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Who owns your block

4800 block of N 16th St

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 1 home behind $8,148 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 402% since 2016, now about $409K. Property taxes are climbing about 16% 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
$409K
$13K–$482K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$65
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+109%
value · tax +$3K
5 years
+274%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+402%
value · tax +$5K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $409K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$409K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied0%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 63 reported crimes (23 violent) and 216 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
63
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
216
48 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults14
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Thefts7
All Other Offenses6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4
Fraud4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint60
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection43
Abandoned Vehicle25
Illegal Dumping20
License Complaint10
Construction Complaints9

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 · K-5
James Logan
1700 Lindley Ave · 223 students
Middle · K-8
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 students

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$250K$500K$409K2016: $82K2017: $82K2018: $112K2019: $109K2020: $110K2021: $110K2022: $110K2023: $156K2024: $156K2025: $186K2026: $196K2027: $409K2016202020232027

▲ +402% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,7312016: $1,1422017: $1,1422018: $1,5682019: $1,5232020: $1,5342021: $1,5342022: $1,5342023: $2,1782024: $2,1782025: $2,5972026: $2,7452027: $5,7312016202020232027

▲ +402% since 2016 · ~+16%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +15.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 502 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $502 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+15.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+402%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+15.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+12.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+9.3 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20012004200720102013
4arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$13K$473K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Nevin Hill Realty Corp16$3.6Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4806 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2022). Absentee individual $235K 1,360 1930 0
4813-27 N 16TH ST Bought for $140K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $482K 7,420 1910 1
4829-33 N 16TH ST Absentee individual $374K 5,760 1910 1
4830 N 16TH ST sold $80K (2004); 17 L&I violations (2020); 9 L&I violations (2024); 9 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $445K 17,098 1915 1 9 viol
4835 N 16TH ST Bought for $30K in 2001. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. Absentee individual $473K 2,584 1955 1
4860 N 16TH ST Vacant $13K 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.