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Who owns your block

1500 block of N 2nd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 60% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 homes behind $7,781 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 97% since 2016, now about $371K. Property taxes are climbing about 26% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$371K
$76K–$1.5M
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$295
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$440K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $371K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $21K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 52
$52K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
60%
30 of 52
city 41%
Rentals
17%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
4 of 52 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$270
5 years
+38%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+90%
value · tax +$4K

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 $371K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19122Philadelphia
Median home value$371K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied25%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 86 reported crimes (13 violent) and 255 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
86
13 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
255
30 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle23
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief16
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Other Assaults9
Thefts9
All Other Offenses5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection61
Illegal Dumping46
Abandoned Vehicle26
Salting21
Dumpster Violation14
Other (Streets)12

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 · K-5
John Moffet
127 W Oxford St · 212 students
Middle & High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$371K2016: $189K2017: $196K2018: $228K2019: $269K2020: $268K2021: $268K2022: $268K2023: $353K2024: $353K2025: $360K2026: $360K2027: $371K2016202020232027

▲ +97% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,4622016: $3472017: $8362018: $6522019: $7072020: $7402021: $7412022: $8522023: $2,5892024: $3,5722025: $4,2692026: $4,1922027: $4,4622016202020232027

▲ +1186% since 2016 · ~+26%/yr

7
7 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 $52,124 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%
$4,501pays now $8,752at the full rate

1523 N 2nd St is assessed at $625K but pays $4,501 a year — about 51% of the $8,752 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 197 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $197 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+97%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.2 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 43 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
16arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
43homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 52 parcels

Owner-occupied: 30Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 15Vacant: 2 52parcels
  • Owner-occupied 30
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 15
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels4 parcels28 parcels7 parcels5 parcels5 parcels
$76K$625K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Meletios Athanasiadis (individual)27$2.4Mphila.gov ↗
Geraldine M Mctear (individual)25$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Torben Jenk (individual)23$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Anupam Das (individual)23$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
1501 Second St Lp22$482Kphila.gov ↗
Rashmar Enterprise Llc12$943Kphila.gov ↗
Oxford Court, Llc12$2.8Mphila.gov ↗
Philly Penn Realty Llc11$324Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 52 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

New construction
1523 N 2nd St
$625K · built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $160K in 2021.
New construction
1514 N 2nd St
$491K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $25K in 2000.
New construction
1518 N 2nd St
$452K · built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated).
New construction
1526-30 N 2nd St
$290K · built new under a 2011 permit.
Renovated & sold on
1521 N 2nd St
$472K · Bought for $35K in 2001, mechanical permit in 2007, sold for $275K in 2015 (+686%).
Improved
1501 N 2nd St
$633K · Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019.
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1500 N 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $348K —/— 2,205 1915 0 tax lien
1501 N 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $633K 3/3 2,470 2014 0
1501 N 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $371K 2/2 1,143 2014 0
1501 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $370K 2/2 1,131 2014 0
1501 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $379K 3/3 1,179 2014 0
1501 N 2ND ST HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2017). Owner-occupied $371K 2/2 1,133 2014 0 rented
1501 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $370K 2/2 1,131 2014 0 rented
1501 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $313K 2/2 879 2014 0
1501 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $376K 3/3 1,171 2014 0
1501 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $371K 2/2 1,147 2014 0
1501 N 2ND ST Investor / LLC $407K 3/3 2,223 2014 0
1501 N 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $76K —/— 517 2014 0
1501 N 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $317K 2/2 888 2014 0 rented
1502 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $342K —/— 1,490 1915 0 tax lien
1504 N 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $628K 3/— 3,200 1925 0
1510 N 2ND ST Vacant $187K —/— — — 0
1512 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $490K —/— 2,430 1915 0 rented
1514 N 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $25K in 2000. Owner-occupied $491K —/— 2,502 1915 1 abated
1515 N 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $381K 3/1 1,664 1915 0
1516 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $452K —/— 2,145 1915 0 abated
1517 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $327K —/— 1,200 1915 1
1518 N 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $452K —/— 2,145 1915 0 abated
1519 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $354K 5/1 1,365 1915 1
1520 N 2ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $54K in 2002 → $340K in 2014 (+530%). Owner-occupied $484K 3/2 2,128 1915 2
1521 N 2ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $35K in 2001, mechanical permit in 2007, sold for $275K in 2015 (+686%). Investor / LLC $472K 3/1 1,525 1915 4 rented
1522 N 2ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $54K in 2002 → $340K in 2014 (+530%). Vacant $166K —/— — — 2
1523 N 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $160K in 2021. Absentee individual $625K 4/2 1,980 1915 1 rentedabated
1524 N 2ND ST Investor / LLC $324K 2/2 1,078 2016 0
1524 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $386K 2/2 1,360 2016 0
1524 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $411K 3/2 1,617 2016 0 abated
1525 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $449K —/— 2,040 1915 0 abated
1526-30 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $286K 2/1 844 2012 0
1526-30 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $315K 2/2 987 2012 0
1526-30 N 2ND ST HistoryL&I violation (2013). Absentee individual $352K 2/2 1,142 2012 0
1526-30 N 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit. Owner-occupied $290K 2/1 860 2012 0 rented
1526-30 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $320K 2/2 1,008 2012 0
1526-30 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $388K 3/3 1,492 2012 0
1526-30 N 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $265K 1/1 1,060 2012 0
1526-30 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $334K 2/2 1,066 2012 0
1527 N 2ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $185K in 2012 → $430K in 2016 (+132%). Owner-occupied $564K 3/2 2,040 1915 2
1529 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $467K —/— 2,352 1915 0 abated
1531 N 2ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2000 → $15K in 2000 (+0%). Absentee individual $389K —/— 1,680 1915 2
1532-36 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $269K 1/1 780 2013 0
1532-36 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $384K 3/3 1,353 2013 0
1532-36 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $326K 2/1 1,031 2013 0 rented
1532-36 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $543K 3/4 2,001 2013 0
1532-36 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $378K 3/3 1,260 2013 0
1532-36 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $328K 2/2 1,094 2013 0
1532-36 N 2ND ST Owner-occupied $368K 2/2 1,213 2013 0 tax lien
1532-36 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $398K 3/2 1,348 2013 0
1532-36 N 2ND ST Absentee individual $355K 2/2 1,158 2013 0 rented
1533 N 2ND ST Investor / LLC $1.5M —/— 6,000 2022 0

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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