Who owns your block
1500 block of N 25th St
A mixed-ownership block: 28% owner-occupied, 28% investor-held, with 7 open code violations and 2 homes behind $4,722 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 3040% since 2016, now about $229K. Property taxes are climbing about 27% a year.
- 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 $229K — about 1.0× 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 | $229K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 11% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 155 reported crimes (59 violent) and 223 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
- $229K typical home, up +3040% since 2016
- Tax bill $102 to $1,444 a year, +27%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.1M assessed, $40,903/yr to the city, about $2,272 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +3040% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +1316% since 2016 · ~+27%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1502-08 N 25th St is assessed at $3.1M but pays $4,297 a year — about 10% of the $42,975 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 +36.8% 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 $3140 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 27 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 3 | 4773 | $1418M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philadelphia Land Bank (individual) | 2 | 2498 | $133M | phila.gov ↗ |
| United Development Llc | 1 | 8 | $505K | phila.gov ↗ |
| La88 Investment Inc | 1 | 5 | $3.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1502 08 North 25th Street Owner Lp | 1 | 1 | $3.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1510 N 25th St Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $38K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1514 Twenty Five Llc | 1 | 1 | $100K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1502-08 N 25TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2023). | Investor / LLC | $3.1M | —/— | 19,840 | 2021 | 0 | rentedabated3 viol |
| 1503 N 25TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $104K | 3/— | 1,227 | 1915 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1510 N 25TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2019). | Investor / LLC | $38K | —/— | 1,062 | 1970 | 0 | |
| 1512 N 25TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $425K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $554K | 3/— | 2,130 | 2022 | 2 | abated |
| 1514 N 25TH ST ImprovedBought for $1K in 2018. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $100K | —/— | 2,120 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1515 N 25TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2023 and rebuilt (2023). | Absentee individual | $351K | 20/— | 8,342 | 1925 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1516 N 25TH ST History2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 2 violtax lien |
| 1518 N 25TH ST ImprovedBought for $255K in 2024. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $367K | 3/3 | 1,560 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1520 N 25TH ST Improved | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1522 N 25TH ST New constructionBought for $21K in 2017, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $412K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $534K | 4/3 | 2,188 | 2019 | 4 | abatedtax lien |
| 1524 N 25TH ST New constructionBought for $75K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $110K in 2020. | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 3 | 2 violtax lien |
| 1526 N 25TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $8K in 2012, alteration permit in 2016, sold for $125K in 2024 (+1463%). | Absentee individual | $188K | 3/1 | 1,208 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1528 N 25TH ST New constructionBought for $150K in 2022, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $737K in 2023. | Absentee individual | $769K | 6/2 | 3,026 | 2023 | 6 | |
| 1530 N 25TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2021). | Investor / LLC | $891K | 3/1 | 2,970 | 2023 | 2 | abated |
| 1532 N 25TH ST New constructionBought for $80K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit. | Owner-occupied | $434K | —/— | 1,200 | 2025 | 2 | rented |
| 1534 N 25TH ST | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,208 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1536 N 25TH ST ImprovedBought for $29K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. | Absentee individual | $270K | —/— | 1,914 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1538 N 25TH ST History2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $73K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)