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Who owns your block

6200 block of N 15th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 87% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 8 open code violations and 5 homes behind $18,024 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 83% since 2016, now about $200K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$200K
$183K–$3.8M
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$123
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $54K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
87%
27 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
16%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$18K
5 of 31 behind
▲ block 16% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$12
5 years
+78%
value · tax +$408
10 years
+83%
value · tax +$322

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 $200K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above 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$200K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied71%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 65 reported crimes (18 violent) and 82 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
65
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
82
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults15
Thefts15
All Other Offenses8
Fraud7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Burglary Residential4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint22
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Abandoned Vehicle8
Illegal Dumping7
License Complaint3
Other (Streets)3

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
Ellwood
6701 N 13th St · 252 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 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$125K$250K$200K2016: $109K2017: $109K2018: $109K2019: $117K2020: $112K2021: $112K2022: $112K2023: $156K2024: $156K2025: $196K2026: $196K2027: $200K2016202020232027

▲ +83% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4402016: $1,1182017: $1,1182018: $1,1182019: $1,1442020: $1,0022021: $1,0022022: $1,0322023: $1,1422024: $1,1632025: $1,5022026: $1,4282027: $1,4402016202020232027

▲ +29% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 183 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $183 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+83%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 16 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M2005201020152020
16arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 27Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 27
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

20 parcels3 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$183K$342K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Rodney Hawthorne (individual)25$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Denevo Property Investmen12$866Kphila.gov ↗
Stenton House Apt Lp11$3.8Mphila.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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6201 N 15TH ST Bought for $2.3M in 2007. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $3.8M —/— 47,000 1955 1 rented2 viol
6230 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2015); 4 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2023); 5 L&I violations (2026). Owner-occupied $421K —/— 2,400 1940 0 5 viol
6232 N 15TH ST Bought for $108K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $210K 4/1 1,794 1925 1
6234 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $210K 4/1 1,794 1925 0
6236 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $197K 4/1 1,570 1925 0
6238 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $208K 4/1 1,794 1925 0
6240 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,586 1925 0 tax lien
6242 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $202K 4/1 1,682 1925 0
6244 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,586 1925 1
6245 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $236K —/— 1,938 1925 0 rented
6246 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2025); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,586 1925 0 1 viol
6247-49 N 15TH ST Bought for $110K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Absentee individual $342K —/— 3,800 1925 1 rented
6248 N 15TH ST Absentee individual $196K 4/1 1,586 1925 1
6250 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $200K 4/1 1,586 1925 0 tax lien
6251-53 N 15TH ST Bought for $110K in 2001. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Absentee individual $340K —/— 3,800 1925 1 rented
6252 N 15TH ST Bought for $63K in 2016, alteration permit in 2016, sold for $250K in 2023 (+300%). Owner-occupied $200K 4/1 1,586 1925 2
6254 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $200K 4/1 1,586 1925 0
6255-57 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $340K —/— 3,800 1925 0 rented
6256 N 15TH ST Traded 3×: $120K in 2005 → $180K in 2021 (+50%). Owner-occupied $183K 3/2 1,586 1925 3
6258 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $199K 4/1 1,586 1925 0
6260 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2003 → $127K in 2006 (+49%). Owner-occupied $203K 3/2 1,586 1951 2
6262 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $198K 4/1 1,586 1925 0
6264 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,586 1925 0
6266 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $191K 4/1 1,586 1925 0
6268 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,586 1925 0
6270 N 15TH ST sold $130K (2007); L&I violation (2013). Owner-occupied $191K 4/1 1,586 1925 1
6272 N 15TH ST Bought for $128K in 2011. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $240K 4/1 1,586 1925 1
6274 N 15TH ST Bought for $100K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,586 1925 1
6276 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,586 1925 0 tax lien
6278 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,586 1925 0
6280 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $255K 4/1 2,430 1925 0

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.