Who owns your block
4200 block of N 16th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 14 open code violations and 7 homes behind $46,652 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $93K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $93K — 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 | $93K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 40% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 145 reported crimes (72 violent) and 351 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
- $93K typical home, up +104% since 2016
- Tax bill $554 to $711 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.9M assessed, $14,488/yr to the city, about $724 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +104% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +28% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
4257 N 16th St is assessed at $110K but pays $137 a year — about 9% of the $1,537 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% 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 $204 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2010. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gertrude Hunt Homes Llc | 1 | 1 | $99K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4225 N 16TH ST | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 4235 N 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $75K in 2025. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. | Absentee individual | $56K | —/— | 1,305 | 1930 | 1 | 5 violtax lien |
| 4237 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $96K | 3/1 | 1,284 | 1930 | 0 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 4239 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $90K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 4241 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $90K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 4243 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $90K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 4245 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $90K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 4247 N 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $1K in 2015, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $95K in 2018 (+9400%). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1930 | 2 | tax lien |
| 4248 N 16TH ST | Vacant | $18K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 4249 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $90K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 4250 N 16TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2011. | Investor / LLC | $99K | 3/1 | 1,002 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 4251 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $90K | 3/1 | 1,234 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 4252 N 16TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $99K | 3/1 | 1,002 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 4253 N 16TH ST History3 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2018); Appeal city affirmed (2019); 7 L&I violations (2023); Appeal complete (2024); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Absentee individual | $115K | —/— | 1,768 | 1930 | 0 | 2 viol |
| 4254 N 16TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2019 → $135K in 2020 (+350%). | Owner-occupied | $162K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 4255 N 16TH ST Historysold $40K (2010); 3 L&I violations (2019); 3 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Owner-occupied | $128K | —/— | 1,392 | 1930 | 1 | 7 violtax lien |
| 4256 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $89K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 4257 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $110K | —/— | 2,400 | 1930 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 4258 N 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $50K in 2021, addition and/or alteration permit in 2021, sold for $177K in 2021 (+254%). | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 4260 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)