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Who owns your block

1500 block of Brandywine St

An investor-heavy block: 43% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 3 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 172% since 2016, now about $858K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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
$858K
$274K–$2.5M
ZIP median $457K
Price / sq ft
$192
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$12K
typical · up to $35K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 7
$13K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
29%
2 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
43%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 14% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+18%
value · tax +$629
5 years
+49%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+172%
value · tax +$8K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $858K — about 3.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19130Philadelphia
Median home value$858K$457K$223K
Owner-occupied0%37%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 176 reported crimes (27 violent) and 169 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
176
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
169
12 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts67
All Other Offenses19
Other Assaults19
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Disorderly Conduct12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12

Top 311 complaints

Traffic Signal Emergency33
Graffiti Removal23
Information Request23
Sanitation Violation17
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Maintenance Complaint13

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
Laura W Waring
1801 Green St · 170 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$1.0M$2.0M$858K2016: $316K2017: $316K2018: $416K2019: $544K2020: $555K2021: $555K2022: $576K2023: $677K2024: $677K2025: $725K2026: $725K2027: $858K2016202020232027

▲ +172% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,7782016: $3,0432017: $3,0432018: $4,9032019: $6,6572020: $6,8792021: $6,8792022: $7,4642023: $8,2692024: $8,2692025: $10,1492026: $10,1492027: $10,7782016202020232027

▲ +254% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr

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1 property 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 $12,842 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 272 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $272 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+172%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+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 4 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20012002200320042005
4arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$274K$2.2M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Spring Garden Community (individual)214$11Mphila.gov ↗
Brandywine Apartments LLC11$880Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Youngford Investment I11$2.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1515 Brandwyine 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 7 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1503 BRANDYWINE ST built new under a 2020 permit. Vacant $880K —/— 0 rented
1507 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $35K in 2004. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2008. Vacant $274K —/— 1
1508-16 BRANDYWINE ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $2.2M —/— 13,500 1930 1 rented3 viol
1515 BRANDYWINE ST built new under a 2016 permit. Owner-occupied $2.5M —/— 13,100 1910 0
1518-36 BRANDYWINE ST built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $858K —/— 14,305 1925 0 abated
1527-29 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $375K in 2003. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $628K —/— 2,160 1925 1
1531 BRANDYWINE ST Bought for $120K in 2001. Owner pulled a use permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $770K 4/1 2,210 1960 1 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.