Who owns your block
1500 block of W Venango St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 72% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $1,288 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 85% since 2016, now about $104K. 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 $104K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below 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 | $104K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 184 reported crimes (83 violent) and 224 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
- $104K typical home, up +85% since 2016
- Tax bill $398 to $344 a year, -1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.5M assessed, $24,497/yr to the city, about $845 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +85% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -14% since 2016 · ~-1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1501 W Venango St is assessed at $216K but pays $1,777 a year — about 59% of the $3,025 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 +5.8% 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 $185 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 23 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 21
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Delancey Holdings Llc, carries 4 open violations across 16 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delancey Holdings Llc | 1 | 16 | $3.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-02 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $105K | 3/1 | 1,214 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1501 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $216K | —/— | 2,703 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 1503 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $217K | —/— | 2,376 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 1504 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $100K | 3/1 | 1,214 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1505 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $223K | —/— | 2,496 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1506 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $100K | 3/1 | 1,214 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1507 W VENANGO ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $80K in 2010 → $350K in 2022 (+338%). | Investor / LLC | $372K | 6/3 | 2,470 | 1930 | 3 | rented |
| 1508 W VENANGO ST New constructionBought for $51K in 2005, built new (tax-abated), sold for $136K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $117K | 3/1 | 1,214 | 1915 | 2 | abated |
| 1509 W VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal granted (2014). | Owner-occupied | $197K | —/— | 2,016 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1510 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $100K | 3/1 | 1,214 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1511 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $136K | 4/2 | 2,001 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1512 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2010 → $75K in 2014 (+148%). | Owner-occupied | $131K | 3/1 | 1,214 | 1915 | 2 | 2 viol |
| 1513 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $136K | —/— | 2,016 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1514 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $100K | 3/1 | 1,214 | 1915 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1515 W VENANGO ST | Absentee individual | $197K | —/— | 2,016 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1516-18 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $105K | 3/1 | 1,214 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1517 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $130K | —/— | 2,016 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1519 W VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal denied (2021); Appeal granted (2022). | Vacant | $22K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1520-40 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $110K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1521 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1523 W VENANGO ST TradedTraded 2×: $13K in 2005 → $130K in 2019 (+900%). | Owner-occupied | $104K | 3/2 | 1,472 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 1525 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $104K | 3/1 | 1,472 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1527 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $104K | 3/1 | 1,472 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 1529 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $104K | 3/1 | 1,472 | 1930 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1531 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $104K | 3/1 | 1,472 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 1533 W VENANGO ST | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1535 W VENANGO ST | Owner-occupied | $104K | 3/1 | 1,472 | 1930 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1537 W VENANGO ST LandVacant land, last sold for $6K in 2006. | Absentee individual | $25K | 2/— | 1,530 | 2008 | 1 | rented |
| 1539-41 W VENANGO ST HistoryAppeal approved (2008). | Absentee individual | $49K | —/— | 4,416 | 2008 | 0 | 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)