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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.

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
$229K
$38K–$3.1M
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$156
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$255K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $229K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 18
$73K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
28%
5 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
22%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
2 of 18 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 28% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+27%
value · tax +$155
5 years
+669%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+1166%
value · tax +$1K

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 $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 blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$229K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied11%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.

Crimes · 12mo
155
59 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
223
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults38
Thefts19
Theft from Vehicle17
All Other Offenses16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Motor Vehicle Theft12

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint46
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Abandoned Vehicle27
Illegal Dumping19
Street Defect17
Construction Complaints8

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
William D Kelley
1601 N 28th St · 205 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$229K2016: $7K2017: $18K2018: $18K2019: $18K2020: $18K2021: $30K2022: $30K2023: $112K2024: $192K2025: $150K2026: $180K2027: $229K2016202020232027

▲ +3040% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4442016: $1022017: $2532018: $2532019: $2532020: $2532021: $4172022: $4172023: $5322024: $1,1492025: $1,2892026: $1,2892027: $1,4442016202020232027

▲ +1316% since 2016 · ~+27%/yr

6
6 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 $72,864 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%
$4,297pays now $42,975at the full rate

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

95100500020162019202220252027This block 3140 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+36.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+3040%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+36.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+33.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+30.3 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 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

$0$500K$1.0M20082012201620202024
27arm's-length sales since 2006
2times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 4 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

7 parcels3 parcels2 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$38K$891K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)34773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)22498$133Mphila.gov ↗
United Development Llc18$505Kphila.gov ↗
La88 Investment Inc15$3.1Mphila.gov ↗
1502 08 North 25th Street Owner Lp11$3.1Mphila.gov ↗
1510 N 25th St Holdings Llc11$38Kphila.gov ↗
1514 Twenty Five Llc11$100Kphila.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

$0$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1502-08 N 25TH ST demolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2023). Investor / LLC $3.1M —/— 19,840 2021 0 rentedabated3 viol
1503 N 25TH ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $104K 3/— 1,227 1915 0 rentedabated
1510 N 25TH ST demolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2019). Investor / LLC $38K —/— 1,062 1970 0
1512 N 25TH ST built 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 Bought 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 demolished in 2023 and rebuilt (2023). Absentee individual $351K 20/— 8,342 1925 0 rentedabated
1516 N 25TH ST 2 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 Bought 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 Vacant $66K —/— 0 tax lien
1522 N 25TH ST Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought 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 demolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2021). Investor / LLC $891K 3/1 2,970 2023 2 abated
1532 N 25TH ST Bought 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 Bought for $29K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $270K —/— 1,914 1925 2
1538 N 25TH ST 2 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)

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.