Who owns your block
1500 block of S 56th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 7 homes behind $31,556 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 147% since 2016, now about $142K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $142K — about 0.6× 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 | $142K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 136 reported crimes (70 violent) and 221 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
- $142K typical home, up +147% since 2016
- Tax bill $786 to $1,454 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.3M assessed, $20,690/yr to the city, about $1,293 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +147% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +85% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1536 S 56th St is assessed at $124K but pays $337 a year — about 19% of the $1,737 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 $247 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 9 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 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Pwbh Holdings 3 Llc, carries 8 open violations across 20 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pwbh Holdings 3 Llc | 1 | 20 | $3.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1510 S 56TH ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $153K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1512 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $129K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1514 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $129K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1516 S 56TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2004 → $63K in 2006 (+152%). | Owner-occupied | $142K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1518 S 56TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $149K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1520 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $142K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1522 S 56TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2013). | Absentee individual | $142K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1524 S 56TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2015 → $82K in 2016 (+447%). | Owner-occupied | $184K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1526 S 56TH ST | Absentee individual | $142K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1528 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $142K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1530 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $142K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1532 S 56TH ST | Investor / LLC | $149K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1534 S 56TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2024 → $290K in 2025 (+287%). | Owner-occupied | $146K | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1536 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $124K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1538 S 56TH ST | Absentee individual | $124K | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1540 S 56TH ST | Owner-occupied | $137K | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)