Who owns your block
1500 block of N 15th St
An investor-heavy block: 77% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 1 open code violation and 2 homes behind $149 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 38% since 2016, now about $610K. Property taxes are climbing about 35% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $610K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $610K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 260 reported crimes (75 violent) and 106 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $610K typical home, up +38% since 2016
- Tax bill $271 to $7,160 a year, +35%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $39M assessed, $292,910/yr to the city, about $13,314 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +38% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +2542% since 2016 · ~+35%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1522-38 N 15th St is assessed at $13M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $179,397 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 +3% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $138 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 24 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 12
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redevelopment Authority (individual) | 3 | 1303 | $240M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Temple Nests Iii Lp | 3 | 6 | $3.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Beech Llc | 1 | 3 | $30M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Temple Nest Iv Lp | 2 | 2 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1516 North 15th Street Llc | 2 | 2 | $5.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Doran Llc | 2 | 2 | $938K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Raykin Holdings Llc | 1 | 2 | $5.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Amz Two Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Student Lotfs Llc | 1 | 1 | $775K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1500 15th St Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1801 Cbm A Thru H Llc | 1 | 1 | $603K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kenn Asset Management Inc | 1 | 1 | $460K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-14 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit, sold for $3.2M in 2003. | Absentee individual | $5.6M | —/— | 68,360 | 1982 | 1 | rented1 viol |
| 1503 N 15TH ST History2 L&I violations (2008). | Vacant | $429K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1505 N 15TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2012. | Vacant | $449K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1507 N 15TH ST | Vacant | $421K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1509 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit, sold for $84K in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $512K | 9/3 | 3,078 | 2010 | 1 | |
| 1511 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit, sold for $84K in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $512K | 9/3 | 3,078 | 2010 | 1 | |
| 1511 1/2 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit. | Investor / LLC | $512K | 9/3 | 3,078 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1513 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit, sold for $400K in 2011. | Investor / LLC | $775K | —/— | 8,874 | 2011 | 2 | rented |
| 1515 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit. | Investor / LLC | $814K | —/— | 7,902 | 2016 | 1 | rented |
| 1516 N 15TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2011 and rebuilt (2012), then sold for $8.0M in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $5.4M | —/— | 31,452 | 2012 | 2 | rented |
| 1517 N 15TH ST History7 L&I violations (2017); 3 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022). | Investor / LLC | $505K | —/— | 6,872 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1518 N 15TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $765K in 2011, use permit in 2011, sold for $8.0M in 2021 (+946%). | Vacant | $22K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1519 N 15TH ST Historysold $600K (2006); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2023). | Vacant | $433K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1520 N 15TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $40K in 2001, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $5.0M in 2023 (+12485%). | Absentee individual | $618K | 10/4 | 5,186 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1521 N 15TH ST New constructionBought for $325K in 2009, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $775K | —/— | 7,611 | 2010 | 4 | rented |
| 1522-38 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $13M | —/— | 36,000 | 2004 | 0 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1529 N 15TH ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $900K in 2017, demolished in 2018 and rebuilt (2018). | Investor / LLC | $4.7M | —/— | 22,430 | 2019 | 1 | abated |
| 1531 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit. | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 6,000 | 2012 | 2 | |
| 1533 N 15TH ST ImprovedBought for $250K in 2014. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. | Investor / LLC | $603K | —/— | 4,050 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1535 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit, sold for $286K in 2014. | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 7,609 | 2014 | 2 | rented |
| 1540 N 15TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a mechanical permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $460K | —/— | 4,750 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1542 N 15TH ST ImprovedBought for $1.1M in 2022. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $649K | —/— | 4,230 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)