Who owns your block
900 block of S 16th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 59% since 2016, now about $638K. Property taxes are climbing about 27% 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 $638K — about 2.9× 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 | $638K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 32% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 86 reported crimes (25 violent) and 287 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
- $638K typical home, up +59% since 2016
- Tax bill $636 to $8,500 a year, +27%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $15M assessed, $182,572/yr to the city, about $8,299 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +59% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +1236% since 2016 · ~+27%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
910 S 16th St is assessed at $1.3M but pays $3,690 a year — about 20% of the $18,449 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 +4.3% 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 $159 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 41 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Absentee individual 7
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 S 16TH ST New constructionBought for $210K in 2005, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $754K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $829K | 3/3 | 1,980 | 2007 | 3 | |
| 903 S 16TH ST New constructionBought for $210K in 2005, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $465K in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $829K | 3/3 | 1,980 | 2007 | 2 | |
| 905 S 16TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $170K in 2002 → $393K in 2008 (+131%). | Absentee individual | $985K | —/— | 2,952 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 907 S 16TH ST New constructionBought for $472K in 2007, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $745K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $948K | 3/3 | 2,630 | 2006 | 5 | |
| 909 S 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $69K in 2004, wall covering replacement permit in 2019, sold for $600K in 2019 (+770%). | Owner-occupied | $788K | —/— | 2,070 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 910 S 16TH ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $410K in 2016, demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017). | Absentee individual | $1.3M | 6/— | 3,536 | 2019 | 2 | abated |
| 911 S 16TH ST Historysold $75K (2003); 7 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2020). | Owner-occupied | $539K | —/— | 2,070 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 912 S 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $205K in 2007. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $576K | —/— | 1,920 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 913 S 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $556K | 3/3 | 1,728 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 913 S 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $576K | 3/2 | 1,687 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 914 S 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $70K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $520K in 2020 (+643%). | Owner-occupied | $664K | —/— | 1,864 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 915 S 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $556K | 3/3 | 1,728 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 915 S 16TH ST | Absentee individual | $576K | 3/2 | 1,687 | 2014 | 0 | rented |
| 916 S 16TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $5K in 2005 → $389K in 2008 (+7680%). | Owner-occupied | $685K | —/— | 1,980 | 1915 | 4 | rented |
| 917 S 16TH ST ImprovedBought for $60K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Absentee individual | $638K | 5/3 | 2,038 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 918 S 16TH ST New constructionBought for $194K in 2006, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $700K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $768K | 3/2 | 2,184 | 2009 | 6 | |
| 919 S 16TH ST New constructionBought for $540K in 2013, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $750K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $857K | 4/3 | 2,652 | 2008 | 3 | |
| 920 S 16TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $150K in 2006, demolition permit in 2007, sold for $397K in 2012 (+165%). | Absentee individual | $638K | 3/2 | 1,720 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 922-24 S 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $407K | 2/2 | 1,320 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 922-24 S 16TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a foundation permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $326K | 2/2 | 977 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 922-24 S 16TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit. | Absentee individual | $331K | 2/2 | 997 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 922-24 S 16TH ST | Owner-occupied | $407K | 2/2 | 1,320 | 2010 | 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)