Public Records
Edition
PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

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.

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
$104K
$20K–$372K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$82
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$154K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $104K
Tax / yr
$689
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
11 of 29
$25K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
72%
21 of 29
city 41%
Rentals
14%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
1 of 29 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax −$108
5 years
+95%
value · tax +$11
10 years
+85%
value · tax −$54

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 $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 blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$104K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied55%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.

Crimes · 12mo
184
83 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
224
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults47
Motor Vehicle Theft19
All Other Offenses17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm16
Fraud15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint61
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection31
Illegal Dumping19
Sanitation Violation16
Construction Complaints14
Abandoned Vehicle10

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
Kenderton
1500 W Ontario St · 271 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$100K$200K$104K2016: $56K2017: $56K2018: $56K2019: $47K2020: $53K2021: $53K2022: $53K2023: $83K2024: $83K2025: $106K2026: $106K2027: $104K2016202020232027

▲ +85% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$3442016: $3982017: $3982018: $3982019: $5432020: $3332021: $3332022: $3332023: $6612024: $4792025: $4522026: $4522027: $3442016202020232027

▼ -14% since 2016 · ~-1%/yr

11
11 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 $25,175 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%
$1,777pays now $3,025at the full rate

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

8410025020162019202220252027This block 185 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+85%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 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

$0$250K$500K20082012201620202024
11arm's-length sales since 2005
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
23homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 29 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 4 29parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

4 parcels1 parcels10 parcels6 parcels2 parcels0 parcels6 parcels
$20K$217K+

The block's largest owner, Delancey Holdings Llc, carries 4 open violations across 16 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Delancey Holdings Llc116$3.2Mphila.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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
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 Traded 3×: $80K in 2010 → $350K in 2022 (+338%). Investor / LLC $372K 6/3 2,470 1930 3 rented
1508 W VENANGO ST Bought 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 Appeal 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 Traded 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 Appeal 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 Traded 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 Vacant land, last sold for $6K in 2006. Absentee individual $25K 2/— 1,530 2008 1 rented
1539-41 W VENANGO ST Appeal 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)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.