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Who owns your block

4700 block of N 15th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 6 homes behind $59,083 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 142% since 2016, now about $160K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$160K
$17K–$347K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$102
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$150K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $160K
Tax / yr
$931
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
68%
21 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
16%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$59K
6 of 31 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$202
5 years
+142%
value · tax +$533
10 years
+142%
value · tax +$356

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 $160K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$160K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied58%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 78 reported crimes (28 violent) and 167 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
78
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
167
36 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults15
All Other Offenses11
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint39
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Abandoned Vehicle17
Illegal Dumping13
Construction Complaints9
License Complaint9

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
James Logan
1700 Lindley Ave · 223 students
Middle · K-8
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$100K$200K$160K2016: $66K2017: $66K2018: $66K2019: $69K2020: $66K2021: $66K2022: $66K2023: $97K2024: $97K2025: $146K2026: $146K2027: $160K2016202020232027

▲ +142% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$9312016: $5752017: $5752018: $5532019: $4472020: $4022021: $3982022: $3982023: $4002024: $4002025: $8402026: $7292027: $9312016202020232027

▲ +62% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 +8.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 242 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $242 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+142%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.9 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 29 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M19982004201020162022
29arm's-length sales since 1998
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 1 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels6 parcels24 parcels
$17K$172K+

The block's largest owner, 1223 W Silver Street Llc, carries 1 open violation across 4 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
1223 W Silver Street Llc14$591Kphila.gov ↗
Trinity Cornerstone Llc12$258Kphila.gov ↗
4701 N 15th St Llc11$161Kphila.gov ↗
Nc&C Holdings Llc11$160Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 31 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
4700-22 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2011); 3 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2026). Absentee individual $347K —/— 2,700 1940 0
4701 N 15TH ST Traded 3×: $10K in 2023 → $10K in 2023 (+0%). Owner-occupied $161K 4/1 1,634 1940 3 tax lien
4703 N 15TH ST Bought for $23K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $143K 3/1 1,358 1940 1
4705 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $155K 3/1 1,472 1940 1
4711 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $169K 4/1 1,692 1940 0
4713 N 15TH ST Bought for $160K in 2025. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,358 1940 1
4715 N 15TH ST Bought for $18K in 2004, electrical permit in 2016, sold for $90K in 2023 (+400%). Investor / LLC $149K 3/1 1,358 1940 2 rented1 violtax lien
4717 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $160K 4/1 1,622 1940 0
4719 N 15TH ST sold $75K (2010); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $163K 4/1 1,682 1940 1 1 viol
4721 N 15TH ST Traded 4×: $2K in 2001 → $69K in 2019 (+3186%). Investor / LLC $160K 4/1 1,622 1940 4 rented
4723 N 15TH ST Traded 5×: $35K in 2003 → $140K in 2025 (+300%). Absentee individual $160K 2/2 1,622 1940 5 rented
4724 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $158K 3/1 1,452 1930 1
4725 N 15TH ST Traded 3×: $2.0M in 2007 → $180K in 2025 (-91%). Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 1,622 1940 3
4726 N 15TH ST Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,320 1930 1 rented
4727 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $160K 4/1 1,622 1940 0
4728 N 15TH ST Bought for $8K in 2000. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $143K 3/1 1,320 1930 2
4729 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $160K 4/1 1,622 1940 0
4730 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $8K in 2001 → $35K in 2003 (+338%). Absentee individual $145K 3/1 1,320 1930 2
4731 N 15TH ST Bought for $90K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $160K 3/1 1,606 1940 1
4732 N 15TH ST 2 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2013). Owner-occupied $172K 4/1 1,536 1930 0 tax lien
4733 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $160K 4/1 1,622 1940 0
4737 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $160K 4/1 1,622 1930 0
4739 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $160K 4/1 1,568 1930 0
4740 N 15TH ST 2 L&I violations (2018); 5 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $167K 4/1 1,574 1930 0 tax lien
4741 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $160K 4/1 1,568 1930 0 tax lien
4742 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $162K 4/1 1,574 1930 0
4743 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2015); 4 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $160K 4/1 1,568 1930 0 tax lien
4744 N 15TH ST 6 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2025). Absentee individual $163K 4/1 1,574 1930 0
4745 N 15TH ST sold $2K (1998); L&I violation (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $179K —/— 1,568 1940 1 rented
4746 N 15TH ST 3 L&I violations (2007). Owner-occupied $168K 4/1 1,664 1930 0
4747 N 15TH ST Vacant $17K —/— 0 tax lien

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

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