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Who owns your block

1500 block of Wadsworth Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 21% owner-occupied, 35% investor-held, with 5 open code violations and 7 homes behind $98,357 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $314K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$314K
$194K–$1.2M
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$185
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$300K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $314K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $17K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 43
$8K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
21%
9 of 43
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$98K
7 of 43 behind
▲ block 16% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+13%
value · tax +$539
5 years
+67%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$2K

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 $314K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19150 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19150 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19150Philadelphia
Median home value$314K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied0%67%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 125 reported crimes (25 violent) and 87 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
125
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
87
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts69
Other Assaults17
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Fraud5
Burglary Non-Residential4
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection17
Abandoned Vehicle11
Street Light Outage9
Maintenance Complaint8
Other (Streets)7
Traffic Signal Emergency5

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
John F Mccloskey
8500 Pickering St · 217 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 students

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$314K2016: $177K2017: $177K2018: $181K2019: $187K2020: $188K2021: $188K2022: $188K2023: $204K2024: $204K2025: $277K2026: $277K2027: $314K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,3942016: $2,4722017: $2,4722018: $2,4802019: $2,5312020: $2,5312021: $2,6342022: $2,6342023: $2,8542024: $2,8542025: $3,8552026: $3,8552027: $4,3942016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 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 $7,828 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%
$0pays now $3,949at the full rate

1560 Wadsworth Ave is assessed at $282K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,949 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 +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 29 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M19952002200920162023
29arm's-length sales since 1995
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
22homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 43 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 13Absentee individual: 20Vacant: 1 43parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 13
  • Absentee individual 20
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

4 parcels3 parcels5 parcels10 parcels6 parcels3 parcels12 parcels
$194K$408K+

The block's largest owner, Imi Realty Llc, carries 1 open violation across 42 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Imi Realty Llc142$5.2Mphila.gov ↗
Fat Tail Pa Real Property27$2.7Mphila.gov ↗
Carmine Ii Llc12$381Kphila.gov ↗
Taat Investment Llc22$629Kphila.gov ↗
Prestige Home Llc12$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Wadsworth 1 Llc11$382Kphila.gov ↗
P&T Investment Realty 15111$383Kphila.gov ↗
Nvn Investments 1524 Llc11$254Kphila.gov ↗
Simple Soft Llc11$286Kphila.gov ↗
Jan And David Stewart Enterprises Llc11$319Kphila.gov ↗
Td Property Investments Llc11$375Kphila.gov ↗
1555 Wadsworth Gpg Llc11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 43 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 & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1500-08 WADSWORTH AVE Owner-occupied $277K 5,100 1958 0 abated
1501 WADSWORTH AVE Investor / LLC $382K 3,600 1955 0
1503 WADSWORTH AVE Investor / LLC $204K 1,678 1949 0
1503 WADSWORTH AVE Owner-occupied $199K 1,639 1949 0
1503 WADSWORTH AVE Investor / LLC $194K 1,600 1949 0
1503 WADSWORTH AVE Investor / LLC $194K 1,600 1949 1
1505 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 2×: $185K in 2013 → $200K in 2017 (+8%). Investor / LLC $333K 1,958 1949 2
1507 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 2×: $160K in 2015 → $160K in 2017 (+0%). Absentee individual $332K 2,200 1949 2
1509-11 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $408K 3,600 1949 0
1510 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $293K 2,888 1950 0
1512 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 2×: $185K in 2007 → $635K in 2022 (+243%). Investor / LLC $317K 1,500 1950 2
1513 WADSWORTH AVE Owner-occupied $404K 2,066 1949 0
1514 WADSWORTH AVE Appeal withdrawn (2024); Appeal denied (2024). Absentee individual $295K 1,347 1950 0 tax lien
1515 WADSWORTH AVE Appeal denied (2015). Absentee individual $320K 1,766 1949 0
1516-18 WADSWORTH AVE Investor / LLC $383K 2,685 1950 1
1517 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $314K 1,766 1949 0
1519 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $320K 1,766 1949 0
1520-22 WADSWORTH AVE Owner-occupied $386K 2,706 1950 0
1521 WADSWORTH AVE Appeal granted (2022). Absentee individual $363K 1,800 1949 0
1523 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $312K 1,733 1949 0 tax lien
1524 WADSWORTH AVE Bought for $225K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $254K 1,350 1950 1 tax lien
1525 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $311K 1,725 1949 0
1526-28 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $385K 2,693 1950 0 tax lien
1527 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $312K 1,733 1949 0
1529 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $402K 2,050 1949 0
1530 WADSWORTH AVE Owner-occupied $294K 1,343 1950 1
1532 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $254K 1,353 1950 0
1534 WADSWORTH AVE Owner-occupied $286K 1,260 1950 1
1536 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $300K 1,400 1950 1
1538 WADSWORTH AVE Appeal granted (2022). Absentee individual $301K 1,418 1950 0 tax lien
1540 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 3×: $195K in 2006 → $300K in 2019 (+54%). Owner-occupied $319K 1,512 1950 3
1542-44 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $383K 2,675 1950 1
1546 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 2×: $270K in 2021 → $560K in 2025 (+107%). Absentee individual $395K 1,973 1950 2
1548 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 2×: $270K in 2021 → $560K in 2025 (+107%). Investor / LLC $375K 1,973 1950 2
1550 WADSWORTH AVE Bought for $140K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Absentee individual $375K 1,973 1950 1
1552 WADSWORTH AVE Bought for $635K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $312K 1,350 1950 1
1554 WADSWORTH AVE Owner-occupied $253K 1,343 1950 1 5 violtax lien
1555 WADSWORTH AVE Investor / LLC $1.2M 6,569 1980 1
1556 WADSWORTH AVE Absentee individual $283K 1,500 1950 0
1558 WADSWORTH AVE Investor / LLC $284K 1,512 1950 1
1560 WADSWORTH AVE built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $160K in 2019. Owner-occupied $282K 1,492 1950 1 abated
1562-64 WADSWORTH AVE Traded 2×: $138K in 2000 → $380K in 2015 (+176%). Investor / LLC $574K 3,420 1950 2
1562R WADSWORTH AVE Vacant $822K 1

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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