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Who owns your block

1500 block of S 49th St

An investor-heavy block: 47% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 homes behind $5,683 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 2634% since 2016, now about $112K. Property taxes are climbing about 27% a year.

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
$112K
$44K–$454K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$178
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$360K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $112K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 17
$23K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
41%
7 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
12%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
2 of 17 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$198
5 years
+1174%
value · tax +$641
10 years
+1174%
value · tax +$641

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 $112K — 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$112K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied6%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 46 reported crimes (14 violent) and 86 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
46
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
86
22 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses13
Other Assaults10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Thefts4
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection15
Street Defect14
Abandoned Vehicle11
Illegal Dumping8
Maintenance Complaint8
Graffiti Removal5

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$250K$500K$112K2016: $4K2017: $9K2018: $9K2019: $9K2020: $9K2021: $9K2022: $9K2023: $19K2024: $19K2025: $102K2026: $102K2027: $112K2016202020232027

▲ +2634% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$7642016: $572017: $1232018: $1232019: $1232020: $1232021: $1232022: $1232023: $2632024: $2632025: $5662026: $5662027: $7642016202020232027

▲ +1240% since 2016 · ~+27%/yr

4
4 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 $22,956 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,271pays now $6,354at the full rate

1503 S 49th St is assessed at $454K but pays $1,271 a year — about 20% of the $6,354 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 +35.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100500020162019202220252027This block 2734 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $2734 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+35.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+2634%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+35.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+32.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+28.6 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20082012201620202024
13arm's-length sales since 2005
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 8 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 8

Value distribution today

8 parcels3 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$44K$454K
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Phila (individual)23871$6561Mphila.gov ↗
1819 Investments Llc321$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Paschall Holdings Llc110$496Kphila.gov ↗
Ogbu & Leo Llc15$503Kphila.gov ↗
1819 Investment Llc12$86Kphila.gov ↗
1505 S 49th Llc11$454Kphila.gov ↗
1511 S 49th Llc11$450Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 17 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1500 S 49TH ST built new under a 2023 permit. Vacant $55K —/— 0 tax lien
1501 S 49TH ST demolished in 2013 and rebuilt (2012), then sold for $360K in 2024. Vacant $52K —/— 4
1502 S 49TH ST 3 L&I violations (2011). Absentee individual $122K 3/1 756 1940 0 tax lien
1503 S 49TH ST Bought for $30K in 2021, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $454K 3/3 1,923 2023 2 abated
1504 S 49TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $131K 3/1 756 1940 0 tax lien
1505 S 49TH ST Bought for $50K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $363K in 2023. Owner-occupied $454K 3/3 1,923 2023 2 rentedabatedtax lien
1506 S 49TH ST Bought for $160K in 2012, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $209K in 2021 (+30%). Owner-occupied $225K 2/1 756 1940 3
1507 S 49TH ST Owner-occupied $164K 3/1 920 1940 0
1508-18 S 49TH ST demolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2016). Absentee individual $358K —/— 2,330 1930 0 abated
1509 S 49TH ST Bought for $20K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $112K 3/1 920 1940 1 tax lien
1511 S 49TH ST Bought for $70K in 2021, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 1,890 2023 1 rentedabatedtax lien
1513 S 49TH ST 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $52K —/— 0
1515 S 49TH ST 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $52K —/— 0 tax lien
1517 S 49TH ST 3 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $52K —/— 0 tax lien
1519 S 49TH ST 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2021). Vacant $52K —/— 0 tax lien
1521 S 49TH ST 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $52K —/— 0 tax lien
1530 S 49TH ST Vacant $44K —/— 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

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