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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $101K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 54% | 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.
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
- $101K typical home, up +95% since 2016
- Tax bill $305 to $613 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.7M assessed, $15,522/yr to the city, about $647 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +95% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +101% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Agl Capital Investments L, carries 4 open violations across 35 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agl Capital Investments L | 1 | 35 | $4.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sfr3 040 Llc | 1 | 31 | $4.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| City Block Acq Viii Llc | 1 | 24 | $4.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| American Property Investment Assoc Inc | 1 | 5 | $473K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Askd Capital Inc | 1 | 3 | $332K | phila.gov ↗ |
| City Block Acq Vi Llc | 1 | 3 | $476K | 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 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 TradedTraded 2×: $57K in 2024 → $200K in 2025 (+251%). | Investor / LLC | $69K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1519 S VOGDES ST New constructionbuilt 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 New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 2×: $8K in 2011 → $65K in 2011 (+713%). | Absentee individual | $69K | 3/1 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1537 S VOGDES ST HistoryAppeal 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)