Who owns your block
1500 block of S 52nd St
A mixed-ownership block: 45% owner-occupied, 9% investor-held, with 35 open code violations and 8 homes behind $100,602 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 112% since 2016, now about $101K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $101K — 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 | $101K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 27% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 90 reported crimes (38 violent) and 169 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
- $101K typical home, up +112% since 2016
- Tax bill $249 to $420 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.9M assessed, $21,430/yr to the city, about $974 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +112% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +69% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1509-21 S 52nd St is assessed at $1.3M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $17,959 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 +7.1% 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 $212 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 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabernacle Grace (individual) | 2 | 2 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philly Property 1 Inc | 1 | 1 | $152K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Smart Paths Llc | 1 | 1 | $101K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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 52ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $20K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $210K in 2025 (+950%). | Investor / LLC | $152K | —/— | 2,756 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1502 S 52ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $45K in 2023, change of use permit in 2025, sold for $330K in 2026 (+633%). | Absentee individual | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 1504 S 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $7K in 1999. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $44K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 1 | 15 viol |
| 1506 S 52ND ST History3 L&I violations (2021); 8 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2024); 14 L&I violations (2025). | Absentee individual | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | 15 violtax lien |
| 1507 S 52ND ST | Absentee individual | $284K | —/— | 4,395 | 1950 | 0 | abated |
| 1508 S 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | abated5 violtax lien |
| 1509-21 S 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.3M | —/— | 23,720 | 1950 | 0 | abated |
| 1510 S 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1512 S 52ND ST History2 L&I violations (2022). | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1514 S 52ND ST | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1516 S 52ND ST Historysold $55K (2005); L&I violation (2008). | Owner-occupied | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1518 S 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1520 S 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Investor / LLC | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1522 S 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $90K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 1524 S 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1526 S 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1528 S 52ND ST | Absentee individual | $44K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1530 S 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $22K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1532 S 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $232K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1534 S 52ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $30K in 2018, use permit in 2019, sold for $209K in 2023 (+597%). | Absentee individual | $414K | 4/2 | 1,916 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1536 S 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | —/— | 1,350 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1540 S 52ND ST | Vacant | $199K | —/— | — | — | 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)