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Who owns your block

1500 block of Solly Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 84% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 73% since 2016, now about $319K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$319K
$317K–$444K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$285
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$346K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $319K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 19
$24K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
84%
16 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$207
5 years
+46%
value · tax +$609
10 years
+73%
value · tax +$945

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 $319K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19152Philadelphia
Median home value$319K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied74%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 14 reported crimes (0 violent) and 43 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
14
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
43
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft5
Theft from Vehicle4
Thefts4
Burglary Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Street Light Outage7
Maintenance Complaint5
Other (Streets)5
Salting4
Information Request2

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
Louis H Farrell
8300 Castor Ave · 1255 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$250K$500K$319K2016: $184K2017: $184K2018: $184K2019: $200K2020: $219K2021: $219K2022: $219K2023: $246K2024: $246K2025: $305K2026: $305K2027: $319K2016202020232027

▲ +73% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1032016: $2,1572017: $2,1582018: $2,1932019: $2,2652020: $2,4732021: $2,4732022: $2,4942023: $2,5482024: $2,5482025: $3,0212026: $2,8962027: $3,1032016202020232027

▲ +44% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

1
1 property 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 $24,088 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%
$0pays now $4,491at the full rate

1518 Solly Ave is assessed at $321K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,491 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 +5.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 173 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $173 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+73%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.4 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
21arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 3 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 3

Value distribution today

13 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$317K$377K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Path Inc124$9.3Mphila.gov ↗
Scioto Properties Sp-16 Llc15$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
1517 Solly Llc11$367Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 19 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1500 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $328K 3/2 1,120 1987 1
1501 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $113K in 2000 → $212K in 2016 (+88%). Owner-occupied $328K —/2 1,120 1960 2
1502 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $322K 3/2 1,120 1960 1
1503 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $319K —/2 1,120 1960 1
1504 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $319K 2/2 1,120 1960 0
1505 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $319K 3/2 1,120 1986 1
1506 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $319K —/2 1,120 1986 0
1507 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $319K —/2 1,120 1986 0
1508 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $155K in 2003 → $305K in 2019 (+97%). Owner-occupied $444K 3/2 2,240 1987 2
1509 SOLLY AVE Traded 3×: $225K in 2007 → $202K in 2016 (-10%). Owner-occupied $319K 3/1 1,120 1986 3
1510 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $319K 3/2 1,120 1986 1
1511 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $319K 3/2 1,120 1960 0
1512 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $135K in 2002 → $289K in 2020 (+114%). Owner-occupied $359K 4/2 1,748 1987 2
1513 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $319K —/2 1,120 1985 1
1514 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $377K 3/2 1,748 1987 1
1515 SOLLY AVE Owner-occupied $320K 2/2 1,120 1985 1
1516 SOLLY AVE Traded 2×: $145K in 2012 → $240K in 2021 (+66%). Investor / LLC $317K 3/2 1,080 1985 2
1517 SOLLY AVE sold $338K (2025); Appeal granted (2026). Investor / LLC $367K —/— 2,200 1986 1
1518 SOLLY AVE built new (tax-abated), sold for $122K in 2003. Investor / LLC $321K 3/2 1,080 1985 1 abated

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

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.