Who owns your block
900 block of S 15th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $120 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 95% since 2016, now about $589K. Property taxes are climbing about 23% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $589K — about 2.6× 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 block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $589K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 36% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 284 reported crimes (27 violent) and 250 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $589K typical home, up +95% since 2016
- Tax bill $724 to $6,845 a year, +23%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.0M assessed, $70,196/yr to the city, about $6,381 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +95% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +845% since 2016 · ~+23%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
920 S 15th St is assessed at $661K but pays $676 a year — about 7% of the $9,250 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $195 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 2008. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 11 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 1
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Boyer Lofts Llc, carries 15 open violations across 8 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyer Lofts Llc | 1 | 8 | $925K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Beating The Odds Il Housing I Inc | 1 | 1 | $575K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 928 S 15th St Lp | 1 | 1 | $735K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 11 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916 S 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit, sold for $350K in 2025. | Vacant | $284K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 917 S 15TH ST New constructionBought for $120K in 2008, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $490K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $640K | 3/2 | 1,620 | 2007 | 2 | |
| 918 S 15TH ST | Owner-occupied | $589K | 4/1 | 1,512 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 919 S 15TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $185K in 2008, demolition permit in 2008, sold for $430K in 2021 (+132%). | Owner-occupied | $626K | 3/2 | 1,767 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 920 S 15TH ST | Owner-occupied | $661K | —/— | 1,872 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 921 S 15TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $146K in 2010, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $310K in 2011 (+112%). | Owner-occupied | $528K | 3/2 | 1,767 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 922 S 15TH ST | Owner-occupied | $362K | 2/1 | 1,480 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 922 S 15TH ST | Owner-occupied | $361K | 2/1 | 1,477 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 924 S 15TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $200K in 2013, plumbing permit in 2014, sold for $630K in 2021 (+215%). | Owner-occupied | $668K | 3/2 | 1,872 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 926 S 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit, sold for $345K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $575K | —/— | 1,872 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 928 S 15TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit, sold for $125K in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $735K | 8/6 | 2,850 | 2010 | 1 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)