Who owns your block
1500 block of N 33rd St
An investor-heavy block: 53% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 9 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 305% since 2016, now about $421K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $421K — about 1.9× 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 | $421K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 35 reported crimes (11 violent) and 57 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
- $421K typical home, up +305% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,240 to $3,435 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.8M assessed, $62,671/yr to the city, about $3,298 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +305% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +177% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1533 N 33rd St is assessed at $760K but pays $2,126 a year — about 20% of the $10,634 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 +13.6% 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 $405 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 9
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millennium Development Llc | 3 | 11 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| B&C Partners Llc | 1 | 7 | $771K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Habitat For Humanity Philadelphia Inc | 1 | 6 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Blissful Enterprises Llc | 1 | 3 | $478K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1501 N 33rd Llc | 1 | 1 | $648K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 6v5-1509 N 33rd Llc | 1 | 1 | $275K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1519 N 33rd St Llc | 1 | 1 | $484K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Oxford Manor Llc | 1 | 1 | $457K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1501-05 N 33RD ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017). | Vacant | $648K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1507 N 33RD ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2009), then sold for $595K in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $248K | —/— | 3,820 | 1925 | 5 | |
| 1509 N 33RD ST New constructionBought for $115K in 2005, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $300K in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $275K | —/— | 2,583 | 1915 | 4 | tax lien |
| 1511 N 33RD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $100K in 2004, major alteration permit in 2013, sold for $303K in 2024 (+203%). | Absentee individual | $426K | —/— | 2,787 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1513 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $350K in 2026. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $245K | —/— | 2,787 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1515 N 33RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $542K | —/— | 2,676 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1517 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $51K in 2005. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. | Vacant | $421K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1519-27 N 33RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Investor / LLC | $484K | —/— | 13,244 | 1940 | 1 | 7 viol |
| 1529 N 33RD ST History2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2025). | Owner-occupied | $473K | —/— | 2,997 | 1915 | 0 | 2 violtax lien |
| 1531 N 33RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $473K | 5/3 | 2,997 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1533 N 33RD ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2008 and rebuilt (2017). | Absentee individual | $760K | 6/— | 3,233 | 2018 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1535 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $336K | 2/1 | 854 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1535 N 33RD ST | Absentee individual | $346K | 2/2 | 938 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 1537 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $334K | 2/2 | 1,228 | 2022 | 0 | abated |
| 1537 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $327K | 2/2 | 937 | 2022 | 0 | abated |
| 1537 N 33RD ST | Investor / LLC | $319K | 2/2 | 1,198 | 2022 | 0 | abated |
| 1539 N 33RD ST | Owner-occupied | $423K | —/— | 2,997 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1541 N 33RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit. | Investor / LLC | $278K | —/— | 3,006 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1543 N 33RD ST ImprovedBought for $150K in 2014. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $457K | —/— | 4,020 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)