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Who owns your block

2000 block of S 15th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 189% since 2016, now about $293K. 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
$293K
$281K–$619K
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$191
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
80%
8 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
20%
2 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
+8%
value · tax +$189
5 years
+82%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+189%
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 $293K — about 1.3× 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$293K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied50%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 132 reported crimes (37 violent) and 282 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
132
37 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
282
30 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults20
Fraud18
Theft from Vehicle16
All Other Offenses15
Thefts15
Motor Vehicle Theft12

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection54
Salting36
Maintenance Complaint24
Information Request20
Illegal Dumping19
Street Defect19

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 · K-5
Stephen Girard
1800 Snyder Ave · 304 students
Middle
Eh Universal Institute Charter School At Vare
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$293K2016: $101K2017: $101K2018: $101K2019: $149K2020: $161K2021: $161K2022: $161K2023: $243K2024: $243K2025: $270K2026: $270K2027: $293K2016202020232027

▲ +189% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,9732016: $1,4182017: $1,4182018: $1,4182019: $2,0482020: $2,2032021: $2,2032022: $2,2032023: $3,4022024: $3,4022025: $3,7842026: $3,7842027: $3,9732016202020232027

▲ +180% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 289 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $289 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+189%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.6 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200120042007201020132016
12arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

6 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$281K$453K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Li And Chen Llc11$299Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 10 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
2000 S 15TH ST Bought for $72K in 2002. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $453K 3/1 1,620 1920 2 tax lien
2002 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,500 1920 1
2004 S 15TH ST Bought for $45K in 2003, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $77K in 2015. Absentee individual $287K 3/1 1,500 1920 2
2006 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,500 1920 1
2008 S 15TH ST Traded 2×: $13K in 2001 → $120K in 2006 (+860%). Owner-occupied $281K 3/1 1,500 1920 2
2009 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $369K 3/3 1,859 1920 1 rented
2010 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $281K 3/1 1,500 1920 0
2012 S 15TH ST sold $50K (2003); 8 L&I violations (2008). Owner-occupied $310K 4/1 1,650 1920 1 rented
2014 S 15TH ST Investor / LLC $299K —/— 2,512 1920 1
2016 S 15TH ST Bought for $265K in 2005. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $619K —/— 4,422 1920 1

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.