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Who owns your block

4500 block of N 15th St

A mixed-ownership block: 59% owner-occupied, 18% investor-held, with 23 open code violations and 13 homes behind $106,272 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 148% since 2016, now about $132K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$132K
$14K–$281K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$91
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$1.7M
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $132K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
9 of 61
$31K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
59%
35 of 61
city 41%
Rentals
18%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
23
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$106K
13 of 61 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+26%
value · tax +$179
5 years
+204%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+148%
value · tax +$1K

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 $132K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$132K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied36%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 102 reported crimes (33 violent) and 220 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
102
33 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
220
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts29
Other Assaults17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10
Fraud10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
All Other Offenses8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection52
Maintenance Complaint40
License Complaint16
Abandoned Vehicle14
Street Defect13
Traffic Signal Emergency11

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
Edward Steel
4301 Wayne Ave · 331 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$100K$200K$132K2016: $53K2017: $53K2018: $53K2019: $45K2020: $43K2021: $43K2022: $43K2023: $76K2024: $76K2025: $105K2026: $105K2027: $132K2016202020232027

▲ +148% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6392016: $5942017: $5942018: $5942019: $3602020: $3442021: $3442022: $6032023: $9522024: $9522025: $1,4602026: $1,4602027: $1,6392016202020232027

▲ +176% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

9
9 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 $30,796 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%
$239pays now $1,639at the full rate

4510 N 15th St is assessed at $117K but pays $239 a year — about 15% of the $1,639 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 +8.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8210025020162019202220252027This block 248 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $248 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+148%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.1 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 57 arm's-length sales since 1931. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 30 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M19381957197619952014
57arm's-length sales since 1931
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
30homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 61 parcels

Owner-occupied: 35Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 14Vacant: 3 61parcels
  • Owner-occupied 35
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 14
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels24 parcels31 parcels
$14K$136K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Drew Demarco (individual)2493$68Mphila.gov ↗
Steamboat Scm Fund B Llc161$5.6Mphila.gov ↗
Penn Fam Vision Llc130$4.2Mphila.gov ↗
J&J Real Estate Investments Llc113$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Ezaze Holdings Llc112$2.4Mphila.gov ↗
New Vision Realty Llc18$891Kphila.gov ↗
Valenstein Capital Llc25$635Kphila.gov ↗
Gerald T Bumpars (individual)23$401Kphila.gov ↗
3a Investment Llc12$325Kphila.gov ↗
Ltm Legacy Enterprises Llc12$398Kphila.gov ↗
A & J Properties11$118Kphila.gov ↗
Londons Cleaning Servicing Inc11$117Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 61 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4501 N 15TH ST Bought for $25K in 2007, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $181K in 2023 (+625%). Owner-occupied $102K —/— 1,788 1940 4 5 viol
4503 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $136K 4/1 1,504 1940 0 tax lien
4505 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $136K 4/1 1,504 1940 0
4506 N 15TH ST Traded 4×: $205K in 1997 → $2.9M in 2024 (+1311%). Investor / LLC $118K 3/1 1,240 1940 4 rented
4507 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2008). Owner-occupied $135K 3/1 1,488 1940 0
4508 N 15TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,220 1940 0 abated
4509 N 15TH ST Absentee individual $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1 tax lien
4510 N 15TH ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 abated
4511 N 15TH ST Absentee individual $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0 rented
4512 N 15TH ST Vacant $14K —/— 0 tax lien
4513 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $75K in 2019 → $163K in 2025 (+117%). Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 2
4514 N 15TH ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 abated
4515 N 15TH ST built new under a 2019 permit. Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0 tax lien
4516 N 15TH ST sold $27K (2007); 4 L&I violations (2014); 3 L&I violations (2017); 4 L&I violations (2025); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 1 5 violtax lien
4517 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0
4518 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $15K in 2017 → $96K in 2024 (+537%). Absentee individual $63K 3/1 1,224 1925 2
4519 N 15TH ST Bought for $35K in 2007. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 2
4520 N 15TH ST 5 L&I violations (2019); 7 L&I violations (2020); sold $50K (2020); L&I violation (2025). Investor / LLC $117K 3/2 1,224 1940 1 tax lien
4521 N 15TH ST Bought for $10K in 2007. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 2 6 violtax lien
4522 N 15TH ST Bought for $15K in 1999, alteration permit in 2008, sold for $180K in 2023 (+1100%). Investor / LLC $173K 3/1 1,224 1940 2 tax lien
4523 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0
4524 N 15TH ST Bought for $25K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 4
4525 N 15TH ST Bought for $83K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1 rentedtax lien
4526 N 15TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 5 L&I violations (2015); sold $23K (2016). Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 1
4527 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1
4528 N 15TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 abated
4529 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Absentee individual $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0
4530 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $9K in 2002 → $44K in 2020 (+418%). Investor / LLC $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 2
4531 N 15TH ST 4 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2015); 3 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 12 (2017); sold $160K (2021). Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1 tax lien
4532 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 abatedtax lien
4533 N 15TH ST 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2024). Vacant $17K —/— 0 tax lien
4534 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2022 → $180K in 2023 (+300%). Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,224 1940 2 tax lien
4535 N 15TH ST Bought for $10K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1 rentedtax lien
4536 N 15TH ST sold $25K (2015); 10 L&I violations (2024); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 1 1 violtax lien
4537 N 15TH ST Bought for $22K in 1931, built new under a 2020 permit. Absentee individual $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1 rented
4538 N 15TH ST Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0
4539 N 15TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0
4540 N 15TH ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 abated
4541 N 15TH ST 2 L&I violations (2009); sold $23K (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011). Absentee individual $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1 rented
4542 N 15TH ST Traded 5×: $36K in 2000 → $3.3M in 2024 (+9151%). Investor / LLC $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 5 rented
4543 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0
4544 N 15TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $40K in 2003. Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 1 abated
4545 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1
4546 N 15TH ST Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0
4547 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0 rented
4548 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 tax lien
4549 N 15TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); sold $23K (2009). Absentee individual $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1 rented
4550 N 15TH ST Traded 3×: $35K in 2005 → $511K in 2019 (+1359%). Investor / LLC $76K 3/1 1,224 1940 3 rentedtax lien
4551 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0
4552 N 15TH ST 4 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2014); sold $30K (2018); L&I violation (2025). Investor / LLC $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 1 rented
4553 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 0
4554 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 tax lien
4555 N 15TH ST 2 L&I violations (2025); sold $95K (2025). Absentee individual $132K 3/1 1,454 1940 1
4556 N 15TH ST Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0
4557 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $133K 3/1 1,478 1940 0 1 viol
4558 N 15TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 abated
4559 N 15TH ST Bought for $29K in 2009. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $281K 4/2 1,504 1940 2 5 violtax lien
4560 N 15TH ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 abatedtax lien
4561 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $136K 4/1 1,504 1940 0
4562 N 15TH ST Vacant $14K —/— 1 tax lien
4563 N 15TH ST Traded 4×: $11K in 2001 → $33K in 2020 (+214%). Investor / LLC $94K 4/1 1,698 1940 4 tax lien

Neighborhood

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

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