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Who owns your block

4500 block of N 16th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations and 17 homes behind $107,503 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 88% since 2016, now about $120K. 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
$120K
$19K–$258K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$92
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$43K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $120K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
25 of 61
$38K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
69%
42 of 61
city 41%
Rentals
16%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$108K
17 of 61 behind
▲ block 28% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$113
5 years
+150%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+88%
value · tax +$1K

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 $120K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and above 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$120K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied44%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 138 reported crimes (59 violent) and 312 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
138
59 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
312
69 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults31
Thefts20
Aggravated Assault No Firearm15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Fraud13
All Other Offenses12

Top 311 complaints

Sanitation Violation67
Maintenance Complaint63
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection62
Abandoned Vehicle17
Illegal Dumping14
Street Defect13

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$100K$200K$120K2016: $64K2017: $64K2018: $64K2019: $50K2020: $48K2021: $48K2022: $48K2023: $72K2024: $72K2025: $110K2026: $110K2027: $120K2016202020232027

▲ +88% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6392016: $5612017: $5612018: $5602019: $6692020: $802021: $802022: $802023: $2912024: $3852025: $5952026: $1,5262027: $1,6392016202020232027

▲ +192% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

25
25 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 $38,059 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%
$346pays now $1,746at the full rate

4502 N 16th St is assessed at $125K but pays $346 a year — about 20% of the $1,746 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7510025020162019202220252027This block 188 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $188 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+88%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.6 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 48 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 29 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M19982004201020162022
48arm's-length sales since 1995
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
29homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 61 parcels

Owner-occupied: 42Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 12Vacant: 1 61parcels
  • Owner-occupied 42
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 12
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels52 parcels1 parcels5 parcels
$19K$185K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Drew Demarco (individual)3493$68Mphila.gov ↗
Truvision Llc132$5.8Mphila.gov ↗
Brewt Investments Llc15$797Kphila.gov ↗
Integrity Restore & Rehab Llc12$252Kphila.gov ↗
Akins Andrea L Tr (individual)22$249Kphila.gov ↗
4526 North 16th Street Land Trust11$125Kphila.gov ↗
S Solutions Llc11$185Kphila.gov ↗
Veco Consulting Llc11$188Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 61 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4500 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2010); 3 L&I violations (2011); sold $72K (2012). Owner-occupied $104K —/— 1,496 1925 1 tax lien
4502 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abated
4504 N 16TH ST Bought for $90K in 2025. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Absentee individual $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 1 rented
4506 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $125K 2/1 1,354 1925 0 tax lien
4507 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $118K 3/1 1,330 1925 0 tax lien
4508 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $63K in 2019 → $185K in 2020 (+195%). Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,354 1925 2
4509 N 16TH ST built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4510 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abated
4511 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $93K in 2020. Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 1 abated
4512 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Absentee individual $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 tax lien
4513 N 16TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4514 N 16TH ST Bought for $45K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 1
4515 N 16TH ST Bought for $130K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 1
4516 N 16TH ST Bought for $83K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 1 rentedtax lien
4517 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0
4518 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abated
4519 N 16TH ST Bought for $30K in 2003, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $75K in 2007. Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 3 abated
4520 N 16TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2003. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 1 abated
4521 N 16TH ST Bought for $28K in 2004, built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $70K in 2010. Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 2 abated
4522 N 16TH ST Traded 5×: $488K in 2003 → $45K in 2020 (-91%). Investor / LLC $111K 3/1 1,210 1925 5
4523 N 16TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4524 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abated
4525 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0 abated
4526 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0
4527 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0 tax lien
4528 N 16TH ST Bought for $24K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 1 rented
4529 N 16TH ST Bought for $67K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 1 tax lien
4530 N 16TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abated
4531 N 16TH ST sold $39K (2014); L&I violation (2019). Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 1
4532 N 16TH ST Bought for $40K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $185K 3/1 1,354 1925 1 rented1 violtax lien
4533 N 16TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4534 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $13K in 2007 → $30K in 2007 (+129%). Absentee individual $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 2 rented
4535 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 1
4536 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $92K in 2015 → $140K in 2025 (+53%). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,354 1925 2
4537 N 16TH ST Bought for $70K in 2022. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $258K 2/2 1,316 1925 1 rented3 viol
4538 N 16TH ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abated
4539 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0
4540 N 16TH ST Bought for $28K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $188K 3/1 1,354 1925 2 tax lien
4541 N 16TH ST sold $23K (2009); 3 L&I violations (2026). Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 1 rented
4542 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0
4543 N 16TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4544 N 16TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $35K in 2012. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 1 abatedtax lien
4545 N 16TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $7K in 1995. Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 1 abated
4546 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abated
4547 N 16TH ST built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0 abated
4548 N 16TH ST Absentee individual $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 1 rented
4549 N 16TH ST Bought for $30K in 2008, use permit in 2009, sold for $45K in 2024 (+50%). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 2
4550 N 16TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4551 N 16TH ST Bought for $28K in 2013. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 1 5 violtax lien
4552 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 1
4553 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,312 1925 0 abated
4554 N 16TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abated
4555 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2003 → $29K in 2003 (+45%). Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 2 rented
4556 N 16TH ST Bought for $45K in 2018. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,356 1925 1
4557 N 16TH ST Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 1
4558 N 16TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,354 1925 0 abated
4559 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $39K in 2000 → $24K in 2008 (-38%). Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 2 rented
4560 N 16TH ST Traded 3×: $4K in 2000 → $180K in 2023 (+5043%). Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,354 1925 3 tax lien
4561 N 16TH ST 3 L&I violations (2012); 4 L&I violations (2013); 4 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8 (2016); L&I violation (2019). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,316 1925 0
4562 N 16TH ST Vacant $19K —/— 0
4563 N 16TH ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,396 1925 0 abated

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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