Who owns your block
500 block of S 16th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 62% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 95% since 2016, now about $885K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $885K — about 4.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $885K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 31% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 118 reported crimes (32 violent) and 462 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
- $885K typical home, up +95% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,455 to $10,179 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $18M assessed, $134,452/yr to the city, about $10,342 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +95% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +87% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
500-18 S 16th St is assessed at $6.9M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $95,900 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 +6.2% 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 $195 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodherb Enterprises Lp | 1 | 5 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Baron Lane Llc | 1 | 4 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Phila Tribune Co | 1 | 2 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1600 Lombard Associates L | 1 | 1 | $6.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philadelphia Tribune Co I | 1 | 1 | $897K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 13 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500-18 S 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $6.9M | —/— | 50,286 | 1909 | 1 | abated2 viol |
| 515 S 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $85K in 2001. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. | Investor / LLC | $897K | —/— | 2,435 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 517 S 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $885K | 3/3 | 1,877 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 519 S 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $460K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $742K | —/— | 1,785 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 520-26 S 16TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 15,015 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 521 S 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $173K in 2000, zoning permit in 2016, sold for $600K in 2018 (+248%). | Absentee individual | $639K | 2/2 | 2,052 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 523 S 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $105K in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $752K | —/— | 2,112 | 1915 | 1 | abated |
| 525 S 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $620K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $723K | —/— | 2,400 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 527 S 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $741K | —/— | 2,030 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 528 S 16TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $230K in 2001 → $440K in 2003 (+91%). | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 2/2 | 2,000 | 1973 | 2 | |
| 529 S 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $315K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $727K | 4/3 | 1,926 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 530 S 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/— | 3,072 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 532 S 16TH ST New constructionBought for $1.1M in 2019, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $1.1M in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | 3/2 | 2,160 | 2005 | 6 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)