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Who owns your block

4100 block of N 16th St

An investor-heavy block: 91% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 196% since 2016, now about $27K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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
$27K
$12K–$523K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$36
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$372
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1930
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
9%
0 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+186%
value · tax +$242
5 years
+196%
value · tax +$246
10 years
+196%
value · tax +$246

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 $27K — about 0.1× 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$27K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied0%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 176 reported crimes (85 violent) and 189 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
176
85 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
189
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults53
All Other Offenses21
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief20
Thefts13
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Theft from Vehicle12

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Maintenance Complaint28
Street Defect25
Traffic Signal Emergency24
Salting15
Abandoned Vehicle10

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
Edward Steel
4301 Wayne Ave · 331 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$25K$50K$27K2016: $9K2017: $9K2018: $9K2019: $9K2020: $9K2021: $9K2022: $9K2023: $9K2024: $9K2025: $9K2026: $9K2027: $27K2016202020232027

▲ +196% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$3722016: $1262017: $1262018: $1262019: $1262020: $1262021: $1262022: $1262023: $1262024: $1262025: $1262026: $1302027: $3722016202020232027

▲ +195% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

11 homes pay the full 1.40%

Every home on this block pays the standard rate — no abatements in effect.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 296 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $296 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+196%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.9 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2021. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20212022
7arm's-length sales since 2021
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 10 11parcels
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 10

Value distribution today

5 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$12K$96K+

The block's largest owner, L & M Homes LLC, carries 2 open violations across 12 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
L & M Homes LLC912$568Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1616 West Hunting Park LLC12$1.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 11 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 & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4100 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2014); 3 L&I violations (2015); Appeal denied (2018). Absentee individual $523K 8,208 1930 0
4105-07 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a full demolition permit in 2024. Vacant $12K 300 1930 0
4109 N 16TH ST sold $96K (2021); L&I violation (2022). Vacant $27K 930 1930 1
4111-19 N 16TH ST Bought for $96K in 2021. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2022. Vacant $27K 1,300 1930 1
4116 N 16TH ST Vacant $62K 1
4121-23 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2020); L&I violation (2021). Vacant $96K 0
4125-29 N 16TH ST Bought for $96K in 2021. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2022. Vacant $22K 1,403 1930 1
4131 N 16TH ST sold $96K (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $12K 340 1930 1
4133 N 16TH ST sold $96K (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $12K 297 1930 1
4135 N 16TH ST sold $96K (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $12K 300 1930 1
4137-39 N 16TH ST 7 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2017); 4 L&I violations (2020); 5 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $27K 870 1930 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)

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.