Who owns your block
1500 block of N 26th St
A mixed-ownership block: 59% owner-occupied, 31% investor-held, with 5 homes behind $42,412 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 227% since 2016, now about $211K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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 $211K — about 0.9× 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 | $211K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 38% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 106 reported crimes (29 violent) and 224 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
- $211K typical home, up +227% since 2016
- Tax bill $547 to $1,601 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $17M assessed, $131,136/yr to the city, about $4,522 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +227% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +193% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1539 N 26th St is assessed at $4.2M but pays $5,906 a year — about 10% of the $59,059 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 +11.4% 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 $327 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Harrison Inc, carries 1 open violation across 82 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Inc | 1 | 82 | $17M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bkn Realty Llc | 1 | 7 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 4411 Frankford Ave Llc | 1 | 4 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gbb Investments Llc | 1 | 1 | $566K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Phl Vue Llc | 1 | 1 | $183K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pa Philly26 Llc | 1 | 1 | $961K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Franklin Elect Co | 1 | 1 | $979K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 901 Leland Llc | 1 | 1 | $250K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1539 N 26th St Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 29 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 N 26TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2006, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $708K in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $566K | 4/2 | 2,511 | 1925 | 4 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1501 N 26TH ST History2 L&I violations (2007); 4 L&I violations (2009); L&I violation (2013); 2 L&I violations (2018). | Vacant | $46K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1502 N 26TH ST New constructionBought for $150K in 2022, built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $160K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $211K | 3/— | 1,190 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1503 N 26TH ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $68K in 2018, demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017). | Investor / LLC | $473K | 4/2 | 1,938 | 2019 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 1504 N 26TH ST ImprovedBought for $260K in 2026. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $211K | 2/2 | 1,190 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1505 N 26TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $169K | 3/1 | 1,104 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1506 N 26TH ST History6 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2011). | Absentee individual | $182K | 3/1 | 1,190 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1507 N 26TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $178K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1508 N 26TH ST | Investor / LLC | $183K | 3/1 | 1,206 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1509 N 26TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $178K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1510 N 26TH ST History2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2008). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1511 N 26TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit. | Owner-occupied | $4.6M | —/— | 92,974 | 1905 | 0 | |
| 1512 N 26TH ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $160K in 2019, demolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2020), then sold for $1.0M in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $937K | 8/— | 3,660 | 2023 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1514 N 26TH ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $110K in 2017, demolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2018), then sold for $1.1M in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $961K | 9/— | 3,754 | 2019 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1516 N 26TH ST | Owner-occupied | $272K | 4/1 | 1,870 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1518 N 26TH ST | Owner-occupied | $272K | 4/1 | 1,870 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1520 N 26TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1522 N 26TH ST Historysold $500 (2008); 2 L&I violations (2014). | Vacant | $49K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1524 N 26TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $159K | 3/1 | 1,680 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1526-30 N 26TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $979K | —/— | 4,698 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1532-36 N 26TH ST | Investor / LLC | $250K | —/— | 4,400 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1538 N 26TH ST | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,416 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1539 N 26TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $4.2M | —/— | 24,015 | 2020 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1540 N 26TH ST New constructionBought for $10K in 2003, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $345K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $367K | 2/2 | 1,204 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1542 N 26TH ST | Owner-occupied | $171K | 3/1 | 840 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1544 N 26TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2024, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $280K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/1 | 1,310 | 2024 | 2 | abated |
| 1546 N 26TH ST New constructionBought for $2K in 2024, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $280K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $290K | 3/1 | 1,310 | 2024 | 2 | abated |
| 1548 N 26TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit. | Vacant | $54K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1550 N 26TH ST New constructionbuilt new, sold for $47K in 2023. | Vacant | $54K | —/— | — | — | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)