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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $112K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 6% | 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.
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
- $112K typical home, up +2634% since 2016
- Tax bill $57 to $764 a year, +27%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.9M assessed, $17,345/yr to the city, about $1,020 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +2634% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +1240% since 2016 · ~+27%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 8
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Phila (individual) | 2 | 3871 | $6561M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1819 Investments Llc | 3 | 21 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Paschall Holdings Llc | 1 | 10 | $496K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ogbu & Leo Llc | 1 | 5 | $503K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1819 Investment Llc | 1 | 2 | $86K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1505 S 49th Llc | 1 | 1 | $454K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1511 S 49th Llc | 1 | 1 | $450K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 S 49TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit. | Vacant | $55K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1501 S 49TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2013 and rebuilt (2012), then sold for $360K in 2024. | Vacant | $52K | —/— | — | — | 4 | |
| 1502 S 49TH ST History3 L&I violations (2011). | Absentee individual | $122K | 3/1 | 756 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1503 S 49TH ST New constructionBought 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $131K | 3/1 | 756 | 1940 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1505 S 49TH ST New constructionBought 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 Renovated & sold onBought 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 Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2016). | Absentee individual | $358K | —/— | 2,330 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 1509 S 49TH ST ImprovedBought 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 New constructionBought 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 History2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023). | Vacant | $52K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1515 S 49TH ST History2 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 History3 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 History2 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 History2 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)