Who owns your block
1500 block of W Tioga St
An investor-heavy block: 40% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 23 open code violations and 3 homes behind $22,854 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 126% since 2016, now about $138K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year.
- 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 $138K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $138K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 20% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 152 reported crimes (66 violent) and 171 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
- $138K typical home, up +126% since 2016
- Tax bill $696 to $1,795 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $13M assessed, $53,216/yr to the city, about $1,774 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +126% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +158% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1531 W Tioga St is assessed at $8.5M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $118,937 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 +7.7% 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 $226 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 63 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 30 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, W Tioga Holdings Llc, carries 10 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W Tioga Holdings Llc | 1 | 2 | $632K | phila.gov ↗ |
| K Lamour Llc | 1 | 2 | $291K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tioga Park 1502 Llc | 1 | 1 | $236K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tioga Park 1505 Llc | 1 | 1 | $143K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hilloeb Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $340K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kingdshen Llc | 1 | 1 | $42K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1520 W Tioga Llc | 1 | 1 | $201K | phila.gov ↗ |
| B I L T Construction Llc | 1 | 1 | $136K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tioga Park 1534 Llc | 1 | 1 | $120K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5626 Chew Avenue Llc | 1 | 1 | $24K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Casimir Joseph Real Estate Group Llc | 1 | 1 | $145K | phila.gov ↗ |
| E S Legacy Estate Llc | 1 | 1 | $346K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 30 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 W TIOGA ST New constructionBought for $65K in 2006, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $100K in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $590K | —/— | 3,700 | 1925 | 4 | rentedabated10 viol |
| 1501 W TIOGA ST | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 1,625 | 2008 | 0 | rented |
| 1502 W TIOGA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $45K in 2006 → $219K in 2019 (+392%). | Owner-occupied | $236K | —/— | 2,930 | 1940 | 3 | |
| 1503 W TIOGA ST | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 1,625 | 2008 | 0 | rented |
| 1504 W TIOGA ST ImprovedBought for $12K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $129K | —/— | 2,930 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 1505 W TIOGA ST ImprovedBought for $40K in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $143K | 4/2 | 2,012 | 1925 | 2 | 1 violtax lien |
| 1506 W TIOGA ST | Owner-occupied | $178K | 6/2 | 2,930 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1507 W TIOGA ST ImprovedBought for $73K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $138K | 4/2 | 1,920 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1508 W TIOGA ST TradedTraded 2×: $175K in 2021 → $385K in 2025 (+120%). | Investor / LLC | $340K | 5/3 | 2,930 | 1940 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1509 W TIOGA ST | Investor / LLC | $138K | 4/1 | 1,920 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1510 W TIOGA ST | Absentee individual | $128K | —/— | 2,930 | 1940 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1511 W TIOGA ST | Owner-occupied | $138K | 4/4 | 1,920 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1512 W TIOGA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $16K in 2004 → $70K in 2009 (+338%). | Owner-occupied | $255K | —/— | 2,930 | 1940 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1513 W TIOGA ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2012 → $177K in 2020 (+608%). | Absentee individual | $211K | 5/2 | 1,920 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1514 W TIOGA ST | Owner-occupied | $255K | 4/— | 2,930 | 1940 | 1 | rented |
| 1515 W TIOGA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $1K in 2011 → $11K in 2021 (+1040%). | Vacant | $42K | —/— | — | — | 3 | |
| 1516 W TIOGA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $40K in 2006 → $275K in 2025 (+588%). | Absentee individual | $128K | —/— | 2,930 | 1940 | 3 | 8 viol |
| 1518 W TIOGA ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $3K in 2006 → $275K in 2025 (+10900%). | Absentee individual | $97K | —/— | 3,480 | 1940 | 4 | |
| 1520 W TIOGA ST Frequently tradedTraded 7×: $8K in 2001 → $131K in 2018 (+1640%). | Owner-occupied | $201K | 3/3 | 1,968 | 1940 | 7 | |
| 1522 W TIOGA ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $43K in 2005 → $22K in 2016 (-49%). | Absentee individual | $72K | 3/1 | 900 | 1940 | 4 | tax lien |
| 1524 W TIOGA ST New constructionBought for $80K in 2024, built new (tax-abated), sold for $155K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $95K | 3/1 | 900 | 1940 | 2 | abated |
| 1526 W TIOGA ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $2K in 2002. | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 900 | 1940 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 1528 W TIOGA ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $63K in 2005 → $55K in 2007 (-13%). | Absentee individual | $292K | 6/1 | 3,360 | 1928 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1530 W TIOGA ST New constructionBought for $53K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $136K | —/— | 1,656 | 1940 | 3 | rentedabated |
| 1531 W TIOGA ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $8.5M | —/— | 97,964 | 1996 | 0 | rentedabated1 viol |
| 1532 W TIOGA ST | Absentee individual | $182K | —/— | 1,656 | 1940 | 1 | rented |
| 1534 W TIOGA ST ImprovedBought for $700 in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $120K | —/— | 1,656 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 1536 W TIOGA ST ImprovedBought for $11K in 2000. | Vacant | $24K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1538 W TIOGA ST Renovated & sold onBought for $35K in 2009, addition and/or alteration permit in 2022, sold for $145K in 2025 (+314%). | Investor / LLC | $145K | 5/3 | 1,704 | 1940 | 3 | 2 viol |
| 1540 W TIOGA ST New constructionBought for $400 in 2003, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $400K in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $346K | 5/4 | 2,048 | 1940 | 4 | rentedabated |
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)