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Who owns your block

1400 block of N 15th St

An investor-heavy block: 90% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $3.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 31% 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
$3.0M
$484K–$12M
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$130
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
13.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$7.4M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $3.0M
Tax / yr
$45K
typical · up to $163K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2011
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
90%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
24
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 60% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax +$3K
5 years
+0%
value · tax +$30K
10 years
+37%
value · tax +$41K

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 $3.0M — about 13.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$3.0M$167K$223K
Owner-occupied0%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 225 reported crimes (65 violent) and 128 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
225
65 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
128
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults49
Thefts41
Theft from Vehicle39
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief26
Motor Vehicle Theft17
All Other Offenses14

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping33
Maintenance Complaint27
Traffic Signal Emergency11
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
License Complaint8
Sanitation Violation6

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
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$3.0M2016: $1.8M2017: $2.2M2018: $2.8M2019: $2.9M2020: $3.0M2021: $3.0M2022: $3.0M2023: $3.1M2024: $3.1M2025: $3.1M2026: $3.1M2027: $3.0M2016202020232027

▲ +66% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$41,8202016: $2,0992017: $7062018: $11,0382019: $11,3692020: $11,5592021: $11,5592022: $11,5592023: $19,0962024: $21,7402025: $33,0702026: $38,5292027: $41,8202016202020232027

▲ +1892% since 2016 · ~+31%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 166 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $166 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+66%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.8 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M2005201020152020
14arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Investor / LLC: 9Vacant: 1 10parcels
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$484K$4.1M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Templarel Lp111$13Mphila.gov ↗
Tu Rental 1 Ppp Llc13$3.9Mphila.gov ↗
1415 N 15 St Llc12$2.5Mphila.gov ↗
Ranya Development Llc11$3.3Mphila.gov ↗
Nix Homes Preservation Llc11$4.1Mphila.gov ↗
1409 North 15th Street Owner Llc11$2.8Mphila.gov ↗
1400 N 15st Llc11$3.2Mphila.gov ↗
Carlisle Street Partners11$12Mphila.gov ↗
15th St Partners Llc11$2.4Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 10 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$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1401 N 15TH ST built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $2.8M in 2016. Investor / LLC $3.3M 17,172 2014 3 rented
1403-05 N 15TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020); 4 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $484K 0
1404-38 N 15TH ST Bought for $1.9M in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $4.1M 38,940 1982 1 rented
1407-09 N 15TH ST demolished and rebuilt (2016). Investor / LLC $2.8M 26,229 2016 0 rented
1411 N 15TH ST Bought for $206K in 2010, built new under a 2011 permit. Investor / LLC $3.2M 15,200 2011 1 rented
1415 N 15TH ST Bought for $225K in 2012, built new under a 2014 permit. Investor / LLC $808K 7,948 2015 1 rented
1417 N 15TH ST built new under a 2010 permit. Investor / LLC $12M 79,937 2010 1 rented
1429 N 15TH ST Bought for $370K in 2001, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $5.0M in 2023 (+1261%). Investor / LLC $2.4M 20,200 1915 2 rented
1431 N 15TH ST Bought for $150K in 2014, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $5.8M in 2020. Investor / LLC $4.1M 31,134 2015 4 rented
1439 N 15TH ST Bought for $750K in 2010. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $2.4M 12,140 1915 1 rented

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.