Philadelphia property report

1500 block of E Wilt St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 170% since 2016, now about $532K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$532K
4 homes of 9 parcels
ZIP median $347K
Commercial
$60K
1 building · $88/sqft
Price / sq ft
$259
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
2.3×
the city median
city $230K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $15K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
1 of 4
$6K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
75%
3 of 4
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$128
5 years
+48%
value · tax +$835
10 years
+170%
value · tax +$3K

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 $532K — about 2.3× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19125 median of $347K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19125 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19125Philadelphia
Median home value$532K$347K$230K
Owner-occupied50%37%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 55 reported crimes (about 5 a month, 15% of them violent) and 236 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
55
about 5/month · 15% violent
311 requests · 12mo
236
about 20/month · 26 open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft15
Theft from Vehicle13
Thefts8
Other Assaults6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Burglary Residential2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection43
Street Defect34
Maintenance Complaint21
Illegal Dumping19
Salting17
Shoveling15

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
Alexander Adaire
1300 E Palmer St · 451 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$500K$1.0M$532K2016: $197K2017: $197K2018: $197K2019: $334K2020: $360K2021: $360K2022: $360K2023: $426K2024: $426K2025: $526K2026: $526K2027: $532K2016202020232027

▲ +170% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,9652016: $2,4382017: $2,4382018: $2,4382019: $4,3952020: $4,7232021: $4,1302022: $4,1302023: $4,4342024: $4,4342025: $4,8372026: $4,8372027: $4,9652016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

1
1 property on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $6,377. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

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 270 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $270 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+170%
since 2016
Net rental yield
3.4%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.9%/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 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20012002200320042005
4arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 4 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

1 parcels4 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$60K$570K+

The block's largest owner, 1600 Berks LLC, carries 1 open violation across 8 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
1600 Berks LLC48$1.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Jennie R Shanker (individual)22$630Kphila.gov ↗
1506 Wilt LLC11$1.1M42 Osbourne Hill Rd, Sandy Hook CT, 06482phila.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 9 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1501 E WILT ST School Vacant $180K —/— 0
1503 E WILT ST School Vacant $180K —/— 0
1505 E WILT ST School Vacant $180K —/— 0
1506-14 E WILT ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $1.1M 3/1 3,816 1875 0
1507 E WILT ST School Vacant $180K —/— 0
1518 E WILT ST built new under a 2018 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). Owner-occupied $570K 4/1 2,860 1875 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified
1522 E WILT ST Owner-occupied $331K 3/1 1,280 1925 1
1524 E WILT ST Traded 3×: $87K in 2002 → $178K in 2005 (+104%). Owner-occupied $495K 2/1 1,512 1925 3
1530 E WILT ST Industrial building Traded 2×: $20K in 2002 → $45K in 2003 (+125%). Absentee individual $60K —/— 680 1899 2

Neighborhood

Median income
$55K
household
Own vs. rent
45%
owner-occupied
Median age
34.8
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:24 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.