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Who owns your block

1500 block of Tyson Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 77% since 2016, now about $361K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$361K
$294K–$372K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$178
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
75%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+70%
value · tax +$2K
5 years
+70%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+77%
value · tax +$2K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $361K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19149 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19149 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19149Philadelphia
Median home value$361K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied0%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 71 reported crimes (24 violent) and 79 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
71
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
79
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults20
Thefts9
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Fraud6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
All Other Offenses5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Maintenance Complaint13
Street Defect9
Abandoned Vehicle8
Other (Streets)4
Construction Complaints3

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 · K-5
Solomon Solis-Cohen
7001 Horrocks St · 1354 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 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$361K2016: $204K2017: $204K2018: $204K2019: $204K2020: $212K2021: $212K2022: $212K2023: $212K2024: $212K2025: $212K2026: $212K2027: $361K2016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,0522016: $2,8492017: $2,8492018: $2,8492019: $2,8492020: $2,9692021: $2,9692022: $2,9692023: $2,9692024: $2,9692025: $2,9692026: $2,9692027: $5,0522016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 177 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $177 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+77%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
5arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 4parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$294K$364K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Tyson1511 Llc11$364Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 4 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1509 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $358K 2,200 1950 0
1511 TYSON AVE Investor / LLC $364K 1,760 1950 1 rented
1513 TYSON AVE Absentee individual $294K 1,800 1950 1 rented
1515 TYSON AVE Traded 3×: $115K in 2003 → $190K in 2008 (+65%). Absentee individual $372K 2,090 1950 3 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)

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.