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1200 block of S 15th St

A mixed-ownership block: 55% owner-occupied, 24% investor-held, with 11 open code violations and 3 homes behind $35,641 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 218% since 2016, now about $511K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year.

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By the Numbers

Median value
$511K
$168K–$8.1M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$218
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$315K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $511K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 42
$236K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
55%
23 of 42
city 41%
Rentals
43%
18 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
11
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$36K
3 of 42 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
10
8 homes · ZBA & boards
block 19% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+11%
value · tax +$639
5 years
+107%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+218%
value · tax +$4K

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 $511K — about 2.3× 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 blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$511K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied33%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 115 reported crimes (34 violent) and 274 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
115
34 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
274
53 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults23
Thefts22
Fraud13
Theft from Vehicle12
Motor Vehicle Theft11
All Other Offenses10

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection50
Maintenance Complaint31
Construction Complaints28
Sanitation Violation22
Illegal Dumping20
Street Defect16

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
George W Childs
1599 Wharton St · 443 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$500K$1.0M$511K2016: $161K2017: $161K2018: $165K2019: $230K2020: $247K2021: $247K2022: $247K2023: $345K2024: $345K2025: $460K2026: $460K2027: $511K2016202020232027

▲ +218% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,6682016: $1,9332017: $1,9332018: $1,9332019: $2,9372020: $3,0992021: $3,0992022: $2,8012023: $3,7092024: $4,1132025: $5,0292026: $5,0292027: $5,6682016202020232027

▲ +193% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

8
8 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $235,761 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 19 of 42 homes pay that full rate — and 23 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.

1.40% — the full rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
home on this blocktax-abated
$0pays now $113,324at the full rate

The starkest example: 1208-12 S 15th St is assessed at $8.1M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $113,324 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 318 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $318 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+11.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+218%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.6 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 73 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
73arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 42 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 8Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 2 42parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 8
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels5 parcels10 parcels7 parcels7 parcels7 parcels4 parcels
$168K$786K+

The block's largest owner, T&I Development LLC, carries 12 open violations across 80 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
T&I Development LLC180$13Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Alion Investments LLC148$12Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1715 Properties INC47$12Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Castle Views LLC13$1.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Ming LLC12$1.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Wharton Street Development LLC11$3.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1252 Ki LLC11$628Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 42 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1200 S 15TH ST Bought for $190K in 2008. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $398K —/— 2,844 1925 1 4 viol
1202 S 15TH ST Bought for $250K in 2016, demolition permit in 2018, sold for $530K in 2020 (+179%). Investor / LLC $640K 6/3 2,376 1925 4 rented
1203 S 15TH ST Bought for $210K in 2016. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2021. Vacant $168K —/— 1
1204 S 15TH ST Bought for $181K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $396K 5/4 1,885 1925 1 rented
1205-07 S 15TH ST Bought for $150K in 2002, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $3.4M —/— 17,472 2023 1 rentedabated
1206 S 15TH ST Bought for $243K in 2011, alteration permit in 2019, sold for $409K in 2024 (+582%). Owner-occupied $518K 3/2 2,093 1925 4
1208-12 S 15TH ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $8.1M —/— 9,292 2003 0 rentedabated
1209 S 15TH ST Bought for $270K in 2026. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $415K 5/1 2,154 1915 1
1211 S 15TH ST Bought for $265K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $628K 5/2 2,370 1915 1 rented
1213-19 S 15TH ST Bought for $300K in 2007. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2008. Vacant $674K —/— 1
1214 S 15TH ST built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $470K in 2024. Investor / LLC $319K —/— 2,296 1915 2 rentedtax lien
1216 S 15TH ST Traded 3×: $65K in 2009 → $129K in 2011 (+98%). Absentee individual $340K 4/2 2,296 1915 3 rented
1218 S 15TH ST Traded 2×: $500 in 2003 → $15K in 2003 (+2900%). Absentee individual $506K —/— 2,296 1915 2 rented
1220 S 15TH ST Bought for $16K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $306K 3/1 1,592 1925 1 tax lien
1221-25 S 15TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $1.7M —/— 12,315 2011 0 rentedabated
1222 S 15TH ST Traded 3×: $16K in 2004 → $19K in 2005 (+17%). Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,232 1925 3
1224 S 15TH ST Bought for $32K in 2006, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $329K in 2018 (+935%). Owner-occupied $364K 3/1 1,460 1925 2
1226 S 15TH ST Bought for $315K in 2016, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $338K in 2018. Owner-occupied $444K 3/1 1,613 2010 2
1227 S 15TH ST built new (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $593K —/— 5,067 1925 0 abated
1228 S 15TH ST Bought for $35K in 2011, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $300K in 2012. Owner-occupied $412K 4/2 1,696 1925 2
1229 S 15TH ST Bought for $35K in 2002, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $327K in 2013. Owner-occupied $588K 4/2 2,436 1915 3
1230 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $266K 3/1 1,232 1925 0
1231 S 15TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $380K —/— 1,768 1915 0 abated
1232 S 15TH ST Bought for $113K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,128 1925 3
1233 S 15TH ST Bought for $210K in 2014. Owner pulled a addition permit in 2015. Absentee individual $567K 6/3 2,254 1915 1
1234 S 15TH ST Traded 3×: $19K in 2004 → $527K in 2022 (+2750%). Owner-occupied $598K 5/2 2,859 1915 3 rented
1235 S 15TH ST Bought for $165K in 2015. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2016. Absentee individual $496K —/— 1,968 1915 1 rented
1236 S 15TH ST Bought for $315K in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $413K —/— 2,361 1915 1 rented5 violtax lien
1237 S 15TH ST Bought for $20K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $680K 5/2 2,475 1915 3
1238 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $412K 4/1 2,361 1915 0
1239 S 15TH ST Bought for $108K in 2005. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $527K 4/2 2,280 1915 3
1240 S 15TH ST sold $80K (2011); 3 L&I violations (2011). Absentee individual $425K 4/3 2,373 1915 1 rented
1241 S 15TH ST Bought for $85K in 2010. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $571K 6/— 2,703 1915 1 rented
1242 S 15TH ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated), sold for $215K in 2016. Absentee individual $634K 4/2 2,263 1915 1 rentedabated1 viol
1243 S 15TH ST Bought for $225K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $375K in 2022. Owner-occupied $786K 4/3 2,800 1915 2 tax lien
1244 S 15TH ST Bought for $165K in 2001. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $516K 4/2 2,361 1915 5 rented
1246 S 15TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $422K —/— 2,505 1915 0 abated
1248 S 15TH ST Bought for $40K in 2000, built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated), sold for $231K in 2008. Absentee individual $580K 6/3 2,319 1915 2 abated
1250 S 15TH ST Bought for $94K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $160K in 2015 (+70%). Absentee individual $443K 3/3 2,217 1915 5 rented
1252 S 15TH ST Bought for $250K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $628K 5/2 2,217 1915 1 rentedtax lien
1254 S 15TH ST Bought for $150K in 2005, electrical permit in 2010, sold for $518K in 2022 (+245%). Owner-occupied $668K 6/2 2,595 1915 4
1256 S 15TH ST Bought for $600K in 2020. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $517K —/— 3,333 1915 1 1 viol

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