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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.

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
$334K
$86K–$891K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$214
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $12K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 29
$68K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
24%
6 of 29
city 41%
Rentals
48%
14 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$22K
2 of 29 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 21% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax −$349
5 years
+169%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+724%
value · tax +$1K

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.

2027
  • 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 blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$334K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied14%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.

Crimes · 12mo
258
71 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
226
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults48
Thefts39
Motor Vehicle Theft29
Theft from Vehicle29
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief26
Fraud25

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping52
Maintenance Complaint36
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Abandoned Vehicle16
Street Defect15
Sanitation Violation10

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 & Middle · K-8
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$334K2016: $31K2017: $41K2018: $41K2019: $56K2020: $97K2021: $124K2022: $124K2023: $231K2024: $270K2025: $283K2026: $292K2027: $334K2016202020232027

▲ +976% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,7692016: $2632017: $5332018: $5402019: $5982020: $6282021: $6282022: $6762023: $1,3902024: $1,6632025: $2,3042026: $2,1182027: $1,7692016202020232027

▲ +573% since 2016 · ~+19%/yr

10
10 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $67,744 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$2,495pays now $12,475at the full rate

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

95100200020162019202220252027This block 1076 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+24.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+976%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+24.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+21.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+17.6 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 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

$0$250K$500K20042008201220162020
25arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 29 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 11Vacant: 6 29parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 11
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

7 parcels6 parcels1 parcels7 parcels1 parcels1 parcels6 parcels
$86K$653K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bsk Ph Development Llc112$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
V2 Properties Entity 6 Ll112$3.5Mphila.gov ↗
Global Realty Group Llc19$2.0Mphila.gov ↗
Fasten Construction Inc27$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
1530 West Stiles Llc14$360Kphila.gov ↗
Dynamic Equity Partners I12$479Kphila.gov ↗
Temple South Llc11$599Kphila.gov ↗
Stiles Street Rentals Llc11$634Kphila.gov ↗
2474 Coral Street Llc11$891Kphila.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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
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 Vacant $108K —/— 0 tax lien
1513 W STILES ST demolished 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 Bought 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 Investor / LLC $493K 6/— 3,084 2025 0 rentedtax lien
1521 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $31K in 2013 → $10K in 2014 (-68%). Owner-occupied $173K 2/1 910 1925 2 rentedtax lien
1522 W STILES ST sold $30K (2015); Appeal filed (2019). Vacant $86K —/— 1
1523 W STILES ST Traded 2×: $19K in 2012 → $50K in 2016 (+167%). Vacant $95K —/— 2
1524 W STILES ST Bought for $33K in 2017, built new (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $653K 6/— 2,158 2021 3 rentedabatedtax lien
1525 W STILES ST Traded 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 Old 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 Bought 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 Bought 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 Old 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)

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