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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

1500 block of E Walnut Ln

A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 4 homes behind $96,817 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $197K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$197K
$191K–$287K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$166
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$285K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $197K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 56
$55K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
89%
50 of 56
city 41%
Rentals
4%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$97K
4 of 56 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$60
5 years
+69%
value · tax +$478
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$403

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 $197K — about 0.9× 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$197K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied71%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 80 reported crimes (30 violent) and 160 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
80
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
160
28 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults19
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Theft from Vehicle11
Thefts8
All Other Offenses5
Burglary Residential5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection52
Maintenance Complaint26
Street Defect16
Salting11
Abandoned Vehicle9
Other (Streets)7

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$197K2016: $109K2017: $109K2018: $109K2019: $121K2020: $116K2021: $116K2022: $116K2023: $159K2024: $159K2025: $197K2026: $197K2027: $197K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5512016: $1,1482017: $1,1482018: $1,1492019: $1,1842020: $1,0402021: $1,0402022: $1,0732023: $1,1762024: $1,1762025: $1,4612026: $1,4912027: $1,5512016202020232027

▲ +35% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

1
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 $55,043 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%
$3,230pays now $3,680at the full rate

1555 E Walnut Ln is assessed at $263K but pays $3,230 a year — about 88% of the $3,680 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 180 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $180 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+80%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-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 55 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 25 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$25M$50M200020052010201520202025
55arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
25homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 56 parcels

Owner-occupied: 50Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 3 56parcels
  • Owner-occupied 50
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

36 parcels5 parcels1 parcels2 parcels1 parcels6 parcels5 parcels
$191K$280K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
O&M Property Solution Llc13$614Kphila.gov ↗
1501 E Walnut Ln Llc11$263Kphila.gov ↗
Gv Property Nc11$194Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 56 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
1500 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $130K in 2005 → $99K in 2013 (-24%). Owner-occupied $263K —/— 1,522 1920 3
1501 E WALNUT LN sold $215K (2023); Appeal complete (2026). Investor / LLC $263K 4/2 1,522 1920 1
1502 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1503 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,188 1920 0 1 viol
1504 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,152 1920 0
1505 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1506 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1507 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $62K in 2006 → $120K in 2012 (+94%). Owner-occupied $238K 3/1 1,188 1920 3
1508 E WALNUT LN Investor / LLC $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 0 tax lien
1509 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1510 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1511 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $149K in 2022 → $275K in 2023 (+84%). Owner-occupied $280K 3/2 1,188 1920 2
1512 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $38K in 2014 → $225K in 2023 (+492%). Owner-occupied $250K 3/1 1,188 1920 3
1513 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $140K in 2022 → $282K in 2022 (+101%). Owner-occupied $264K 3/— 1,188 1920 2
1514 E WALNUT LN Appeal complete (2024); Appeal complete (2024). Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1515 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1516 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1517 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 0 rented
1518 E WALNUT LN Absentee individual $218K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1519 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $140K in 2007 → $125K in 2013 (-11%). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 2 2 viol
1520 E WALNUT LN Absentee individual $199K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1521 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $163K in 2025 → $311K in 2025 (+91%). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 2
1522 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1523 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1524 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1525 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $30K in 2004 → $95K in 2005 (+217%). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,188 1920 2
1526 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1527 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $145K in 2024 → $300K in 2024 (+107%). Owner-occupied $280K 3/3 1,188 1920 2
1528 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1529 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1530 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $140K in 2010 → $146K in 2016 (+4%). Owner-occupied $271K 3/1 1,188 1950 2
1531 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1532 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1533 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1534 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $50K in 2000 → $140K in 2008 (+180%). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 3
1535 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1536 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $57K in 2018 → $170K in 2018 (+198%). Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,188 1920 2
1537 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1538 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1539 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $26K in 2004 → $97K in 2005 (+273%). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 2
1540 E WALNUT LN Absentee individual $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1541 E WALNUT LN Investor / LLC $197K 3/1 1,188 1920 1 rentedtax lien
1542 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $124K in 2008 → $150K in 2015 (+21%). Owner-occupied $259K 3/2 1,188 1920 3
1543 E WALNUT LN Traded 2×: $60K in 2013 → $155K in 2013 (+158%). Owner-occupied $259K 3/1 1,188 1920 2
1544 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1545 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1546 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1547 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1548 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1549 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1550 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $82K in 2002 → $135K in 2016 (+65%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,188 1920 3
1551 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
1552 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,188 1920 1
1553 E WALNUT LN Traded 3×: $85K in 2003 → $139K in 2009 (+64%). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,188 1920 3
1554 E WALNUT LN Owner-occupied $230K 4/1 1,540 1920 0
1555 E WALNUT LN built new (tax-abated), sold for $170K in 2007. Owner-occupied $263K —/— 1,528 1920 1 abatedtax lien

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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