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Who owns your block

100 block of N 15th St

An investor-heavy block: 100% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 16 open code violations and 1 home behind $28,773 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 257% since 2016, now about $1.2M. Property taxes are climbing about 12% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$1.2M
$458K–$25M
ZIP median $403K
Price / sq ft
$222
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
5.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$17K
typical · up to $355K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1928
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
11%
1 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
22%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
16
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$29K
1 of 9 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$139
5 years
-9%
value · tax −$2K
10 years
+257%
value · tax +$12K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $1.2M — about 5.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19102 median of $403K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19102 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19102Philadelphia
Median home value$1.2M$403K$223K
Owner-occupied0%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 265 reported crimes (128 violent) and 137 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
265
128 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
137
20 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults106
All Other Offenses42
Thefts41
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm14
Fraud12

Top 311 complaints

Information Request27
Traffic Signal Emergency18
Graffiti Removal15
Maintenance Complaint14
Dangerous Sidewalk6
Right of Way Unit6

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 & Middle · K-8
Laura W Waring
1801 Green St · 170 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$2.5M$5.0M$1.2M2016: $338K2017: $338K2018: $783K2019: $851K2020: $920K2021: $1.3M2022: $1.3M2023: $1.3M2024: $1.3M2025: $1.2M2026: $1.2M2027: $1.2M2016202020232027

▲ +257% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$16,8732016: $4,7332017: $4,7332018: $10,9562019: $11,9142020: $12,8712021: $18,4962022: $18,4962023: $17,9272024: $17,9272025: $17,0122026: $17,0122027: $16,8732016202020232027

▲ +256% since 2016 · ~+12%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 357 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $357 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+257%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+5.8 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 2Vacant: 6 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

7 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$458K$6.8M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Parkway Corp411$11Mphila.gov ↗
Fogels Garage Inc22$8.1Mphila.gov ↗
Gelfund R E Opp Metropolitan Lp11$25Mphila.gov ↗
Polites Enterprises Llc11$458Kphila.gov ↗
Cherry Orchard Llc11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 9 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$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
111-23 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $25M 184,660 1928 0 rented16 viol
125 N 15TH ST built new under a 2012 permit. Owner-occupied $458K 1,584 1930 1 rentedtax lien
127-31 N 15TH ST built new under a 2018 permit. Investor / LLC $1.2M 5,430 1920 0
133-49 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Vacant $6.8M 0
151 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Vacant $675K 0
153 N 15TH ST Vacant $675K 0
155 N 15TH ST Vacant $675K 0
157-59 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2007); Appeal withdrawn (2009). Vacant $1.4M 0
161-63 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2007); Appeal withdrawn (2009). Vacant $1.4M 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)

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.