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Who owns your block

1500 block of Wallace St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 114% since 2016, now about $400K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% 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
$400K
$200K–$845K
ZIP median $457K
Price / sq ft
$278
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $12K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2007
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
40%
2 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+114%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+114%
value · tax +$3K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $400K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19130Philadelphia
Median home value$400K$457K$223K
Owner-occupied0%37%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (22 violent) and 189 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
92
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
189
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft18
Other Assaults18
Thefts14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Theft from Vehicle7
All Other Offenses5

Top 311 complaints

Sanitation Violation29
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Graffiti Removal26
Maintenance Complaint20
Construction Complaints11
Salting10

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
Laura W Waring
1801 Green St · 170 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$500K$1.0M$400K2016: $187K2017: $187K2018: $187K2019: $187K2020: $187K2021: $187K2022: $187K2023: $201K2024: $201K2025: $400K2026: $400K2027: $400K2016202020232027

▲ +114% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,5992016: $1,3222017: $2,2152018: $2,6112019: $2,6112020: $2,6112021: $2,6112022: $2,6112023: $2,8192024: $2,8192025: $5,5992026: $5,5992027: $5,5992016202020232027

▲ +324% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 214 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $214 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+114%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.2%/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 3 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2005200620072008
3arm's-length sales since 2005
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Vacant: 3 5parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$200K$825K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 5 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1519 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $825K 3/2 2,964 2007 1
1521 WALLACE ST Vacant land, last sold for $60K in 2005. Owner-occupied $845K 3/2 3,369 2007 2
1523 WALLACE ST Vacant $200K —/— 0
1525-27 WALLACE ST Vacant $400K —/— 0
1529 WALLACE ST Vacant $200K —/— 0

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.