Who owns your block
3900 block of N 16th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 8 homes behind $24,901 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 148% since 2016, now about $99K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year.
- 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 $99K — 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 | $99K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 99 reported crimes (37 violent) and 229 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
- $99K typical home, up +148% since 2016
- Tax bill $556 to $1,376 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.2M assessed, $45,665/yr to the city, about $1,756 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +148% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +147% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3902 N 16th St is assessed at $99K but pays $977 a year — about 71% of the $1,380 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 +8.6% 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 $248 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinfinity Holding Llc | 1 | 1 | $99K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Garcia & Sociados Llc | 1 | 1 | $98K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pennsylvania Jls Equities Llc | 1 | 1 | $371K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Inventive Property Manage | 1 | 1 | $858K | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3900 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $102K | —/— | 1,170 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 3902 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 3904 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 3906 N 16TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2025). | Owner-occupied | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3908 N 16TH ST History4 L&I violations (2008); L&I violation (2012); sold $72K (2025). | Investor / LLC | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 3910 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 1 | abated |
| 3912 N 16TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2012); 2 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2015). | Owner-occupied | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3914 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3916 N 16TH ST History2 L&I violations (2017); 3 L&I violations (2019); 7 L&I violations (2020); 6 L&I violations (2022). | Absentee individual | $99K | —/— | 1,102 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3918 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 3920 N 16TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 3922 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $99K | 3/1 | 1,098 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3924 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $97K | 3/1 | 1,068 | 1930 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3926 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $98K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 3928 N 16TH ST History4 L&I violations (2011); 3 L&I violations (2012); sold $30K (2021); L&I violation (2025). | Absentee individual | $98K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 3930 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $40K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $98K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 1 | abated |
| 3932 N 16TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $33K in 2018 → $40K in 2022 (+23%). | Investor / LLC | $98K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 3 | tax lien |
| 3934 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $98K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 3936 N 16TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2016 → $50K in 2022 (+186%). | Absentee individual | $98K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 2 | rented |
| 3938 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $98K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 3940 N 16TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2023 → $225K in 2025 (+181%). | Owner-occupied | $220K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 3942 N 16TH ST New constructionBought for $18K in 2009, built new (tax-abated), sold for $90K in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $98K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 3 | abated |
| 3943 N 16TH ST History2 L&I violations (2011); sold $421K (2020). | Vacant | $371K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 3944 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $98K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3946-54 N 16TH ST Historysold $39K (2004); 7 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2024); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2025); 5 L&I violations (2026). | Owner-occupied | $858K | —/— | 7,335 | 1925 | 1 | 4 viol |
| 3956-62 N 16TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $200K in 2003 → $480K in 2024 (+140%). | Absentee individual | $560K | —/— | 6,708 | 1930 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)