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Who owns your block

400 block of S 15th St

A mixed-ownership block: 21% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 31% since 2016, now about $1.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$1.0M
$245K–$1.8M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$267
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
4.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$14K
typical · up to $17K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 14
$44K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
21%
3 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
71%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$206
5 years
+10%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+31%
value · tax +$4K

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 $1.0M — about 4.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$1.0M$364K$223K
Owner-occupied0%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 150 reported crimes (38 violent) and 330 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
150
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
330
34 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts33
Other Assaults24
Fraud15
All Other Offenses13
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Theft from Vehicle10

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal59
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection41
Street Defect27
Illegal Dumping23
Information Request22
Salting19

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$1.0M$2.0M$1.0M2016: $785K2017: $785K2018: $905K2019: $930K2020: $935K2021: $935K2022: $935K2023: $1.0M2024: $1.0M2025: $998K2026: $998K2027: $1.0M2016202020232027

▲ +31% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$13,3382016: $9,6132017: $9,6132018: $10,5332019: $11,9312020: $11,5082021: $11,5082022: $11,5082023: $13,5592024: $13,5592025: $13,1322026: $13,1322027: $13,3382016202020232027

▲ +39% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

3
3 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 $43,621 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

11 homes pay the full 1.40%3 pay less
$0pays now $25,405at the full rate

The starkest example: 415-17 S 15th St is assessed at $1.8M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $25,405 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 131 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $131 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+31%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20002005201020152020
9arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 7 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels5 parcels4 parcels
$245K$1.2M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
John Rocco (individual)22$691Kphila.gov ↗
Twin Real Estate LLC11$1.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
414 S 15th LLC11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Boston Young LLC11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Savior LLC11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 14 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
410 S 15TH ST Bought for $1.2M in 2022. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 4,594 1890 1 rented
412 S 15TH ST 3 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2017); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2023). Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 4,634 1890 0 rented
414 S 15TH ST L&I violation (2017); sold $700K (2019); L&I violation (2023). Investor / LLC $1.1M —/— 4,232 1890 1 rented
415-17 S 15TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $1.8M —/— 13,836 1900 0 abated
416 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2026. Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 5,116 1890 1 rented
418 S 15TH ST built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $900K in 2019. Investor / LLC $1.1M 7/4 4,066 1800 1 rented
419 S 15TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated), sold for $2.8M in 2024. Absentee individual $1.1M —/— 4,900 1800 1 abated
420 S 15TH ST Bought for $150K in 2000. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Absentee individual $976K —/— 4,330 1890 3 rented
421 S 15TH ST sold $540K (2010); 5 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2017). Investor / LLC $1.1M —/— 4,016 1890 1 rented
422 S 15TH ST Owner-occupied $431K 2/1 1,210 1900 0 abated
422 S 15TH ST Absentee individual $245K 1/1 556 1900 0
422 S 15TH ST Absentee individual $445K 2/2 1,268 1900 0 rented
423 S 15TH ST Absentee individual $929K —/— 3,047 1890 0 rented
425 S 15TH ST L&I violation (2013); L&I violation (2017); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $897K —/— 2,940 1890 0 rented

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.