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Who owns your block

6400 block of N 15th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 95% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 2 homes behind $7,347 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 89% since 2016, now about $239K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$239K
$200K–$386K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$142
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$170K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $239K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
95%
36 of 38
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$7K
2 of 38 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$164
5 years
+96%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+89%
value · tax +$894

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 $239K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$239K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied66%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 46 reported crimes (12 violent) and 189 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
46
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
189
32 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft10
Other Assaults9
All Other Offenses6
Thefts4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Burglary Residential3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection72
Maintenance Complaint26
Abandoned Vehicle13
Illegal Dumping12
Street Trees9
Information Request8

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
Prince Hall
6101 N Gratz St · 317 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$250K$500K$239K2016: $127K2017: $127K2018: $127K2019: $127K2020: $122K2021: $122K2022: $122K2023: $168K2024: $168K2025: $226K2026: $226K2027: $239K2016202020232027

▲ +89% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,2592016: $1,3652017: $1,3652018: $1,4082019: $1,2302020: $1,0992021: $1,0992022: $1,0992023: $1,3412024: $1,3842025: $1,9732026: $2,0952027: $2,2592016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 189 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $189 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+89%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.5 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
32arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 38 parcels

Owner-occupied: 36Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 38parcels
  • Owner-occupied 36
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels16 parcels7 parcels4 parcels3 parcels2 parcels4 parcels
$200K$325K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Hd Capital Group Llc11$270Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 38 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
6413-15 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 2,992 1915 0
6416 N 15TH ST Bought for $170K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $270K 3/1 2,298 1915 1 3 violtax lien
6417 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $85K in 2002 → $143K in 2007 (+68%). Owner-occupied $222K 3/2 1,496 1915 2 tax lien
6418 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $239K 3/1 1,674 1915 0
6419 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,428 1915 0
6420 N 15TH ST Traded 3×: $160K in 2018 → $132K in 2026 (-17%). Owner-occupied $304K 3/1 1,674 1915 3 5 viol
6421 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,428 1915 0
6422 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,674 1915 0
6423 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $281K 3/1 1,648 1915 1
6424 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $66K in 2012 → $155K in 2013 (+135%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,674 1915 2
6425 N 15TH ST sold $150K (2006); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $229K 3/2 1,648 1915 1
6426 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,674 1915 0
6427 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $234K 3/1 1,648 1915 0
6428 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,674 1915 0
6429 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $217K 3/1 1,648 1915 0
6430 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,674 1915 0 rented
6431 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,832 1915 0
6432 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2022); 3 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,674 1915 0 1 viol
6433 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2006 → $90K in 2009 (+1186%). Owner-occupied $224K 3/1 1,756 1915 2
6434 N 15TH ST Bought for $106K in 2017. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $239K 3/1 1,674 1915 1
6435 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,832 1915 0
6436 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $239K 3/1 1,674 1915 0
6437 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $235K 4/2 1,832 1915 1
6438 N 15TH ST Bought for $180K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,674 1915 1
6439 N 15TH ST Bought for $165K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,756 1915 1
6440 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $220K 3/1 1,674 1915 0
6441 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $281K 4/2 1,756 1915 1
6442 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $239K 3/2 1,674 1915 1
6443 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $235K 4/2 1,832 1915 1
6444 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $221K 3/1 1,512 1915 0
6445 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,756 1915 1
6446 N 15TH ST Traded 3×: $65K in 2014 → $175K in 2018 (+169%). Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,512 1915 3
6447 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2005 → $162K in 2018 (+35%). Owner-occupied $311K 3/1 1,756 1915 2
6448 N 15TH ST Bought for $75K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $221K 3/1 1,584 1915 2
6449 N 15TH ST Bought for $131K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,832 1915 1 1 viol
6450 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $35K in 2017 → $210K in 2018 (+500%). Owner-occupied $325K 3/1 1,584 1915 2
6451 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $130K in 2020 → $293K in 2021 (+125%). Owner-occupied $386K 4/2 1,972 1915 2
6452 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $267K 3/1 1,664 1915 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

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