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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

1500 block of N Bailey St

A mixed-ownership block: 39% owner-occupied, 27% investor-held, with 10 open code violations and 4 homes behind $7,791 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 267% since 2016, now about $180K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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
$180K
$18K–$929K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$175
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$315K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $180K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 33
$55K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
39%
13 of 33
city 41%
Rentals
9%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
4 of 33 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 15% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-11%
value · tax +$102
5 years
+134%
value · tax +$892
10 years
+267%
value · tax +$1K

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 $180K — about 0.8× 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 blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$180K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied15%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 105 reported crimes (25 violent) and 243 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
105
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
243
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft17
Other Assaults17
Thefts17
All Other Offenses14
Theft from Vehicle11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint70
Abandoned Vehicle32
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Illegal Dumping21
Salting14
Construction Complaints12

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$250K$500K$180K2016: $49K2017: $49K2018: $50K2019: $73K2020: $77K2021: $77K2022: $77K2023: $170K2024: $170K2025: $206K2026: $202K2027: $180K2016202020232027

▲ +267% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,9352016: $6252017: $6252018: $6962019: $1,0012020: $1,0512021: $1,0432022: $1,0432023: $1,7862024: $1,6662025: $1,8592026: $1,8332027: $1,9352016202020232027

▲ +210% since 2016 · ~+11%/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 $54,764 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

19 homes pay the full 1.40%13 pay less
$2,601pays now $13,007at the full rate

The starkest example: 1501 N Bailey St is assessed at $929K but pays $2,601 a year — about 20% of the $13,007 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 367 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $367 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+267%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6.1 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 39 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20082012201620202024
39arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 33 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 7 33parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

6 parcels9 parcels3 parcels4 parcels0 parcels1 parcels9 parcels
$18K$550K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bilal INC34$641Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Robert Sutherland (individual)23$727Kphila.gov ↗
Blinebury Gerard J Jr (individual)23$86Kphila.gov ↗
Katharine English (individual)22$572Kphila.gov ↗
1501 Bailey Apartments LLC11$929Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Cmm Renovations LLC11$150Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Bailey Street Collective LLC11$270Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1518 N Bailey St LLC11$160Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1525 N Bailey LLC11$311Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Myron Baker Plumbing LLC11$181Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 33 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 BAILEY ST Old house bought for $260K in 2017, demolished in 2018 and rebuilt (2018), then sold for $1.2M in 2021. Investor / LLC $929K 12/4 3,630 2019 3 rentedabated
1503 N BAILEY ST Bought for $116K in 2015, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $155K in 2019 (+34%). Owner-occupied $155K 3/1 888 1925 2
1505 N BAILEY ST Owner-occupied $155K 3/1 888 1925 1
1507 N BAILEY ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $155K 3/1 888 1925 0
1508 N BAILEY ST 2 L&I violations (2020); 6 L&I violations (2024); 4 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $82K —/— 0 2 viol
1509 N BAILEY ST Bought for $40K in 2019, demolition permit in 2019, sold for $115K in 2023 (+188%). Absentee individual $91K 3/1 888 1925 3
1510R N BAILEY ST Vacant —/— 0
1510 N BAILEY ST Bought for $100K in 2017, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $498K 4/2 1,915 2022 1 abated
1511 N BAILEY ST Bought for $110K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $150K 3/1 888 1925 1
1512 N BAILEY ST Bought for $150K in 2019, built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $550K 4/2 2,115 2022 1 abated
1512R N BAILEY ST Owner-occupied $543K 4/2 2,088 2022 0 abated
1513 N BAILEY ST Owner-occupied $150K 3/1 888 1925 0
1514R N BAILEY ST Absentee individual $543K 4/2 2,088 2022 0 abated
1514 N BAILEY ST Bought for $500 in 2000, built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $550K 4/2 2,115 2022 3 abated
1515 N BAILEY ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2011 → $457K in 2018 (+315%). Owner-occupied $550K 2/2 3,132 1925 2
1516 N BAILEY ST Bought for $500 in 2000, built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $550K 4/2 2,115 2022 3 abated
1517-19 N BAILEY ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2011 → $520K in 2024 (+373%). Owner-occupied $270K —/— 3,861 1925 2 8 viol
1518 N BAILEY ST Bought for $20K in 2022. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $160K 3/1 832 1925 1 tax lien
1520 N BAILEY ST Bought for $130K in 2019, major alteration permit in 2019, sold for $268K in 2019 (+106%). Owner-occupied $292K 3/1 1,176 1925 2
1521 N BAILEY ST Bought for $15K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $311K —/— 3,150 1925 1
1522 N BAILEY ST Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 832 1925 0
1523 N BAILEY ST Bought for $15K in 2011. Owner pulled a combined lot line relocation and new dev… permit in 2022. Absentee individual $196K 3/1 1,244 1925 1 rented
1524 N BAILEY ST sold $110K (2005); Appeal filed (2019). Absentee individual $179K —/— 3,150 1925 1
1525 N BAILEY ST Bought for $15K in 2011. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $311K —/— 3,150 1925 1 rented
1526 N BAILEY ST Bought for $40K in 2018. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2013. Investor / LLC $181K —/— 2,511 1925 1
1527-31 N BAILEY ST Bought for $125K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $490K —/— 10,044 1925 2
1528 N BAILEY ST built new, sold for $150K in 2021. Vacant $82K —/— 1
1530-32 N BAILEY ST sold $6K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020). Vacant $126K —/— 1
1533-35 N BAILEY ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Absentee individual $414K —/— 6,180 1925 0
1534 N BAILEY ST Bought for $8K in 2005. Investor / LLC $109K 4/1 1,568 1925 1 tax lien
1536 N BAILEY ST Bought for $1K in 2005. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Vacant $82K —/— 1
1537 N BAILEY ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2008 → $650K in 2020 (+622%). Vacant $22K —/— 2
1539 N BAILEY ST Vacant $18K —/— 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)

Where this comes from

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