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Who owns your block

1500 block of E Tulpehocken St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 4 homes behind $42,747 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $213K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$213K
$191K–$361K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$153
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$180K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $213K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
82%
37 of 45
city 41%
Rentals
7%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$43K
4 of 45 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$204
5 years
+62%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+79%
value · tax +$1K

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 $213K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$213K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied60%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 91 reported crimes (26 violent) and 197 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
91
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
197
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults17
All Other Offenses13
Thefts13
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection67
Maintenance Complaint26
Abandoned Vehicle18
Street Light Outage15
Illegal Dumping10
Smoke Detector9

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
Anna Blakiston Day
6324 Crittenden St · 289 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$125K$250K$213K2016: $119K2017: $119K2018: $119K2019: $137K2020: $131K2021: $131K2022: $131K2023: $176K2024: $176K2025: $213K2026: $213K2027: $213K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3572016: $1,2992017: $1,3032018: $1,3032019: $1,3892020: $1,2472021: $1,2472022: $1,2472023: $1,3662024: $1,3772025: $1,6412026: $2,1532027: $2,3572016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 179 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $179 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+79%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 40 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 24 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
40arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
24homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 45 parcels

Owner-occupied: 37Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 6 45parcels
  • Owner-occupied 37
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

7 parcels27 parcels0 parcels3 parcels1 parcels3 parcels4 parcels
$191K$299K+

The block's largest owner, Mba Rentals Llc, carries 2 open violations across 9 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Mba Rentals Llc19$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
O&M Property Solution Llc13$614Kphila.gov ↗
Jsd Tulphocken St Llc11$208Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 45 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1501 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $361K —/— 2,289 1930 1 rented
1503 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 3×: $73K in 2003 → $154K in 2019 (+111%). Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,434 1925 3
1505 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,400 1925 0 tax lien
1507 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1509 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2023 → $132K in 2023 (+65%). Investor / LLC $208K 3/1 1,400 1925 2 rented
1511 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1513 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 2×: $94K in 2019 → $230K in 2019 (+144%). Owner-occupied $313K 3/2 1,400 1925 2
1515 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Absentee individual $208K 3/1 1,400 1925 1
1517 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Absentee individual $208K 3/1 1,400 1925 0 1 viol
1519 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1521 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1523 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,400 1925 1 1 viol
1525 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1527 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $215K 3/1 1,400 1925 1
1529 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1531 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Absentee individual $212K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1533 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1534 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 3×: $75K in 2011 → $230K in 2020 (+207%). Owner-occupied $275K 3/1 1,260 1925 3
1535 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1536 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,166 1925 0
1537 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,400 1925 1
1538 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,138 1925 0
1539 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2006 → $210K in 2018 (+91%). Owner-occupied $315K 3/3 1,400 1925 2
1540 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2017 → $163K in 2017 (+262%). Owner-occupied $252K 3/1 1,138 1925 3
1541 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 4×: $65K in 2005 → $139K in 2010 (+113%). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,400 1925 4
1542 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 2×: $52K in 2013 → $125K in 2014 (+140%). Owner-occupied $252K 3/1 1,138 1925 2
1543 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1544 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Absentee individual $198K 3/1 1,260 1925 1
1545 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1546 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 2×: $65K in 2016 → $165K in 2016 (+154%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/2 1,260 1955 2
1547 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Investor / LLC $214K 3/1 1,400 1925 1 rentedtax lien
1548 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,260 1925 1
1549 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $215K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1550 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2017 → $190K in 2018 (+153%). Owner-occupied $268K 3/2 1,260 1925 2 tax lien
1551 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 2×: $33K in 2001 → $74K in 2002 (+124%). Owner-occupied $215K 3/1 1,400 1925 2
1552 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,242 1925 0 tax lien
1553 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $215K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1554 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 2×: $100K in 2005 → $100K in 2006 (+0%). Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,260 1925 2
1555 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Traded 3×: $50K in 2003 → $196K in 2019 (+292%). Owner-occupied $264K 3/2 1,400 1925 3
1556 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,242 1925 0 tax lien
1557 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $215K 3/1 1,400 1925 0 tax lien
1558 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,260 1925 0
1559 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Absentee individual $215K 3/1 1,400 1925 0 tax lien
1560 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Absentee individual $250K —/— 1,400 1925 0
1561 E TULPEHOCKEN ST Appeal city affirmed (2020); Appeal complete (2020). Owner-occupied $299K —/— 2,478 1925 0 2 viol

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

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