Who owns your block
1500 block of W Tucker St
A mixed-ownership block: 46% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 38 open code violations and 10 homes behind $92,173 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 371% since 2016, now about $68K. Property taxes are climbing about 13% 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 $68K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $68K | $79K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 21% | 26% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 220 reported crimes (98 violent) and 316 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
- $68K typical home, up +371% since 2016
- Tax bill $118 to $470 a year, +13%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.4M assessed, $13,960/yr to the city, about $499 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +371% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +298% since 2016 · ~+13%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1503 W Tucker St is assessed at $68K but pays $30 a year — about 3% of the $952 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 +15.1% 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 $471 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 21 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 28 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballard Properties Llc | 1 | 37 | $3.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Leo Kuy Homes Llc | 1 | 9 | $649K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jabs Investments Llc | 1 | 5 | $593K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Edlini Properties Llc | 1 | 3 | $188K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 W TUCKER ST | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1503 W TUCKER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $10K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | abated |
| 1505 W TUCKER ST | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1507 W TUCKER ST | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1509 W TUCKER ST | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1511 W TUCKER ST | Absentee individual | $34K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | 7 violtax lien |
| 1513 W TUCKER ST ImprovedBought for $7K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $34K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | 3 viol |
| 1515 W TUCKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $3K in 2010 → $90K in 2022 (+2897%). | Owner-occupied | $104K | 2/1 | 924 | 1915 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1517 W TUCKER ST | Vacant | $14K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1519 W TUCKER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $1.9M in 2019. | Absentee individual | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1521 W TUCKER ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $16K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | abated |
| 1523 W TUCKER ST | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1525 W TUCKER ST | Vacant | $14K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1527 W TUCKER ST | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1529 W TUCKER ST | Investor / LLC | $49K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | 4 viol |
| 1531 W TUCKER ST | Investor / LLC | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1533 W TUCKER ST | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1535 W TUCKER ST | Vacant | $14K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1537 W TUCKER ST | Owner-occupied | $34K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 1539 W TUCKER ST | Absentee individual | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1541 W TUCKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $5K in 2007 → $40K in 2025 (+700%). | Owner-occupied | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 3 | 13 viol |
| 1543 W TUCKER ST | Absentee individual | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1545 W TUCKER ST | Absentee individual | $34K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | 11 viol |
| 1547 W TUCKER ST | Investor / LLC | $68K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1549 W TUCKER ST Improved | Absentee individual | $34K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1551 W TUCKER ST Improved | Owner-occupied | $34K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1553 W TUCKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $5K in 2014 → $10K in 2018 (+100%). | Investor / LLC | $50K | 3/1 | 924 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1555 W TUCKER ST | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)