House report

161 Carson St

3 bd2 ba1,873 sqftRSA5built 1900

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$420K OPA value, not a listing price
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Assessment and City record timeline

Published City assessments for this house against its block and ZIP. Dated City filings are marked on the same line. Select one to read it. Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals.

$0$250K$500KZIP 19127 (Manayunk) median$490K2015201720192021202320252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19127 (Manayunk) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitLicense

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Every dated record12 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $403K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $340K
  3. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  4. L&I violationHIGH WEEDS-CUT
  5. LicenseKANDYCE HUGHES: Vacant Residential Property / Lot landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  6. Deed / saleDeed / sale $313K
  7. PermitElectrical
  8. PermitPlumbing
  9. PermitMechanical
  10. PermitAlteration
  11. LicenseKANDYCE HUGHES: Vacant Residential Property / Lot landlord or residential registration initially issued
  12. Deed / saleDeed / sale $151K

Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$5,879/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $420,000 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $490,100. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

OPA 211158900
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Interior
1,873 sqft livable area
Lot
1,453 sqft
Basement
Full, finished city code A
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
New / rehabbed city code 2
New / rehabbed
Interior condition
New / rehabbed city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Block context

100 block of Carson St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 159 Carson St  ·  163 Carson St

Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

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No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 25, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.

KANDYCE HUGHESInactive

Vacant Residential Property / Lot · Initial issue date Feb 16, 2017 · Terminal license date Apr 16, 2018

A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.

Open every source row 12 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$403K transfer

    2022

  2. Recorded transfer$340K transfer

    2020

  3. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 658862 · Violation 4838798 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  4. ViolationHIGH WEEDS-CUT

    Case 658862 · Violation 4838799 · Code CP-312A · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  5. License terminal eventKANDYCE HUGHES: Vacant Residential Property / Lot landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 728734 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  6. Recorded transfer$313K transfer

    2018

  7. PermitElectrical

    Permit 776312 · COMPLETED

    REWIRE 3 STORY BLDG WITH 20 CIRCUITS, 40 OUTLETS, 20 LIGHTS, 15 SWITCHES, 7 120V SMOKES AND CARBONS AND REPLACE PANEL ONLY WITH AN EXISTING 100AMP SERVICE AS PER 2008 NEC (NORTH DISTRICT)

  8. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 776425 · EXPIRED

    3 WC,3 LAVS,1 LAUNDRY,1 KS,STACK AND HWH (SFD)THE INSTALLATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE, 2004

  9. PermitMechanical

    Permit 765669 · EXPIRED

    INSTAL (1) NEW 95% GAS FURNACE WITH AC AND RELATED DUCTWORK.

  10. PermitAlteration

    Permit 764849 · EXPIRED

    FOR ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING ONE FAMILY DWELLING AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

  11. License issue eventKANDYCE HUGHES: Vacant Residential Property / Lot landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 728734 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  12. Recorded transfer$151K transfer

    2017

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 26, 2026, 7:18 PM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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