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Who owns your block

1500 block of Adams Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 26% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 6 homes behind $77,178 on taxes.

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
$117K
$5K–$316K
Recent sale
$80K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $117K
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
38%
17 of 47
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$77K
6 of 47 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary · K-5
John Marshall
4500 Griscom St · 243 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

Who owns it

Ownership of 47 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 11 47parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 11

Value distribution today

4 parcels4 parcels2 parcels9 parcels11 parcels11 parcels6 parcels
$5K$185K+

The block's largest owner, Vel Homes Holding Llc, carries 6 open violations across 10 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Vel Homes Holding Llc110$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Hea Associates Llc27$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Carruth Investments Llc14$469Kphila.gov ↗
Jay Ellam Group Llc14$546Kphila.gov ↗
Ksj Group Llc13$470Kphila.gov ↗
4150 Kensington Ave Llc13$2.0Mphila.gov ↗
Domestic Linen Supply Co23$4.2Mphila.gov ↗
Lopez Investments Llc12$633Kphila.gov ↗
Ortal Investment Inc12$628Kphila.gov ↗
S L N P Properties Llc11$176Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 47 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).

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1500 ADAMS AVE Vacant $13K 0
1501 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $128K 1940 0
1502 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $151K 1940 0
1503 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $99K 1940 0
1504 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $117K 1940 0
1505 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $99K 1940 0
1506 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $151K 1940 0
1507 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $74K 1940 0 1 viol
1508 ADAMS AVE Vacant $9K 0
1509 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $108K 1940 0
1510 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $166K 1940 0
1511 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $99K 1940 0
1512 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $137K 1940 0 1 viol
1513 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $100K 1940 0
1514 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $157K 1940 0
1515 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $101K 1940 0
1516-18 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $158K 1940 0
1517 ADAMS AVE Investor / LLC $100K 1940 0
1519 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $131K 1940 0
1520 ADAMS AVE Investor / LLC $154K 1940 0
1522 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $147K 1940 0
1523 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $115K 1940 0
1524 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $147K 1940 0
1525 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $115K 1940 0
1526 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $152K 1940 0
1527 ADAMS AVE Vacant $7K 0
1528 ADAMS AVE Investor / LLC $176K 1940 0
1529 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $115K 1940 0
1530 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $130K 1940 0 2 viol
1531 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $114K 1940 0
1532-34 ADAMS AVE Investor / LLC $140K 1940 0
1536-38 ADAMS AVE Owner-occupied $156K 1940 0
1539 ADAMS AVE Investor / LLC $247K 1940 0
1540-42 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $185K 1940 0
1541 ADAMS AVE Vacant $31K 0
1544 ADAMS AVE Investor / LLC $120K 1940 0
1546 ADAMS AVE Absentee individual $119K 1940 0
1548 ADAMS AVE Investor / LLC $125K 1940 0
1550 ADAMS AVE Investor / LLC $316K 1940 0
1558 ADAMS AVE Investor / LLC $242K 1940 0
1560-62 ADAMS AVE Vacant $90K 0
1564 ADAMS AVE Vacant $45K 0
1566 ADAMS AVE Vacant $45K 0
1568R ADAMS AVE Vacant $5K 0
1568 ADAMS AVE Vacant $82K 0
1570 ADAMS AVE Vacant $60K 0
1574 ADAMS AVE Vacant $52K 0

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

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