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Who owns your block

1600 block of S 15th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 76% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $53,586 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 205% since 2016, now about $368K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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
$368K
$325K–$576K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$198
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$520K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $368K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
11 of 37
$56K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
76%
28 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
16%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$54K
3 of 37 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$584
5 years
+91%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+205%
value · tax +$3K

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 $368K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$368K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied35%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (27 violent) and 341 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
114
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
341
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft17
Other Assaults17
Theft from Vehicle16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
All Other Offenses14
Thefts12

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping62
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection55
Graffiti Removal41
Maintenance Complaint34
Sanitation Violation26
Salting20

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
George W Childs
1599 Wharton St · 443 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$368K2016: $121K2017: $121K2018: $121K2019: $179K2020: $193K2021: $193K2022: $193K2023: $304K2024: $304K2025: $338K2026: $338K2027: $368K2016202020232027

▲ +205% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,2852016: $1,5242017: $1,5242018: $1,3022019: $2,0962020: $2,6232021: $2,2032022: $2,0872023: $3,4572024: $4,0402025: $3,4322026: $3,7012027: $4,2852016202020232027

▲ +181% since 2016 · ~+10%/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 $56,268 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%
$1,936pays now $6,211at the full rate

1609 S 15th St is assessed at $444K but pays $1,936 a year — about 31% of the $6,211 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 +10.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 305 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $305 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+205%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.2 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 47 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2004201020162022
47arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 28Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 8 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 28
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

13 parcels14 parcels2 parcels5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$325K$545K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Carmen P Ezzo (individual)233$6.1Mphila.gov ↗
Paramount Property Invest15$1.5Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 37 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1609 S 15TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $444K —/— 2,033 1915 0 abated
1610 S 15TH ST Bought for $110K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $376K —/— 2,028 1915 2
1611 S 15TH ST L&I violation (2009). Absentee individual $358K —/— 1,890 1915 0
1612 S 15TH ST Bought for $125K in 2023, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $644K in 2025. Owner-occupied $576K 4/3 1,924 1915 2 tax lien
1613 S 15TH ST Bought for $245K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $595K in 2022 (+143%). Owner-occupied $545K 4/2 1,760 1915 2
1614 S 15TH ST Traded 3×: $25K in 2000 → $98K in 2006 (+291%). Owner-occupied $431K —/— 1,924 1915 3
1615 S 15TH ST Bought for $116K in 2012. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $449K 5/2 1,890 1915 1
1616 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $368K 3/1 1,924 1915 0 abated
1617 S 15TH ST Bought for $75K in 2011, electrical permit in 2011, sold for $230K in 2018 (+207%). Absentee individual $413K 3/2 2,020 1915 2 rented
1618 S 15TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $120K in 2008. Owner-occupied $431K —/— 1,924 1915 1 abated
1619 S 15TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $140K in 2004. Owner-occupied $348K 4/1 1,760 1915 1 abated
1620 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $368K 4/2 1,924 1915 0 abated
1621 S 15TH ST Traded 2×: $279K in 2019 → $280K in 2026 (+0%). Owner-occupied $348K 5/2 1,760 1920 2
1622 S 15TH ST Bought for $127K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $520K in 2026 (+309%). Owner-occupied $437K 4/2 1,924 1915 3
1623 S 15TH ST Bought for $110K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $348K 4/3 1,760 1915 2
1624 S 15TH ST Bought for $12K in 2016. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $368K —/— 1,924 1915 2 tax lien
1625 S 15TH ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $338K —/— 1,676 1915 0 abated
1626 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $376K —/— 2,028 1915 0
1627 S 15TH ST Bought for $129K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Absentee individual $366K 4/2 1,676 1915 2 rented
1628 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $368K 6/— 1,924 1915 1
1629 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $348K —/— 1,760 1915 0
1630 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $368K —/— 1,924 1915 0 abated
1631 S 15TH ST built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $250K in 2018. Investor / LLC $360K —/— 1,916 1915 1 rented
1632 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $368K —/— 1,924 1915 0 abatedtax lien
1633 S 15TH ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $348K 4/2 1,760 1915 0 abated
1634 S 15TH ST Bought for $405K in 2023. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $576K 4/2 1,924 1915 1
1635 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $348K —/— 1,760 1915 0
1636 S 15TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $31K in 2001. Owner-occupied $368K —/— 1,924 1915 1 abated
1637 S 15TH ST Bought for $130K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Absentee individual $358K 5/1 1,890 1915 1
1638 S 15TH ST Absentee individual $405K 3/3 1,924 1915 1 rented
1639 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $348K 5/1 1,760 1915 0 abated
1640 S 15TH ST Bought for $250K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $368K 4/2 1,924 1915 1 rentedtax lien
1641 S 15TH ST Bought for $10K in 2000, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $183K in 2012. Owner-occupied $348K 4/1 1,760 1915 2
1643 S 15TH ST Bought for $45K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $348K 4/1 1,760 1915 2 rented
1645 S 15TH ST Traded 4×: $75K in 2003 → $380K in 2020 (+407%). Owner-occupied $348K 4/2 1,760 1915 4
1647 S 15TH ST Bought for $100K in 2003, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $402K in 2021 (+302%). Owner-occupied $340K 5/2 1,760 1915 3
1649 S 15TH ST Bought for $43K in 2001, demolition permit in 2017, sold for $685K in 2020 (+1493%). Absentee individual $325K —/— 2,210 1915 4

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

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