Who owns your block
1500 block of Spring Garden St
A mixed-ownership block: 36% owner-occupied, 24% investor-held, with 7 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $610K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $610K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19130 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $610K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 4% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 171 reported crimes (26 violent) and 120 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
- $610K typical home, up +66% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,148 to $8,320 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $91M assessed, $1,259,897/yr to the city, about $50,396 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +66% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +62% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1501-03 Spring Garden St is assessed at $1.2M but pays $8,063 a year — about 48% of the $16,893 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 20 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 25 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 12
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Property Connection | 1 | 2 | $797K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1500 Net Works Associates | 1 | 1 | $76M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Linggan Realty 89 | 1 | 1 | $533K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1515 Spring Realty Llc | 1 | 1 | $714K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1519 Spring Garden Llc | 1 | 1 | $420K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Merle Berman 2003 Living Trust | 1 | 1 | $793K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-30 SPRING GARDEN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $76M | —/— | 1,213,200 | 1948 | 1 | 6 viol |
| 1501-03 SPRING GARDEN ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.2M | —/— | 4,624 | 1915 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1505 SPRING GARDEN ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2000 → $500K in 2020 (+400%). | Investor / LLC | $533K | —/— | 1,945 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1507 SPRING GARDEN ST ImprovedBought for $550K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $670K | —/— | 2,446 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1509 SPRING GARDEN ST HistoryAppeal granted (2016). | Owner-occupied | $360K | —/— | 2,431 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1511 SPRING GARDEN ST HistoryAppeal dismissed (2012); Appeal dismissed (2014); Appeal granted with conditions (2017). | Absentee individual | $569K | —/— | 2,395 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1513 SPRING GARDEN ST HistoryAppeal complete (2024). | Owner-occupied | $656K | —/— | 2,395 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1515 SPRING GARDEN ST TradedTraded 2×: $286K in 2005 → $560K in 2021 (+96%). | Investor / LLC | $714K | 5/3 | 2,646 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1517 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $564K | —/— | 2,059 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1519 SPRING GARDEN ST Historysold $280K (2013); Appeal granted with conditions (2013); Appeal granted with conditions (2016). | Investor / LLC | $420K | —/— | 1,921 | 1915 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1521 SPRING GARDEN ST TradedTraded 2×: $345K in 2008 → $345K in 2010 (+0%). | Absentee individual | $630K | —/— | 2,301 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1523 SPRING GARDEN ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $100K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $607K | —/— | 2,017 | 1915 | 1 | abated |
| 1525 SPRING GARDEN ST HistoryAppeal granted (2020); Appeal dismissed (2024). | Absentee individual | $489K | —/— | 2,197 | 1880 | 0 | rented |
| 1527 SPRING GARDEN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $135K in 2001 → $535K in 2021 (+296%). | Owner-occupied | $664K | 3/2 | 2,017 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1529 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $678K | —/— | 2,475 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1531 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $594K | —/— | 2,169 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1533 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $588K | —/— | 2,017 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1535 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $697K | —/— | 2,670 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1537 SPRING GARDEN ST ImprovedBought for $250K in 2011. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $606K | —/— | 2,211 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1539 SPRING GARDEN ST | Investor / LLC | $594K | —/— | 2,349 | 1880 | 1 | rented |
| 1541 SPRING GARDEN ST HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2015). | Absentee individual | $615K | —/— | 2,246 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1543 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $537K | —/— | 1,960 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1545 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $647K | —/— | 2,363 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1547 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $610K | —/— | 2,226 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1549 SPRING GARDEN ST | Owner-occupied | $793K | —/— | 3,040 | 1910 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)