Who owns your block
1500 block of S 32nd St
A mixed-ownership block: 53% owner-occupied, 5% investor-held, with 5 open code violations and 4 homes behind $30,800 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 149% since 2016, now about $144K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $144K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $144K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 47% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 87 reported crimes (21 violent) and 208 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
- $144K typical home, up +149% since 2016
- Tax bill $388 to $609 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.2M assessed, $21,007/yr to the city, about $1,106 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +149% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +57% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1500 S 32nd St is assessed at $6.7M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $93,840 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 +8.6% 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 $249 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankers Trust Co | 1 | 2 | $157K | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 S 32ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $6.7M | —/— | 49,206 | 1931 | 0 | abated5 viol |
| 1509 S 32ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 0 | |
| 1511 S 32ND ST HistoryL&I violation (2009); 19 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2012); sold $8K (2016); 3 L&I violations (2016). | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1513 S 32ND ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $23K in 2004 → $70K in 2017 (+204%). | Absentee individual | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 5 | |
| 1515 S 32ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 0 | |
| 1517 S 32ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2005 → $85K in 2008 (+386%). | Absentee individual | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 2 | rented |
| 1519 S 32ND ST | Absentee individual | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 0 | rented |
| 1521 S 32ND ST History3 L&I violations (2011). | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1523 S 32ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $69K in 2018. | Absentee individual | $225K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1525 S 32ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit, sold for $15K in 2015. | Absentee individual | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 1 | |
| 1527 S 32ND ST ImprovedBought for $17K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 1 | |
| 1529 S 32ND ST | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1531 S 32ND ST | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 0 | |
| 1533 S 32ND ST | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 0 | |
| 1535 S 32ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit, sold for $61K in 2021. | Vacant | $64K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1537 S 32ND ST History2 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $64K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1539 S 32ND ST | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1541 S 32ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1543 S 32ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $49K in 2012, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2021, sold for $70K in 2023 (+134%). | Absentee individual | $180K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1917 | 7 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)