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Who owns your block

1400 block of S 15th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $31,298 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 275% since 2016, now about $374K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% a year.

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
$374K
$342K–$633K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$201
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$610K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $374K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 40
$57K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
75%
30 of 40
city 41%
Rentals
15%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$31K
1 of 40 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+13%
value · tax +$990
5 years
+97%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+275%
value · tax +$3K

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 $374K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and in line with 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$374K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied50%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 99 reported crimes (28 violent) and 304 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
99
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
304
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults21
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Theft from Vehicle14
Thefts12
All Other Offenses9
Fraud8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection64
Illegal Dumping32
Maintenance Complaint30
Salting29
Shoveling21
Graffiti Removal19

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$250K$500K$374K2016: $100K2017: $100K2018: $100K2019: $176K2020: $190K2021: $190K2022: $190K2023: $297K2024: $297K2025: $332K2026: $332K2027: $374K2016202020232027

▲ +275% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,8092016: $1,3212017: $1,3212018: $1,3172019: $1,9092020: $2,0272021: $2,0272022: $2,0272023: $3,0632024: $3,1982025: $3,3562026: $3,8192027: $4,8092016202020232027

▲ +264% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr

7
7 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 $57,229 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$4,912pays now $8,857at the full rate

1400 S 15th St is assessed at $633K but pays $4,912 a year — about 55% of the $8,857 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 375 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $375 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+275%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6.3 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 53 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
53arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 40 parcels

Owner-occupied: 30Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 7 40parcels
  • Owner-occupied 30
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

21 parcels7 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels4 parcels4 parcels
$342K$580K+

The block's largest owner, Y E R A Inc, carries 1 open violation across 9 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Y E R A Inc19$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Fmj Properties Llc11$601Kphila.gov ↗
Lucky Investment Company11$363Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 40 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1400 S 15TH ST Bought for $135K in 2005, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $700K in 2025. Absentee individual $633K 6/3 2,848 1915 4 rentedabated
1401 S 15TH ST Bought for $5K in 2002, suppression permit in 2008, sold for $380K in 2013 (+7500%). Owner-occupied $458K —/— 2,992 1915 5 rented
1402 S 15TH ST Bought for $160K in 2014, demolition permit in 2014, sold for $425K in 2015 (+166%). Owner-occupied $513K 3/2 2,214 1915 2 tax lien
1403 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $371K —/— 2,064 1915 0
1404 S 15TH ST Bought for $417K in 2015. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $488K 3/2 1,998 1915 2
1405 S 15TH ST Bought for $86K in 2012, major alteration permit in 2012, sold for $480K in 2022 (+457%). Owner-occupied $488K 4/2 1,944 1915 3
1406 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $364K —/— 2,007 1915 0 abated
1407 S 15TH ST sold $18K (2004); L&I violation (2026). Investor / LLC $360K —/— 1,944 1915 1
1408 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $346K —/— 1,767 1915 0
1409 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $360K —/— 1,944 1915 0 tax lien
1410 S 15TH ST Bought for $100K in 2011, alteration permit in 2011, sold for $447K in 2021 (+347%). Owner-occupied $502K 3/2 2,103 1915 4
1411 S 15TH ST Bought for $135K in 2014, zoning permit in 2015, sold for $435K in 2017 (+222%). Owner-occupied $524K 3/2 2,102 1915 2 tax lien
1412 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $371K —/— 2,103 1915 0 rented
1413 S 15TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $374K —/— 1,864 1915 0 abated
1414 S 15TH ST sold $190K (2006); 2 L&I violations (2017). Absentee individual $353K —/— 1,863 1915 1
1415 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $374K —/— 1,864 1915 0 abated
1416 S 15TH ST Bought for $20K in 2013, demolition permit in 2014, sold for $450K in 2015 (+2150%). Investor / LLC $601K 6/3 2,291 1915 3
1417 S 15TH ST sold $120K (2004); L&I violation (2011). Owner-occupied $374K —/— 1,864 1915 1
1418 S 15TH ST Bought for $22K in 2008, built new under a 2023 permit, sold for $520K in 2024. Owner-occupied $555K 3/3 1,887 1915 3 tax lien
1419 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $374K —/— 1,864 1915 1
1420 S 15TH ST Bought for $65K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Absentee individual $342K —/— 1,767 1915 1
1421 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $374K —/— 1,864 1915 0
1422 S 15TH ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $346K —/— 1,767 1915 0 abated
1423 S 15TH ST Bought for $31K in 2002, zoning permit in 2014, sold for $368K in 2014 (+1085%). Owner-occupied $518K 4/3 1,960 1915 3
1424 S 15TH ST built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $6K in 2000. Absentee individual $580K 4/3 2,100 1915 1
1425 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $387K —/— 2,020 1915 0 abated
1426 S 15TH ST Investor / LLC $363K —/— 1,986 1915 1 rented
1427 S 15TH ST built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $387K —/— 2,020 1915 0 abated
1428 S 15TH ST Bought for $245K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $346K —/— 1,767 1915 2 rented
1429 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $374K —/— 1,864 1915 0
1430 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Absentee individual $346K —/— 1,767 1915 0
1431 S 15TH ST Traded 2×: $109K in 2003 → $331K in 2017 (+204%). Owner-occupied $383K 4/2 1,968 1915 2
1432 S 15TH ST Absentee individual $346K —/— 1,767 1915 1 rented
1433 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $374K —/— 1,864 1915 1
1434 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $388K —/— 2,367 1915 1
1435 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $374K —/— 1,864 1915 1
1436 S 15TH ST Bought for $37K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $290K in 2015 (+684%). Owner-occupied $384K 5/2 1,887 1915 4
1437 S 15TH ST L&I violation (2014). Owner-occupied $386K —/— 2,007 1915 0
1438 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $392K —/— 2,395 1915 0
1439 S 15TH ST Bought for $81K in 2012, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $549K in 2019 (+578%). Owner-occupied $530K —/— 2,072 1915 3

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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