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Who owns your block

1500 block of S Vogdes St

A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 7 open code violations and 6 homes behind $47,300 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 95% since 2016, now about $101K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$101K
$18K–$195K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$105
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$2K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $101K
Tax / yr
$662
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
12 of 24
$22K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
58%
14 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
21%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$47K
6 of 24 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$14
5 years
+87%
value · tax +$419
10 years
+95%
value · tax +$308

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.

2027
  • 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 blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$101K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied54%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 142 reported crimes (79 violent) and 217 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
142
79 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
217
60 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults42
All Other Offenses16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Weapon Violations14
Thefts10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint54
Abandoned Vehicle30
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Illegal Dumping22
Street Defect18
Sanitation Violation8

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
Weir Mitchell
5500 Kingsessing Ave · 271 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$101K2016: $52K2017: $52K2018: $52K2019: $50K2020: $54K2021: $54K2022: $54K2023: $65K2024: $65K2025: $94K2026: $94K2027: $101K2016202020232027

▲ +95% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6132016: $3052017: $3052018: $3052019: $1722020: $1272021: $1272022: $1942023: $3392024: $1122025: $6952026: $5992027: $6132016202020232027

▲ +101% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

12
12 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 $21,839 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$565pays now $2,434at the full rate

1519 S Vogdes St is assessed at $174K but pays $565 a year — about 23% of the $2,434 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 +6.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 195 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $195 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+95%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.2 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20082012201620202024
25arm's-length sales since 2006
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels15 parcels1 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$18K$174K+

The block's largest owner, Agl Capital Investments L, carries 4 open violations across 35 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Agl Capital Investments L135$4.9Mphila.gov ↗
Sfr3 040 Llc131$4.1Mphila.gov ↗
City Block Acq Viii Llc124$4.2Mphila.gov ↗
American Property Investment Assoc Inc15$473Kphila.gov ↗
Askd Capital Inc13$332Kphila.gov ↗
City Block Acq Vi Llc13$476Kphila.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

$0$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1514 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1515 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1516 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 0 abatedtax lien
1517 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1518 S VOGDES ST Traded 2×: $57K in 2024 → $200K in 2025 (+251%). Investor / LLC $69K 3/1 960 1920 2 tax lien
1519 S VOGDES ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $22K in 2017. Investor / LLC $174K 3/1 960 1920 1 rentedabated1 viol
1520 S VOGDES ST Investor / LLC $101K 3/1 960 1920 1 rented1 viol
1521 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1522 S VOGDES ST Bought for $58K in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $69K in 2018. Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 2 abated
1523 S VOGDES ST Absentee individual $101K 3/1 960 1920 1
1524 S VOGDES ST Bought for $4K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $8K in 2017. Investor / LLC $174K 3/1 960 1920 3 rentedabatedtax lien
1525 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1526 S VOGDES ST Traded 4×: $18K in 2012 → $147K in 2020 (+737%). Owner-occupied $150K 2/— 960 1920 4 tax lien
1527 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1528 S VOGDES ST Absentee individual $101K 3/1 960 1920 1 tax lien
1529 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 960 1920 0 tax lien
1530 S VOGDES ST Traded 3×: $31K in 2017 → $229K in 2022 (+638%). Owner-occupied $195K 3/2 1,182 1920 3 3 violtax lien
1531 S VOGDES ST Absentee individual $101K 3/1 960 1920 1 rented
1532 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 0 abatedtax lien
1533 S VOGDES ST Investor / LLC $101K 3/1 960 1920 1 rented
1534 S VOGDES ST Traded 3×: $12K in 2016 → $187K in 2021 (+1458%). Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 960 1920 3 tax lien
1535 S VOGDES ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 960 1920 0 abated
1536 S VOGDES ST Traded 2×: $8K in 2011 → $65K in 2011 (+713%). Absentee individual $69K 3/1 960 1920 2
1537 S VOGDES ST Appeal complete (2023); Appeal complete (2023). Vacant $18K —/— 0 2 violtax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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