Who owns your block
1500 block of Alcott St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 90% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $203K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $203K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19149 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19149 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19149 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $203K | $234K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 82 reported crimes (28 violent) and 147 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $203K typical home, up +82% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,495 to $2,385 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.1M assessed, $64,381/yr to the city, about $2,146 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +82% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +60% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 1508 Alcott Stexemption0.66%$1,232/yr on $188K
- 1510 Alcott Stexemption0.66%$1,232/yr on $188K
- 1512 Alcott Stexemption0.66%$1,232/yr on $188K
- 1524 Alcott Stexemption0.66%$1,232/yr on $188K
- 1526 Alcott Stexemption0.66%$1,232/yr on $188K
- …and 10 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $182 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 63 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 30 parcels
- Owner-occupied 27
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liby LLC | 1 | 4 | $805K | phila.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 30 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 ALCOTT ST TradedTraded 2×: $68K in 1999 → $125K in 2023 (+84%). | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/2 | 1,381 | 1927 | 2 | |
| 1501 ALCOTT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $90K in 2014 → $161K in 2018 (+79%). | Owner-occupied | $253K | 3/1 | 1,891 | 1927 | 3 | |
| 1502 ALCOTT ST Historysold $112K (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 1 | |
| 1503 ALCOTT ST Historysold $82K (2003); 3 L&I violations (2011). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 1 | |
| 1504 ALCOTT ST Historysold $53K (2001); 6 L&I violations (2011); 7 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2014). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 1 | |
| 1505 ALCOTT ST Historysold $65K (2003); 3 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2024). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 1 | |
| 1506 ALCOTT ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $53K in 2001 → $200K in 2021 (+277%). | Owner-occupied | $221K | 3/2 | 1,260 | 1927 | 4 | |
| 1507 ALCOTT ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $92K in 2005 → $150K in 2025 (+63%). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 5 | rented |
| 1508 ALCOTT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $45K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $150K in 2020 (+230%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 2 | |
| 1509 ALCOTT ST History2 L&I violations (2009); L&I violation (2023). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 0 | |
| 1510 ALCOTT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $75K in 2003 → $152K in 2019 (+103%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/2 | 1,260 | 1927 | 3 | |
| 1511 ALCOTT ST Historysold $50K (2014); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 1 | |
| 1512 ALCOTT ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2010 → $200K in 2021 (+100%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/2 | 1,260 | 1927 | 2 | |
| 1513 ALCOTT ST History2 L&I violations (2011). | Absentee individual | $204K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 0 | |
| 1514 ALCOTT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $10K in 2002, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $153K in 2017 (+1425%). | Owner-occupied | $229K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 6 | |
| 1515 ALCOTT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $24K in 2000 → $90K in 2014 (+275%). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 3 | |
| 1516 ALCOTT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $40K in 2000 → $71K in 2017 (+78%). | Absentee individual | $188K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 3 | rented |
| 1517 ALCOTT ST | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 0 | |
| 1518 ALCOTT ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2001 → $91K in 2005 (+52%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 2 | rented |
| 1519 ALCOTT ST Historysold $150K (2006); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2024). | Owner-occupied | $204K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 1 | |
| 1520 ALCOTT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $30K in 2001 → $200K in 2024 (+578%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 3 | |
| 1521 ALCOTT ST History3 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2009); 5 L&I violations (2011); sold $60K (2018). | Investor / LLC | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 1 | rented |
| 1522 ALCOTT ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2006 → $118K in 2017 (-2%). | Owner-occupied | $229K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 2 | |
| 1523 ALCOTT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $150K in 2022 → $267K in 2024 (+78%). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1927 | 3 | |
| 1524 ALCOTT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $56K in 2000 → $145K in 2020 (+161%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 3 | |
| 1525 ALCOTT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $17K in 1998, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $65K in 2013 (+284%). | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,471 | 1927 | 4 | |
| 1526 ALCOTT ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2013 → $165K in 2020 (+175%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 2 | |
| 1528 ALCOTT ST | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,260 | 1927 | 1 | |
| 1530 ALCOTT ST | Owner-occupied | $198K | 3/1 | 1,388 | 1927 | 1 | |
| 1532 ALCOTT ST TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2009 → $127K in 2009 (+95%). | Owner-occupied | $199K | 3/1 | 1,603 | 1927 | 2 |
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)