Who owns your block
1500 block of S Allison St
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 4 homes behind $36,407 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 100% since 2016, now about $102K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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 $102K — 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 | $102K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 38% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 143 reported crimes (82 violent) and 216 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
- $102K typical home, up +100% since 2016
- Tax bill $305 to $1,425 a year, +15%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.5M assessed, $20,332/yr to the city, about $847 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +100% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +367% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1520 S Allison St is assessed at $111K but pays $153 a year — about 10% of the $1,552 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 +6.5% 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 $200 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Str8 Hand Management Inc | 1 | 10 | $203K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Wilmore Llc | 2 | 3 | $392K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Block 1 Llc | 1 | 2 | $206K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1514 S ALLISON ST | Owner-occupied | $104K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1515 S ALLISON ST ImprovedBought for $30K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1516 S ALLISON ST Historysold $18K (2000); 4 L&I violations (2007); 3 L&I violations (2011). | Investor / LLC | $132K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1517 S ALLISON ST | Owner-occupied | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1518 S ALLISON ST TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2002 → $22K in 2010 (+26%). | Absentee individual | $104K | 3/1 | 1,020 | 1920 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1519 S ALLISON ST | Owner-occupied | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1520 S ALLISON ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $12K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 1521 S ALLISON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1522 S ALLISON ST ImprovedBought for $8K in 2026. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. | Investor / LLC | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1523 S ALLISON ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1524 S ALLISON ST | Investor / LLC | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 1525 S ALLISON ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1526 S ALLISON ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $67K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | abated |
| 1527 S ALLISON ST | Absentee individual | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1528 S ALLISON ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1529 S ALLISON ST | Owner-occupied | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1530 S ALLISON ST | Owner-occupied | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1531 S ALLISON ST | Absentee individual | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1532 S ALLISON ST ImprovedBought for $35K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1533 S ALLISON ST TradedTraded 2×: $70K in 2022 → $35K in 2024 (-50%). | Absentee individual | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1534 S ALLISON ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $111K | 3/1 | 1,120 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1535 S ALLISON ST | Owner-occupied | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1536 S ALLISON ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2011 and rebuilt (2021). | Vacant | $14K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1537 S ALLISON ST | Owner-occupied | $102K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax 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)