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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $85K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 12% | 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.
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
- $85K typical home, up +280% since 2016
- Tax bill $227 to $718 a year, +11%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.6M assessed, $43,815/yr to the city, about $1,685 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +280% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +216% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Life Affordable (individual) | 8 | 42 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| A&P Construction Llc | 1 | 6 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Trio Investment Group Lp | 1 | 3 | $86K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cheatham Gregory O Jr (individual) | 2 | 2 | $487K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hny Properties Llc | 2 | 2 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Residences At N 16th Llc | 1 | 1 | $790K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Residences At N 16th Two Llc | 1 | 1 | $50K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3510 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit. | Absentee individual | $25K | 4/2 | 1,757 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3512 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit. | Absentee individual | $25K | 4/2 | 1,757 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3514 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit. | Absentee individual | $25K | 4/2 | 1,757 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3516 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit. | Absentee individual | $25K | 4/2 | 1,757 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3517 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt 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 HistoryL&I violation (2024). | Vacant | $43K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3520 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit. | Absentee individual | $25K | 5/2 | 1,756 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3521 N 16TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2003 → $115K in 2008 (+203%). | Absentee individual | $148K | 7/— | 2,220 | 1940 | 2 | rented |
| 3522 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt 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 New constructionbuilt 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 New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit. | Absentee individual | $25K | 5/2 | 1,756 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 3527 N 16TH ST Historysold $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 HistoryL&I violation (2023). | Absentee individual | $400K | —/— | 4,080 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 3533 N 16TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2026 and rebuilt (2009), then sold for $105K in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $168K | 6/2 | 2,188 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 3535 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt 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 New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2021. | Vacant | $56K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3539 N 16TH ST New constructionBought for $65K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $200K in 2021. | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 2 | tax lien |
| 3540 N 16TH ST Historysold $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 ImprovedBought 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
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)