Who owns your block
1500 block of W Stiles St
A mixed-ownership block: 24% owner-occupied, 34% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $22,160 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 976% since 2016, now about $334K. Property taxes are climbing about 19% 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 $334K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $334K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 14% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 258 reported crimes (71 violent) and 226 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
- $334K typical home, up +976% since 2016
- Tax bill $263 to $1,769 a year, +19%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.8M assessed, $70,030/yr to the city, about $2,415 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +976% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +573% since 2016 · ~+19%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1534 W Stiles St is assessed at $891K but pays $2,495 a year — about 20% of the $12,475 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +24.1% 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 $1076 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bsk Ph Development Llc | 1 | 12 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| V2 Properties Entity 6 Ll | 1 | 12 | $3.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Global Realty Group Llc | 1 | 9 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Fasten Construction Inc | 2 | 7 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1530 West Stiles Llc | 1 | 4 | $360K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Dynamic Equity Partners I | 1 | 2 | $479K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Temple South Llc | 1 | 1 | $599K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Stiles Street Rentals Llc | 1 | 1 | $634K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 2474 Coral Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $891K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1507 W STILES ST | Absentee individual | $334K | 5/2 | 1,560 | 1925 | 0 | rented2 viol |
| 1509 W STILES ST | Absentee individual | $352K | 2/2 | 1,560 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 1510-12 W STILES ST | Absentee individual | $126K | —/— | 4,012 | 1938 | 1 | |
| 1511 W STILES ST Improved | Vacant | $108K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1513 W STILES ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2020, then sold for $125K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $225K | —/— | 1,560 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 1514 W STILES ST | Owner-occupied | $337K | 5/3 | 1,589 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1515 W STILES ST New constructionBought for $128K in 2019, built new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $594K | 6/6 | 2,376 | 2022 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1517 W STILES ST | Vacant | $120K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1518 W STILES ST | Vacant | $119K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1519 W STILES ST Improved | Investor / LLC | $493K | 6/— | 3,084 | 2025 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 1521 W STILES ST TradedTraded 2×: $31K in 2013 → $10K in 2014 (-68%). | Owner-occupied | $173K | 2/1 | 910 | 1925 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 1522 W STILES ST Historysold $30K (2015); Appeal filed (2019). | Vacant | $86K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1523 W STILES ST TradedTraded 2×: $19K in 2012 → $50K in 2016 (+167%). | Vacant | $95K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1524 W STILES ST New constructionBought for $33K in 2017, built new (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $653K | 6/— | 2,158 | 2021 | 3 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1525 W STILES ST TradedTraded 2×: $4K in 2007 → $5K in 2011 (+43%). | Absentee individual | $179K | 2/1 | 910 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1526 W STILES ST | Absentee individual | $464K | 3/2 | 1,953 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 1526 W STILES ST | Investor / LLC | $337K | 2/2 | 1,302 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 1527 W STILES ST | Absentee individual | $213K | 3/1 | 910 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1528 W STILES ST | Absentee individual | $354K | 3/3 | 1,452 | 2020 | 0 | abated |
| 1528 W STILES ST | Absentee individual | $302K | 3/3 | 1,172 | 2020 | 0 | abated |
| 1529 W STILES ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $24K in 2017, demolished in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $599K | 6/— | 1,884 | 2021 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1530 W STILES ST | Vacant | $112K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1531 W STILES ST | Absentee individual | $167K | 3/1 | 990 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1532 W STILES ST New constructionBought for $57K in 2016, built new (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $634K | 6/4 | 4,120 | 2017 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1533 W STILES ST | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 990 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1534 W STILES ST New constructionBought for $35K in 2017, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $891K | 4/— | 2,779 | 2021 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1535 W STILES ST | Absentee individual | $407K | 3/3 | 1,920 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1537 W STILES ST | Owner-occupied | $352K | 4/3 | 1,920 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1539 W STILES ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $4K in 2003, demolished in 2020 and rebuilt (2018). | Owner-occupied | $850K | 8/— | 2,984 | 2022 | 1 | 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)