Who owns your block
900 block of N 16th St
A mixed-ownership block: 52% owner-occupied, 6% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 45% since 2016, now about $363K. Property taxes are climbing about 26% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $363K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19130 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $363K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 13% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 179 reported crimes (39 violent) and 243 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
- $363K typical home, up +45% since 2016
- Tax bill $351 to $4,304 a year, +26%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $117,493/yr to the city, about $3,790 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +45% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +1126% since 2016 · ~+26%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
914 N 16th St is assessed at $1.4M but pays $3,869 a year — about 20% of the $19,351 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 +3.4% 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 $145 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 28 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 31 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 13
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 2 | 4773 | $1418M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Dabomo Holdings Llc | 1 | 4 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| High N Tight Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $363K | 2/2 | 1,261 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 900 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $329K | 2/2 | 1,050 | 2014 | 0 | rented |
| 900 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $353K | 2/2 | 1,216 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 900 N 16TH ST History5 L&I violations (2019). | Owner-occupied | $425K | 2/2 | 1,527 | 2014 | 0 | tax lien |
| 902 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $319K | 2/2 | 1,010 | 2014 | 0 | rented |
| 902 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $359K | 2/2 | 1,242 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 902 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $349K | 2/2 | 1,197 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 902 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $354K | 2/2 | 1,464 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 904 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $308K | 2/2 | 1,010 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 904 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $330K | 2/2 | 1,464 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 904 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $359K | 2/2 | 1,242 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 904 N 16TH ST History6 L&I violations (2022); Appeal complete (2023). | Absentee individual | $349K | 2/2 | 1,197 | 2014 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 906 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $319K | 2/2 | 1,011 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 906 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $359K | 2/2 | 1,242 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 906 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $405K | 2/2 | 1,464 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 906 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $349K | 2/2 | 1,196 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 907 N 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $466K | 6/3 | 3,510 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 908 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $416K | 3/3 | 1,803 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 908 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $455K | 3/2 | 2,033 | 2014 | 0 | rented |
| 909 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $466K | 6/3 | 3,510 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 910 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $460K | 3/3 | 1,550 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 910 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $344K | 2/2 | 1,022 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 910 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $424K | 2/2 | 1,150 | 2018 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 910 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $389K | 2/2 | 1,020 | 2018 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 911 N 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $250K in 2009, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $640K in 2024 (+63900%). | Investor / LLC | $667K | 6/3 | 3,510 | 1915 | 5 | rented |
| 912 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $353K | 2/2 | 1,022 | 2018 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 912 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $419K | 3/3 | 1,550 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 912 N 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $424K | 2/2 | 1,150 | 2018 | 0 | abated |
| 912 N 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $389K | 2/2 | 1,020 | 2018 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 913 N 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $30K in 2002, alteration permit in 2009, sold for $1.2M in 2024 (+3900%). | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | 9/4 | 4,608 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 914 N 16TH ST New constructionBought for $4K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $1.4M in 2018. | Absentee individual | $1.4M | 9/10 | 5,472 | 2017 | 4 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)