Who owns your block
1500 block of S 7th St
A mixed-ownership block: 27% owner-occupied, 7% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $111 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 89% since 2016, now about $356K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $356K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $356K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 20% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 72 reported crimes (18 violent) and 452 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
- $356K typical home, up +89% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,489 to $4,560 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $12M assessed, $149,595/yr to the city, about $4,986 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +89% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +83% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1532 S 7th St is assessed at $590K but pays $1,653 a year — about 20% of the $8,263 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +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 $189 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 41 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 30 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 20
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Gabriel (individual) | 6 | 7 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Thin A Tham (individual) | 3 | 3 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jennifer Ruan (individual) | 2 | 2 | $773K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Brighten Real Estate Llc | 2 | 2 | $523K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 30 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 7TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2004 → $80K in 2004 (+23%). | Absentee individual | $294K | 3/3 | 1,600 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1502 S 7TH ST LandVacant land, last sold for $100K in 2003. | Absentee individual | $355K | 4/2 | 1,620 | 2004 | 2 | rented |
| 1504 S 7TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $100K in 2003. | Absentee individual | $317K | 4/2 | 1,440 | 1925 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1506 S 7TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2003 → $120K in 2004 (+20%). | Owner-occupied | $317K | 4/1 | 1,440 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1508-10 S 7TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $456K | 6/4 | 2,144 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1512 S 7TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $389K | 6/3 | 2,160 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1514 S 7TH ST | Owner-occupied | $495K | 4/2 | 2,634 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1516-18 S 7TH ST | Absentee individual | $242K | —/— | 2,520 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1519 S 7TH ST ImprovedBought for $220K in 2004. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2012. | Absentee individual | $303K | —/— | 2,064 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 1520-28 S 7TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $749K | —/— | 9,360 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1521 S 7TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $220K in 2004 → $190K in 2010 (-14%). | Owner-occupied | $405K | 4/3 | 1,740 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1523 S 7TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $220K in 2004 → $295K in 2006 (+34%). | Owner-occupied | $472K | 4/3 | 1,740 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1525 S 7TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $220K in 2004 → $260K in 2006 (+18%). | Owner-occupied | $472K | 4/3 | 1,740 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1527 S 7TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2009). | Absentee individual | $274K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1529 S 7TH ST | Absentee individual | $198K | —/— | 1,350 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1530 S 7TH ST | Owner-occupied | $299K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1531 S 7TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $83K in 2002 → $375K in 2006 (+352%). | Investor / LLC | $281K | —/— | 2,250 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1532 S 7TH ST New constructionBought for $110K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $500K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $590K | 4/— | 1,755 | 2021 | 2 | abated |
| 1533 S 7TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $83K in 2002 → $375K in 2006 (+352%). | Investor / LLC | $242K | —/— | 1,935 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1534 S 7TH ST | Absentee individual | $355K | —/— | 1,440 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1535 S 7TH ST Historysold $196K (2003); L&I violation (2025). | Absentee individual | $327K | 4/3 | 1,746 | 1915 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1536 S 7TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $12K in 2000 → $25K in 2000 (+108%). | Absentee individual | $357K | 2/1 | 1,440 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1537 S 7TH ST | Absentee individual | $395K | 4/3 | 2,520 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1538 S 7TH ST | Absentee individual | $377K | 4/1 | 1,720 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1539 S 7TH ST | Absentee individual | $421K | 5/3 | 2,430 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1540-50 S 7TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $1.5M | —/— | 14,110 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1541 S 7TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $66K in 2003 → $313K in 2016 (+378%). | Absentee individual | $416K | 4/4 | 2,250 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1543 S 7TH ST ImprovedBought for $300K in 2019. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $325K | —/— | 2,253 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1545 S 7TH ST | Absentee individual | $322K | 4/2 | 1,890 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1547 S 7TH ST ImprovedBought for $72K in 2001. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $358K | —/— | 2,560 | 1920 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)