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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

1500 block of N 31st St

An investor-heavy block: 58% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 5 homes behind $22,069 on taxes.

The typical home here is down 84% since 2016, now about $29K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$29K
$16K–$1.9M
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$352
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$350K
5 sold in 2yr
assessed $29K
Tax / yr
$399
typical · up to $27K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
53 of 113
$252K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
1%
0 of 113
city 41%
Rentals
12%
13 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$22K
5 of 113 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 1% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+0%
value · tax +$0
10 years
-88%
value · tax −$2K

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 $29K — about 0.1× the citywide median, and below 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$29K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied0%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 132 reported crimes (28 violent) and 189 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
132
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
189
43 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft29
Thefts28
Other Assaults19
Theft from Vehicle16
Burglary Residential10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint41
Illegal Dumping19
Salting15
Abandoned Vehicle14
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Fire Safety Complaint8

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$29K2016: $173K2017: $237K2018: $349K2019: $427K2020: $163K2021: $163K2022: $29K2023: $29K2024: $29K2025: $29K2026: $29K2027: $29K2016202020232027

▼ -84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3992016: $2,1792017: $2,1792018: $3,7402019: $4,8432020: $3992021: $3992022: $3992023: $3992024: $3992025: $3992026: $3992027: $3992016202020232027

▼ -82% since 2016 · ~-14%/yr

53
53 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 $252,450 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%
$782pays now $7,821at the full rate

1501 N 31st St is assessed at $559K but pays $782 a year — about 10% of the $7,821 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -15.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

1610025020162019202220252027This block 16 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $16 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
-15.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
-84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
-15.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-18.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-21.6 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2008. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 112 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20082010201220142016
2arm's-length sales since 2008
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
112homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 113 parcels

Investor / LLC: 28Absentee individual: 27Vacant: 58 113parcels
  • Investor / LLC 28
  • Absentee individual 27
  • Vacant 58

Value distribution today

57 parcels1 parcels4 parcels4 parcels4 parcels25 parcels18 parcels
$16K$456K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Equinox Property Gp Llc6060$10Mphila.gov ↗
Muhammad Shamsi (individual)24$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Gowda Ravi Kote (individual)22$470Kphila.gov ↗
Sdk Freedom Llc22$413Kphila.gov ↗
Yohannan, Cheryl (individual)22$421Kphila.gov ↗
Mcdaniel Curtis Lowell (individual)22$409Kphila.gov ↗
Isana Fils-Aime (individual)22$269Kphila.gov ↗
Basu, Devraj (individual)22$415Kphila.gov ↗
Bhatt, Sagar (individual)22$413Kphila.gov ↗
Capaldo, Christina (individual)22$406Kphila.gov ↗
Lowrey, Mark Joseph (individual)22$371Kphila.gov ↗
Equinox Brewerytown 1501 Llc11$29Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 113 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

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $385K 2/2 1,037 2021 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $441K 2/2 1,149 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $384K 2/2 1,037 2021 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $381K 2/2 1,012 2021 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $384K 2/2 1,037 2021 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $390K 2/2 1,146 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $240K 1/1 623 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $441K 2/2 1,147 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $298K 1/1 876 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $385K 2/2 1,277 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $374K 2/2 996 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $387K 2/2 1,198 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $382K 2/2 1,296 2019 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $378K 2/2 1,296 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $269K 1/1 774 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $272K 2/2 775 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $199K 1/1 523 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $203K 1/1 562 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $345K 2/2 1,241 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $303K 1/1 873 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $422K 2/2 1,241 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $400K 2/2 1,113 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $392K 2/2 1,198 2019 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $199K 1/1 523 2019 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $559K 3/2 1,629 2019 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $352K 2/2 1,241 2019 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $396K 2/2 1,200 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $381K 2/2 1,012 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $459K 2/2 1,033 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $391K 2/2 1,142 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $429K 2/2 1,009 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $440K 2/2 1,142 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $434K 2/2 1,017 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $380K 2/2 1,008 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $556K 3/3 1,686 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $389K 2/2 1,115 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $456K 3/3 1,504 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $134K —/— 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $149K —/— 1,407 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $442K 2/2 1,256 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $378K 2/2 1,142 2021 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $240K 2/2 620 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $378K 2/2 1,142 2021 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $379K 2/2 1,008 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $388K 2/2 1,110 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $379K 2/2 1,010 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $456K 3/3 1,503 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $495K 3/2 1,476 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $226K 1/1 582 2021 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $383K 2/2 1,026 2021 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $232K 1/1 620 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $381K 2/2 1,017 2021 0 rentedabated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $342K 2/2 1,241 2019 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Investor / LLC $421K 2/2 996 2021 0 abated
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 2019 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $16K —/— 0
1501 N 31ST ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1521-31 N 31ST ST Bought for $246K in 2008, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $650K in 2017. Investor / LLC $1.9M —/— 34,594 1925 2
1538-50 N 31ST ST 2 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2015). Vacant $670K —/— 0

Neighborhood

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

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