Who owns your block
1500 block of Walnut St
An investor-heavy block: 81% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 49 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 124% since 2016, now about $3.5M. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $3.5M — about 15.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19102 median of $403K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19102 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19102 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $3.5M | $403K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 23% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 668 reported crimes (135 violent) and 483 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
- $3.5M typical home, up +124% since 2016
- Tax bill $21,876 to $43,278 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $164M assessed, $1,920,489/yr to the city, about $91,452 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +124% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +98% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1527 Walnut St is assessed at $21M but pays $28,948 a year — about 10% of the $289,479 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 +7.6% 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 $224 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 16
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Honey Nuts Llc, carries 6 open violations across 11 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Nuts Llc | 1 | 11 | $30M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pr Walnut Associates Lp | 2 | 2 | $6.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Adr 1507 Walnut Lp | 1 | 1 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Walnut Street Partners | 1 | 1 | $7.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1509 Walnut Partners L P | 1 | 1 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Icis Investment Lp | 1 | 1 | $3.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jgs 1512 Walnut Llc | 1 | 1 | $6.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1513 Walnut Llc | 1 | 1 | $2.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 15 Wa Partners Lp | 1 | 1 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1518 Associates Lp | 1 | 1 | $8.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1517 Walnut Associates Lp | 1 | 1 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sam Walnut Llc | 1 | 1 | $6.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 21 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 | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-06 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $36M | 355,036 | 1928 | 2 | 32 viol |
| 1501 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $14M in 2013. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $3.1M | 14,130 | 1910 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1503-05 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $3.5M | 17,280 | 1900 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 1507 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $4.2M in 2011. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $2.2M | 5,652 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 1508-10 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $7.0M | 24,301 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 1509 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | 7,865 | 1900 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1511 WALNUT ST | Owner-occupied | $3.6M | 19,784 | 1986 | 0 | |
| 1512 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $5.0M in 2009 → $14M in 2022 (+170%). | Investor / LLC | $6.4M | 24,035 | 1927 | 2 | rented8 viol |
| 1513 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $1.1M in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $2.9M | 9,826 | 1929 | 2 | |
| 1515 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $4.3M in 2013. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | 6,597 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 1516-18 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $8.5M | 101,500 | 1926 | 0 | |
| 1517 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.9M | 7,479 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1519 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $5.8M in 2014 → $10M in 2018 (+75%). | Investor / LLC | $6.5M | 6,883 | 1910 | 2 | 1 viol |
| 1520 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $2.3M | 6,528 | 1910 | 1 | |
| 1521 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $2.4M in 2004 → $9.3M in 2018 (+291%). | Investor / LLC | $5.3M | 5,491 | 1910 | 3 | 3 viol |
| 1522 WALNUT ST HistoryAppeal granted (2012); Appeal approved (2012). | Absentee individual | $1.6M | 5,126 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1523 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $2.1M | 4,720 | 1975 | 0 | |
| 1524-30 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $15M in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $33M | 270,501 | 1928 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 1525 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $2.3M | 5,720 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1527 WALNUT ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $21M | 37,528 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 1529-33 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $12M | 34,848 | 1926 | 0 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)