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Who owns your block

1500 block of S 57th St

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 124% since 2016, now about $124K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$124K
$120K–$165K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$108
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$85K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $124K
Tax / yr
$337
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 7
$6K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
57%
4 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$155
5 years
+112%
value · tax +$130
10 years
+124%
value · tax −$20

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 $124K — 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 blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$124K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied57%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 119 reported crimes (54 violent) and 237 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
119
54 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
237
57 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults34
Thefts13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
All Other Offenses10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint70
Illegal Dumping39
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection34
Abandoned Vehicle29
Sanitation Violation7
Street Paving6

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
William Longstreth
5700 Willows Ave · 259 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$124K2016: $56K2017: $56K2018: $56K2019: $54K2020: $59K2021: $59K2022: $59K2023: $67K2024: $67K2025: $113K2026: $113K2027: $124K2016202020232027

▲ +124% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$3372016: $3572017: $3572018: $3572019: $2132020: $2072021: $2072022: $2072025: $1822026: $1822027: $3372016202020232027

▼ -6% since 2016 · ~-1%/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 $5,599 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 +7.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 224 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $224 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+124%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.1 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 2019. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50K$100K20192020
4arm's-length sales since 2019
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$120K$124K+

The block's largest owner, Wilmington Savings Fund Society Fsb Tr, carries 26 open violations across 56 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Wilmington Savings Fund Society Fsb Tr156$11Mphila.gov ↗
Max Property 58 Llc11$165Kphila.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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1530 S 57TH ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,176 1925 0 abated
1532 S 57TH ST Bought for $62K in 2019. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $165K 4/1 2,304 1925 2 tax lien
1534 S 57TH ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $122K 3/1 1,152 1925 0 abated
1536 S 57TH ST Owner-occupied $124K 3/1 1,152 1925 0 abated
1538 S 57TH ST Absentee individual $124K 3/1 1,152 1925 1
1540 S 57TH ST Owner-occupied $124K 3/1 1,152 1925 0 abated
1542 S 57TH ST sold $63K (2019); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2025). Investor / LLC $124K 3/1 1,152 1925 1

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.