Who owns your block
1500 block of Shunk St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 70% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $287K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $287K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19145 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $287K | $242K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 43% | 46% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 78 reported crimes (19 violent) and 370 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
- $287K typical home, up +66% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,122 to $3,615 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $12M assessed, $144,193/yr to the city, about $3,605 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +66% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +70% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1538 Shunk St is assessed at $294K but pays $2,520 a year — about 61% of the $4,120 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.7% 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 $166 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 58 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 40 parcels
- Owner-occupied 28
- Absentee individual 12
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-02 SHUNK ST | Absentee individual | $614K | —/— | 3,840 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1501 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $357K | 3/1 | 1,976 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1503 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $287K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1504 SHUNK ST | Absentee individual | $304K | —/— | 1,574 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1505 SHUNK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $55K in 2000 → $290K in 2017 (+427%). | Owner-occupied | $308K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1506 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $266K | 3/1 | 1,272 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1507 SHUNK ST TradedTraded 2×: $119K in 2001 → $310K in 2025 (+161%). | Absentee individual | $284K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1508 SHUNK ST New constructionBought for $127K in 2013, built new (tax-abated), sold for $265K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $266K | 3/1 | 1,272 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 1509 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $278K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1510 SHUNK ST | Absentee individual | $260K | 3/1 | 1,272 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1511 SHUNK ST TradedTraded 2×: $140K in 2014 → $150K in 2017 (+7%). | Owner-occupied | $278K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1512 SHUNK ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2003. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $340K | —/— | 1,760 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1513 SHUNK ST TradedTraded 2×: $140K in 2013 → $40K in 2019 (-71%). | Absentee individual | $290K | 4/1 | 1,536 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1514 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $351K | —/— | 2,003 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1515 SHUNK ST TradedTraded 2×: $160K in 2004 → $393K in 2021 (+146%). | Absentee individual | $387K | 4/2 | 1,920 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1516 SHUNK ST TradedTraded 2×: $149K in 2004 → $192K in 2016 (+29%). | Owner-occupied | $273K | 3/1 | 1,320 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1517 SHUNK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $87K in 2002 → $185K in 2008 (+113%). | Owner-occupied | $261K | 3/1 | 1,284 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1518 SHUNK ST Historysold $60K (2007); Appeal sustained (2017). | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/1 | 1,200 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1519 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $274K | 3/1 | 1,362 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1520 SHUNK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $100K in 2003 → $220K in 2019 (+120%). | Absentee individual | $288K | 3/1 | 1,428 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 1521 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $284K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1522 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $292K | —/— | 1,272 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1523 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $261K | 3/1 | 1,284 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1524 SHUNK ST HistoryAppeal withdrawn (2015); sold $240K (2016). | Owner-occupied | $354K | —/— | 1,836 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1525 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $275K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1526 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $334K | —/— | 1,728 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1527 SHUNK ST Frequently tradedTraded 7×: $30K in 2001 → $290K in 2021 (+870%). | Owner-occupied | $296K | 3/2 | 1,712 | 1920 | 7 | |
| 1528 SHUNK ST | Absentee individual | $264K | 3/1 | 1,292 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1529 SHUNK ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $68K in 2000 → $302K in 2015 (+344%). | Owner-occupied | $387K | —/— | 1,536 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 1530 SHUNK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $175K in 2017 → $390K in 2024 (+123%). | Owner-occupied | $395K | 3/2 | 1,116 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1531 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $337K | —/— | 1,820 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1532 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $253K | 3/1 | 1,116 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1533 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $278K | —/— | 1,380 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1534 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $253K | 3/1 | 1,116 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1535 SHUNK ST | Absentee individual | $301K | 3/2 | 1,380 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 1536 SHUNK ST | Absentee individual | $260K | 3/1 | 1,168 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1537 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $284K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1538 SHUNK ST | Owner-occupied | $294K | 4/1 | 1,504 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1539 SHUNK ST | Absentee individual | $287K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1541 SHUNK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $123K in 2002 → $100K in 2017 (-19%). | Absentee individual | $389K | —/— | 2,016 | 1920 | 3 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)