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Who owns your block

200 block of S 15th St

An investor-heavy block: 57% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 17 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 49% since 2016, now about $1.3M. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.

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
$1.3M
$585K–$23M
ZIP median $403K
Price / sq ft
$253
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
5.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$1.6M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $1.3M
Tax / yr
$18K
typical · up to $323K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1910
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
29%
2 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
29%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
17
L&I code
▲ block 14% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+13%
value · tax +$2K
5 years
+33%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+49%
value · tax +$6K

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 $1.3M — about 5.7× 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 blockZIP 19102Philadelphia
Median home value$1.3M$403K$223K
Owner-occupied0%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 552 reported crimes (72 violent) and 344 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
552
72 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
344
78 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts333
Other Assaults51
All Other Offenses39
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief26
Fraud23
Motor Vehicle Theft20

Top 311 complaints

Street Light Outage82
Information Request42
Graffiti Removal33
Traffic Signal Emergency21
Dangerous Sidewalk19
Illegal Dumping18

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 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$5.0M$10M$1.3M2016: $845K2017: $845K2018: $949K2019: $948K2020: $948K2021: $948K2022: $948K2023: $1.1M2024: $1.1M2025: $1.1M2026: $1.1M2027: $1.3M2016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$17,6782016: $11,8302017: $11,8302018: $13,2812019: $13,2722020: $13,2722021: $13,2722022: $13,2722023: $15,1742024: $15,1742025: $15,6292026: $15,6292027: $17,6782016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 149 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $149 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+49%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.8 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
5arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 2 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$585K$12M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
London Square Phila Llc11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Good Dog Realty Ventures11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
235 S 15th Street Partner11$12Mphila.gov ↗
Westbury Inc Ltd11$23Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 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$13M$25M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
222 S 15TH ST Bought for $145K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $1.6M in 2026 (+1003%). Investor / LLC $1.1M 3,235 1900 2
224 S 15TH ST Bought for $700K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $1.1M 3,600 1910 2
235 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $12M 69,073 1927 0 rented
255-57 S 15TH ST built new under a 2013 permit. Absentee individual $1.6M 5,376 1800 1
259-61 S 15TH ST 14 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2014). Owner-occupied $1.3M 4,992 1930 0
263 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Absentee individual $585K 2,496 1800 0
271 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $23M 95,551 1928 0 rented17 viol

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.