Who owns your block
1500 block of Vernon Rd
A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 54% since 2016, now about $225K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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 $225K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19150 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19150 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19150 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $225K | $234K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 67% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 35 reported crimes (9 violent) and 78 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
- $225K typical home, up +54% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,788 to $1,902 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.0M assessed, $14,328/yr to the city, about $1,791 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +54% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +6% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1531-67 Vernon Rd is assessed at $2.4M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $34,056 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% 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 $154 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 8 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 8 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1526 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $251K | 3/2 | 1,394 | 1946 | 1 | |
| 1528 VERNON RD | Absentee individual | $206K | 3/2 | 1,170 | 1946 | 0 | |
| 1530 VERNON RD TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2005 → $120K in 2005 (+84%). | Owner-occupied | $221K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1946 | 2 | |
| 1531-67 VERNON RD Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2022 and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $4.5M in 2001. | Absentee individual | $2.4M | —/— | 5,114 | — | 3 | abated |
| 1532 VERNON RD | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1946 | 1 | |
| 1534 VERNON RD TradedTraded 2×: $130K in 2010 → $140K in 2018 (+8%). | Owner-occupied | $229K | 3/2 | 1,170 | 1946 | 2 | |
| 1536 VERNON RD Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $105K in 2000 → $104K in 2014 (-1%). | Owner-occupied | $213K | 3/2 | 1,166 | 1946 | 4 | |
| 1538 VERNON RD New constructionBought for $105K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $299K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $265K | 3/2 | 1,368 | 1946 | 4 | 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)