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Who owns your block

1500 block of S 47th St

A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held, with 1 home behind $11,507 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 719% since 2016, now about $115K. Property taxes are climbing about 17% 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
$115K
$39K–$249K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$179
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 7
$3K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
43%
3 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
14%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
1 of 7 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-10%
value · tax +$529
5 years
+222%
value · tax +$584
10 years
+719%
value · tax +$886

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 $115K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$115K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied29%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 27 reported crimes (7 violent) and 96 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
27
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
96
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts6
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Other Assaults4
All Other Offenses3
Fraud3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle14
Graffiti Removal11
Illegal Dumping10
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
Street Defect8
Information Request7

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
Benjamin B Comegys
5100 Greenway Ave · 213 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$100K$200K$115K2016: $14K2017: $14K2018: $14K2019: $33K2020: $36K2021: $36K2022: $36K2023: $76K2024: $76K2025: $127K2026: $127K2027: $115K2016202020232027

▲ +719% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0822016: $1962017: $1962018: $1962019: $4612020: $4982021: $4982022: $4982023: $1,0642024: $1,0642025: $5532026: $5532027: $1,0822016202020232027

▲ +452% since 2016 · ~+17%/yr

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1 property 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 $2,800 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +21.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 819 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $819 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+21.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+719%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+21.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+18.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+14.6 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 4 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2008201220162020
4arm's-length sales since 2006
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 3 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$39K$115K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Hast Investment Partners153$10Mphila.gov ↗
Nis-Lar Llc12$109Kphila.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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1501 S 47TH ST Bought for $135K in 2017. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $249K 7/— 1,446 1940 3
1503 S 47TH ST Vacant $39K —/— 0 tax lien
1505 S 47TH ST Appeal withdrawn (2025). Absentee individual $115K 2/1 640 1940 0 rented
1507 S 47TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2018). Vacant $41K —/— 0 tax lien
1509 S 47TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $115K 2/— 640 1940 0
1511 S 47TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $26K in 2006. Owner-occupied $115K 2/1 640 1940 1 abated
1513-15 S 47TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $77K —/— 0

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.