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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.

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
$589K
$284K–$735K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$353
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$350K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $589K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 11
$14K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
82%
9 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
27%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$120
1 of 11 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-5%
value · tax −$437
5 years
+71%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+95%
value · tax +$5K

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 $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 blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$589K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied36%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.

Crimes · 12mo
284
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
250
47 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts211
Other Assaults19
All Other Offenses13
Theft from Vehicle10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal42
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection41
Street Defect32
Maintenance Complaint24
Salting20
Illegal Dumping15

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$589K2016: $303K2017: $303K2018: $303K2019: $360K2020: $345K2021: $345K2022: $345K2023: $546K2024: $546K2025: $620K2026: $620K2027: $589K2016202020232027

▲ +95% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,8452016: $7242017: $1,6612018: $1,6612019: $4,2692020: $4,0902021: $4,0902022: $4,2052023: $5,1432024: $5,1432025: $7,2822026: $7,2822027: $6,8452016202020232027

▲ +845% since 2016 · ~+23%/yr

1
1 property 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 $14,173 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%
$676pays now $9,250at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 195 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+6.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+95%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.3 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 2008. 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$1.0M20082012201620202024
13arm's-length sales since 2008
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 1Vacant: 1 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels5 parcels
$284K$668K+

The block's largest owner, Boyer Lofts Llc, carries 15 open violations across 8 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Boyer Lofts Llc18$925Kphila.gov ↗
Beating The Odds Il Housing I Inc11$575Kphila.gov ↗
928 S 15th St Lp11$735Kphila.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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
916 S 15TH ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $350K in 2025. Vacant $284K —/— 1
917 S 15TH ST Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought 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 built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $345K in 2020. Owner-occupied $575K —/— 1,872 1915 1 rented
928 S 15TH ST built 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)

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.