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Who owns your block

1500 block of N 52nd St

A mixed-ownership block: 14% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 8 open code violations and 2 homes behind $18,158 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 13% since 2016, now about $364K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$364K
$113K–$30M
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$93
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $419K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
14%
1 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
14%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▲ block 29% · city 5%
Back taxes
$18K
2 of 7 behind
▲ block 29% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$318
5 years
+13%
value · tax +$602
10 years
+13%
value · tax +$593

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $364K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$364K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied0%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 477 reported crimes (71 violent) and 173 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
477
71 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
173
31 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts352
Other Assaults54
All Other Offenses20
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Burglary Non-Residential6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint33
Traffic Signal Emergency27
Illegal Dumping23
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Street Defect10
Abandoned Vehicle9

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
Edward Heston
1621 N 54th St · 219 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$1.0M$2.0M$364K2016: $321K2017: $321K2018: $349K2019: $321K2020: $321K2021: $321K2022: $321K2023: $340K2024: $340K2025: $341K2026: $341K2027: $364K2016202020232027

▲ +13% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,0912016: $4,4982017: $4,4982018: $4,8852019: $4,4892020: $4,4892021: $4,4892022: $4,4892023: $4,7642024: $4,7642025: $4,7732026: $4,7732027: $5,0912016202020232027

▲ +13% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 113 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $113 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+13%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.4 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2010. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2010
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$113K$2.3M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ivan Paynter (individual)46$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Pinelake Management Assoc13$5.9Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 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$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1501 N 52ND ST Owner pulled a sign permit in 2025. Absentee individual $890K 5,991 1960 0 7 viol
1560 N 52ND ST 5 L&I violations (2012); 18 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $364K 22,732 1950 0 tax lien
1570-78 N 52ND ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Vacant $113K 0
1570R-78 N 52ND ST 2 L&I violations (2007); 6 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $294K 11,765 1950 0
1575 N 52ND ST built new under a 2024 permit. Absentee individual $30M 170,880 2007 0 1 viol
1584 N 52ND ST 15 L&I violations (2012); 14 L&I violations (2021); 9 L&I violations (2023); 5 L&I violations (2025); Appeal complete (2026). Absentee individual $285K 19,008 1950 0
1586-98 N 52ND ST Bought for $2.0M in 2010. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Investor / LLC $2.3M 24,498 1920 1 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)

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.