Who owns your block
1500 block of Swain St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $1,429 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 61% since 2016, now about $461K. 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 $461K — about 2.1× the citywide median, and in line with 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 | $461K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 130 reported crimes (35 violent) and 333 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
- $461K typical home, up +61% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,725 to $5,786 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $123,409/yr to the city, about $5,142 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +61% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +112% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1515 Swain St is assessed at $462K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $6,466 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 +4.5% 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 $161 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 44 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Lotus 23 Llc, carries 12 open violations across 15 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Lotus 23 Llc | 2 | 15 | $8.9M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $436K | 3/3 | 1,813 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 1500 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $454K | 3/3 | 1,916 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 1502 SWAIN ST | Investor / LLC | $461K | —/— | 2,139 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1504 SWAIN ST | Investor / LLC | $537K | 4/2 | 2,139 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1506 SWAIN ST ImprovedBought for $200K in 2014. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. | Absentee individual | $365K | 5/3 | 2,193 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1509 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2001 → $330K in 2018 (+560%). | Owner-occupied | $358K | —/— | 1,026 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1511 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $369K | —/— | 1,450 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1513 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $1K in 2003 → $469K in 2020 (+46800%). | Owner-occupied | $512K | 3/2 | 1,600 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1515 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $462K | —/— | 1,552 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1517 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $225K in 2006 → $370K in 2020 (+64%). | Owner-occupied | $387K | 4/2 | 1,480 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 1519 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $65K in 2004 → $499K in 2023 (+668%). | Owner-occupied | $514K | 3/2 | 1,720 | 1920 | 5 | |
| 1521 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $378K | —/— | 1,552 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1523 SWAIN ST ImprovedBought for $71K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $378K | 5/1 | 1,552 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1524 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $460K in 2007 → $575K in 2025 (+25%). | Owner-occupied | $599K | 3/2 | 2,467 | 2007 | 4 | |
| 1525 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $378K | —/— | 1,552 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1526 SWAIN ST LandVacant land, last sold for $73K in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $643K | 3/3 | 2,041 | 2012 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1527 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $13K in 2003 → $365K in 2005 (+2708%). | Owner-occupied | $462K | —/— | 1,552 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1528 SWAIN ST LandVacant land, last sold for $68K in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $593K | 3/3 | 1,837 | 2012 | 4 | |
| 1529 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $240K in 2016 → $560K in 2021 (+133%). | Owner-occupied | $532K | 3/3 | 1,656 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1531 SWAIN ST | Owner-occupied | $321K | —/— | 1,836 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1533 SWAIN ST TradedTraded 2×: $154K in 2012 → $470K in 2015 (+205%). | Owner-occupied | $517K | 3/2 | 1,734 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1535 SWAIN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $20K in 2007 → $485K in 2020 (+2325%). | Owner-occupied | $505K | 3/2 | 1,554 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1537 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $521K | 5/3 | 1,757 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1539 SWAIN ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/1 | 1,467 | 1993 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)