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Who owns your block

1500 block of N 13th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 70% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 5 homes behind $47,768 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 116% since 2016, now about $257K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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
$257K
$172K–$366K
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$189
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$340K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $257K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
70%
21 of 30
city 41%
Rentals
10%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$48K
5 of 30 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-19%
value · tax −$868
5 years
+31%
value · tax +$858
10 years
+116%
value · tax +$2K

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 $257K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19122Philadelphia
Median home value$257K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied47%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 218 reported crimes (48 violent) and 79 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
218
48 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
79
20 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts77
Other Assaults37
All Other Offenses31
Motor Vehicle Theft18
Disorderly Conduct10
Fraud10

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection20
Maintenance Complaint14
Information Request7
Abandoned Vehicle6
Illegal Dumping6
Salting5

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
Paul Laurence Dunbar
1750 N 12th St · 223 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$250K$500K$257K2016: $119K2017: $119K2018: $119K2019: $197K2020: $196K2021: $196K2022: $196K2023: $286K2024: $286K2025: $319K2026: $319K2027: $257K2016202020232027

▲ +116% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,5962016: $1,2472017: $1,2472018: $1,6672019: $2,7582020: $2,7382021: $2,7382022: $2,7382023: $3,9982024: $3,9982025: $4,4642026: $4,4642027: $3,5962016202020232027

▲ +188% since 2016 · ~+10%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 216 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $216 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+116%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.7 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 27 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
27arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 30 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Absentee individual: 9 30parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Absentee individual 9

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels20 parcels1 parcels4 parcels4 parcels
$172K$329K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Diep T Nguyen (individual)36$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Yang Zhong Gui (individual)22$614Kphila.gov ↗

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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1502 N 13TH ST Absentee individual $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1504 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1506 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 1
1508 N 13TH ST Absentee individual $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0 rented
1510 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1512 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1514 N 13TH ST sold $275K (2017); 5 L&I violations (2018). Absentee individual $285K 4/1 1,360 1920 1
1516 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1518 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1520 N 13TH ST Traded 3×: $250K in 2007 → $340K in 2024 (+36%). Owner-occupied $329K 4/1 1,360 1920 3 rented
1522 N 13TH ST Traded 3×: $75K in 2002 → $180K in 2019 (+140%). Owner-occupied $329K 4/1 1,360 1920 3
1523 N 13TH ST Traded 2×: $37K in 2002 → $81K in 2002 (+118%). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,360 1920 2
1524 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1525 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,360 1920 0
1526 N 13TH ST Traded 2×: $57K in 2013 → $173K in 2013 (+203%). Owner-occupied $351K 4/1 1,360 1920 2
1527 N 13TH ST Bought for $175K in 2018. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2009. Absentee individual $366K 3/1 1,360 1920 2 rented
1528 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1529 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,360 1920 0
1530 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1531 N 13TH ST Absentee individual $263K 3/1 1,360 1920 1
1532 N 13TH ST Traded 2×: $155K in 2006 → $205K in 2017 (+32%). Absentee individual $285K 4/1 1,360 1920 2
1533 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,360 1920 0
1534 N 13TH ST L&I violation (2009); 3 L&I violations (2012); Appeal moot (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); sold $160K (2022). Owner-occupied $285K 4/1 1,360 1920 1
1535 N 13TH ST Traded 2×: $86K in 2006 → $130K in 2011 (+51%). Owner-occupied $285K 4/1 1,360 1920 2 4 viol
1536 N 13TH ST sold $99K (2013); 2 L&I violations (2013). Absentee individual $257K 3/1 1,360 1920 1
1537 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,360 1920 0
1538 N 13TH ST Traded 3×: $70K in 2007 → $138K in 2014 (+97%). Absentee individual $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 3
1540 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0
1542 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 0 tax lien
1544 N 13TH ST Bought for $30K in 2001, use permit in 2009, sold for $253K in 2016 (+743%). Absentee individual $257K 4/1 1,360 1920 3

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.