Who owns your block
2500 block of N 15th St
An investor-heavy block: 40% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 1 home behind $114 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 317% since 2016, now about $120K. Property taxes are climbing about 19% 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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $120K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $120K | $79K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 10% | 26% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 145 reported crimes (62 violent) and 227 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
- $120K typical home, up +317% since 2016
- Tax bill $144 to $1,017 a year, +19%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $21M assessed, $222,481/yr to the city, about $22,248 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +317% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +606% since 2016 · ~+19%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2501-61 N 15th St is assessed at $20M but pays $212,190 a year — about 75% of the $284,470 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 +13.9% 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 $417 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 10 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fafa Enterprises Llc | 1 | 2 | $495K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 2501 N 15th St Llc | 1 | 1 | $20M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Msdas Llc | 1 | 1 | $117K | phila.gov ↗ |
| O J Jones Realty Corp | 1 | 1 | $167K | phila.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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501-61 N 15TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2021 and rebuilt (2022), then sold for $17M in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $20M | —/— | 161,288 | 1912 | 4 | abated |
| 2524 N 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit. | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2526 N 15TH ST | Vacant | $9K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2528 N 15TH ST | Absentee individual | $122K | —/— | 1,980 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2530 N 15TH ST ImprovedBought for $405K in 2012. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. | Investor / LLC | $266K | 4/2 | 2,146 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 2532 N 15TH ST | Owner-occupied | $119K | —/— | 1,900 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 2534 N 15TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2016). | Absentee individual | $129K | —/— | 2,220 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 2536 N 15TH ST Improved | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2538 N 15TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $3K in 2007 → $225K in 2024 (+7936%). | Investor / LLC | $117K | —/— | 1,828 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 2540 N 15TH ST Historysold $30K (2001); 9 L&I violations (2007); 6 L&I violations (2018); 4 L&I violations (2019). | Investor / LLC | $167K | —/— | 2,790 | 1915 | 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)