for $50K in 2015, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $370K in 2022. Owner-occupied $349K 4/3 3,088 1940 2
3537 N 16TH ST Bought for $21K in 2016, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.1M in 2019. Owner-occupied $600K 6/6 2,940 2017 2 abated
3538 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2021. Vacant $56K —/— 0
3539 N 16TH ST Bought for $65K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $200K in 2021. Vacant $50K —/— 2 tax lien
3540 N 16TH ST sold $49K (2007); L&I violation (2010); 5 L&I violations (2018); 4 L&I violations (2022). Vacant $31K —/— 1
3541 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $115K 4/1 1,760 1940 0 abated
3542 N 16TH ST Bought for $28K in 2011. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Absentee individual $153K —/— 2,188 1940 1
3544 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $153K —/— 2,188 1940 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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