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Who owns your block

6500 block of N 16th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 8 open code violations and 6 homes behind $64,443 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 77% since 2016, now about $202K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$202K
$16K–$294K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$137
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$183K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $202K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
86%
43 of 50
city 41%
Rentals
6%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▲ block 16% · city 5%
Back taxes
$64K
6 of 50 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$308
5 years
+70%
value · tax +$570
10 years
+77%
value · tax +$537

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 $202K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$202K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied60%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 63 reported crimes (21 violent) and 195 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
63
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
195
33 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft18
Other Assaults13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Fraud4
Theft from Vehicle4
Aggravated Assault Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection67
Maintenance Complaint25
Street Defect15
Abandoned Vehicle14
Illegal Dumping14
Other (Streets)8

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
Prince Hall
6101 N Gratz St · 317 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 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$125K$250K$202K2016: $114K2017: $114K2018: $114K2019: $124K2020: $119K2021: $119K2022: $119K2023: $153K2024: $153K2025: $200K2026: $200K2027: $202K2016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,7162016: $1,1792017: $1,1792018: $1,1792019: $1,1732020: $1,0302021: $1,0302022: $1,1462023: $1,0332024: $1,1732025: $1,4082026: $1,4082027: $1,7162016202020232027

▲ +46% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 177 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $177 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+77%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 37 arm's-length sales since 1992. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 24 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K19952002200920162023
37arm's-length sales since 1992
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
24homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 50 parcels

Owner-occupied: 43Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 1 50parcels
  • Owner-occupied 43
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels39 parcels9 parcels
$16K$250K+

The block's largest owner, Lev Inc, carries 7 open violations across 13 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Lev Inc113$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
76th Llc12$387Kphila.gov ↗
Man Property Holdings11$205Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 50 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
6500 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $250K 3/2 1,556 1925 1
6501 N 16TH ST 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2022). Vacant $16K —/— 0 tax lien
6502 N 16TH ST sold $145K (2024); L&I violation (2025); 4 L&I violations (2026). Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 1
6503 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a fast form building permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 0
6504 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0
6505 N 16TH ST Absentee individual $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 0
6506 N 16TH ST sold $190K (2022); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2025); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,492 1925 1 1 viol
6507 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 1
6508 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0
6509 N 16TH ST Bought for $128K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $201K 3/2 1,442 1925 1
6510 N 16TH ST Bought for $40K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 1
6511 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 1
6512 N 16TH ST Bought for $90K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 1
6513 N 16TH ST Investor / LLC $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 0 tax lien
6514 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0 1 viol
6515 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $106K in 2006 → $125K in 2016 (+18%). Owner-occupied $244K 4/2 1,442 1925 2
6516 N 16TH ST Bought for $20K in 1992. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 2
6517 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 0
6518 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0 1 viol
6519 N 16TH ST Bought for $69K in 2002. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 1
6520 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 1
6521 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $142K in 2020 → $290K in 2021 (+104%). Owner-occupied $294K 3/2 1,442 1925 2 1 viol
6522 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0
6523 N 16TH ST Bought for $75K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $260K in 2020. Owner-occupied $286K 3/2 1,442 1925 2 1 viol
6524 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2014); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2025); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $205K 3/2 1,492 1925 0 1 viol
6525 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 0
6526 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0 1 violtax lien
6527 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $201K 3/2 1,442 1925 0
6528 N 16TH ST 3 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); sold $142K (2025); L&I violation (2026). Investor / LLC $205K 3/3 1,492 1925 1 1 viol
6529 N 16TH ST Bought for $100K in 2026. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 1
6530 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0
6531 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 1
6532 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2010 → $148K in 2011 (+97%). Owner-occupied $247K 3/2 1,492 1925 2
6533 N 16TH ST Bought for $68K in 2001. Owner pulled a family daycare permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $198K 4/2 1,442 1925 2
6534 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $205K 3/2 1,492 1925 0
6535 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $198K 3/2 1,442 1925 0
6536 N 16TH ST 3 L&I violations (2016). Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0
6537 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $195K 3/2 1,442 1925 0 tax lien
6538 N 16TH ST Bought for $160K in 2021. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $205K 3/2 1,492 1925 1
6539 N 16TH ST L&I violation (2013); 8 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); sold $152K (2015). Owner-occupied $223K 3/2 1,056 1925 1
6540 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0
6541 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $241K 3/2 1,656 1925 0
6542 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 0
6544 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/2 1,492 1925 0
6546 N 16TH ST Traded 3×: $72K in 2000 → $120K in 2023 (+67%). Investor / LLC $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 3 rented
6548 N 16TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/2 1,492 1925 1
6550 N 16TH ST Traded 2×: $130K in 2019 → $224K in 2025 (+72%). Owner-occupied $245K 3/2 1,492 1925 2 rented
6552 N 16TH ST sold $150K (2023); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,492 1925 1
6554 N 16TH ST Traded 3×: $27K in 2014 → $245K in 2024 (+807%). Owner-occupied $269K 4/— 1,492 1925 3
6556 N 16TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Absentee individual $179K 3/2 1,136 1925 0 rented

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.