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Who owns your block

1500 block of N 19th St

A mixed-ownership block: 45% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 18 open code violations and 1 home behind $14,309 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 371% since 2016, now about $297K.

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
$297K
$76K–$386K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$144
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$235K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $297K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
12 of 31
$92K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
45%
14 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
6%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
18
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$14K
1 of 31 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+121%
value · tax +$0
10 years
+371%
value · tax +$0

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 $297K — about 1.3× 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 blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$297K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied36%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 136 reported crimes (48 violent) and 147 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
136
48 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
147
38 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults34
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief19
Thefts15
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Burglary Residential9
Fraud8

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect27
Maintenance Complaint24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Abandoned Vehicle11
Other (Streets)10
Illegal Dumping6

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
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$297K2016: $63K2017: $63K2018: $63K2019: $130K2020: $134K2021: $134K2022: $134K2023: $260K2024: $260K2025: $297K2026: $297K2027: $297K2016202020232027

▲ +371% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

Not enough history yet.

12
12 properties 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 $92,349 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%
$0pays now $5,402at the full rate

1511 N 19th St is assessed at $386K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $5,402 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +15.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 471 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $471 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+15.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+371%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+15.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+12.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+8.6 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20082012201620202024
18arm's-length sales since 2006
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Absentee individual: 12Vacant: 5 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Absentee individual 12
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels10 parcels6 parcels1 parcels12 parcels
$76K$386K
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)44773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
Redevelopment Authority (individual)31303$240Mphila.gov ↗
Phila Housing Authority (individual)992$48Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 31 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 N 19TH ST 4 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015). Vacant $76K —/— 0
1502 N 19TH ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $382K 6/3 2,952 1915 0 abated
1504 N 19TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $382K 6/3 2,952 1915 0 abated
1506 N 19TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $382K 6/3 2,952 1915 0 abated
1508 N 19TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $382K 6/3 2,952 1915 0 abated
1510 N 19TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $382K 6/3 2,952 1915 0 abated2 viol
1511 N 19TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $386K 6/3 3,006 1929 0 abated
1512 N 19TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $382K 6/3 2,952 1915 0 abated
1513 N 19TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $386K 6/3 3,006 1929 0 abated1 viol
1514 N 19TH ST 3 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016). Vacant $95K —/— 0
1515 N 19TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015). Vacant $243K —/— 0
1516 N 19TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $382K 6/3 2,952 1915 0 abated
1517 N 19TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $386K 6/3 3,006 1915 0 abated
1518 N 19TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $382K 6/3 2,952 1915 0 abated
1519 N 19TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Vacant $243K —/— 0
1520 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $83K in 2007 → $140K in 2016 (+70%). Owner-occupied $254K 4/1 1,753 2006 2
1521 N 19TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014). Vacant $243K —/— 0
1522 N 19TH ST Bought for $83K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $253K 4/1 1,753 2006 1
1523 N 19TH ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $386K 6/3 3,006 1915 0 abated15 viol
1524 N 19TH ST Bought for $83K in 2007. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $253K 4/1 1,753 2006 1
1526 N 19TH ST Vacant land, last sold for $83K in 2006. Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,753 2006 2 tax lien
1527 N 19TH ST Bought for $83K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $309K 4/1 1,753 2006 1
1528 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 4/1 1,753 2006 1
1529 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $297K 4/1 1,753 2006 1
1530 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 4/1 1,753 2006 1
1531 N 19TH ST Traded 2×: $83K in 2006 → $180K in 2019 (+118%). Owner-occupied $297K 4/1 1,753 2006 2 rented
1532 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 4/1 1,753 2006 1 rented
1533 N 19TH ST Bought for $83K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $297K 4/1 1,753 2006 1
1534 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 4/1 1,753 2006 1
1535 N 19TH ST Owner-occupied $297K 4/1 1,753 2006 1
1537 N 19TH ST Vacant land, last sold for $83K in 2006. Owner-occupied $297K 3/1 1,753 2006 2

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

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