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Who owns your block

600 block of S 15th St

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $10,907 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 189% since 2016, now about $815K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year.

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
$815K
$230K–$1.0M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$362
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$550K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $815K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 9
$9K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
56%
5 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
33%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
1 of 9 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+44%
value · tax +$2K
5 years
+60%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+189%
value · tax +$6K

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 $815K — about 3.7× 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$815K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied11%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 131 reported crimes (36 violent) and 284 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
131
36 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
284
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts29
Other Assaults24
Theft from Vehicle16
All Other Offenses11
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal47
Street Defect45
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Illegal Dumping21
Maintenance Complaint18
License Complaint15

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
Edwin M Stanton
901 S 17th St · 316 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$500K$1.0M$815K2016: $282K2017: $282K2018: $321K2019: $604K2020: $511K2021: $511K2022: $511K2023: $599K2024: $599K2025: $566K2026: $566K2027: $815K2016202020232027

▲ +189% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$9,2782016: $3,5082017: $3,6912018: $4,2692019: $7,3202020: $6,9992021: $6,9992022: $6,9992023: $6,9112024: $6,9112025: $6,4252026: $7,0432027: $9,2782016202020232027

▲ +164% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

2
2 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 $9,110 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%
$7,069pays now $11,567at the full rate

614 S 15th St is assessed at $826K but pays $7,069 a year — about 61% of the $11,567 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 +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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
13arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$230K$900K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jm Houses Llc15$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Bethesda Project Inc11$230Kphila.gov ↗
Anna & Ben Properties Llc11$657Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 9 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
609 S 15TH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $230K —/— 2,358 1960 0 abated
610 S 15TH ST Bought for $50K in 2003, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $655K in 2020. Owner-occupied $894K 3/3 1,883 2008 5
612 S 15TH ST sold $230K (2005); 9 L&I violations (2007); 16 L&I violations (2008); 3 L&I violations (2016). Owner-occupied $663K —/— 1,830 1915 1 rented
614 S 15TH ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $425K in 2021. Investor / LLC $826K 4/3 2,184 1915 1 rentedabatedtax lien
616 S 15TH ST Bought for $550K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $657K 5/3 2,430 1915 1 3 viol
617-29 S 15TH ST Owner pulled a parking only permit in 2023. Vacant $1.0M —/— 0
618 S 15TH ST Bought for $120K in 2000. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $815K 3/3 2,464 1915 2 rented
620 S 15TH ST Bought for $875K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $875K in 2015 (+272%). Owner-occupied $900K 4/3 2,464 1915 3
622 S 15TH ST built new under a 2012 permit. Absentee individual $459K —/— 2,097 1915 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

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.