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Who jumped most in the 2015 assessment?

Start with the City’s latest roll-over-roll assessment changes, then explore 29 shareable rankings across 47 qualifying Philadelphia ZIP codes and 19,500 indexed blocks.

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Philadelphia in 2015

ZIP assessment boards use the selected City roll. Block, ownership, sales, tax, and enforcement boards keep their own stated source date until a comparable historical series exists.

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ZIP code rankings

47 qualifying Philadelphia ZIP codes compared on assessed value, assessment growth, and latest OPA sale fields.

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ZIP codes · 2015 roll · Home values

Priciest ZIPs per square foot

Median of assessed value divided by more than 200 recorded interior square feet for OPA single- and multi-family homes, by ZIP.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. first rollZIP 19103 · Rittenhouse · Logan Square$324/sqft
  2. first rollZIP 19102 · Center City West$322/sqft
  3. first rollZIP 19106 · Old City · Society Hill$295/sqft
  4. first rollZIP 19107 · Washington Square West · Chinatown$229/sqft
  5. first rollZIP 19130 · Fairmount · Spring Garden$209/sqft
ZIP codes · Momentum & sales

Busiest sales markets

Homes whose latest OPA sale field is over $20,000 and dated in the past 180 days, by ZIP. This is not every deed transaction.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. ZIP 19146 · Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze213 records
  2. ZIP 19134 · Port Richmond · Kensington205 records
  3. ZIP 19143 · Cedar Park · Kingsessing202 records
  4. ZIP 19148 · Pennsport · Lower Moyamensing192 records
  5. ZIP 19145 · Girard Estate · South Philadelphia178 records
ZIP codes · Momentum & sales

Hottest sale prices right now

Median of each home’s latest OPA sale field in the past 180 days versus the prior 180, requiring at least 30 observations in each window. This is not a repeat-sales index.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. ZIP 19103 · Rittenhouse · Logan Square+50.4%
  2. ZIP 19129 · East Falls+20.1%
  3. ZIP 19127 · Manayunk+18.4%
  4. ZIP 19143 · Cedar Park · Kingsessing+18.3%
  5. ZIP 19130 · Fairmount · Spring Garden+17.3%
ZIP codes · 2015 roll · Home values

Most affordable ZIP codes

Qualifying Philadelphia ZIPs ranked from the lowest median assessed home value upward.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. first rollZIP 19132 · Strawberry Mansion · North Philadelphia$28K
  2. first rollZIP 19121 · Brewerytown · Sharswood$37K
  3. first rollZIP 19133 · Fairhill · West Kensington$45K
  4. first rollZIP 19140 · Hunting Park · Nicetown–Tioga$54K
  5. first rollZIP 19134 · Port Richmond · Kensington$56K

Block rankings

Residential boards generally require at least 12 homes. Commercial boards require at least 3 commercial parcels. Parcel-wide civic boards require at least 8 parcels. Each full board states its exact population and formula.

19 rankings · 19,500 indexed blocks
Blocks · Momentum & sales

Largest annualized assessment changes since 2016

Compounded change in the median assessment for an exact paired cohort of at least 12 current homes with records in 2016 and the latest billed year. Current year-built records after 2016 are excluded. Missing build years and historical classification changes can remain, so this is an assessment-change screen, not market appreciation or a sale-price index.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. 15100-15199 Wildflower Way+33.5%/yr
  2. 1300-1399 S Bouvier St+27.8%/yr
  3. 2800-2899 Master St+27.4%/yr
  4. 2300-2399 Roma Dr+27.2%/yr
  5. 500-599 Kingsley Ct+26.5%/yr
Blocks · Development & tax

Blocks where buyers paid most above assessment

The median sale premium for the same homes, with each recorded sale from the past two years compared with that home’s assessment roll for the sale year. Every block has at least five matched sales; nominal transfers and package-looking price multiples are excluded. Renovation before resale can still widen the gap.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. 1300-1399 Kerbaugh St+133% vs assessed
  2. 1100-1199 Divinity St+128% vs assessed
  3. 600-699 E Wensley St+114% vs assessed
  4. 1500-1599 W Tioga St+107% vs assessed
  5. 2000-2099 W Boston St+107% vs assessed
Blocks · Development & tax

Blocks where buyers paid most below assessment

The median sale discount for the same homes, with each recorded sale from the past two years compared with that home’s assessment roll for the sale year. Every block has at least five matched sales; nominal transfers and package-looking price multiples are excluded.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. 2000-2099 W Oxford St-37% vs assessed
  2. 4600-4699 Vista St-35% vs assessed
  3. 600-699 Mayfair St-31% vs assessed
  4. 1700-1799 Arlington St-30% vs assessed
  5. 300-399 Earlham Ter-30% vs assessed
Blocks · Ownership & civic risk

Blocks with the highest non-owner-occupancy signal

One minus the owner-occupancy signal: entity-held homes plus individually held homes without a Homestead field or matching Philadelphia tax-mailing address. At least 12 homes per block. This does not prove investor ownership, rental use, or vacancy.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. 1100-1199 Germantown Ave100%
  2. 1100-1199 N 2nd St100%
  3. 1200-1299 N Carlisle St100%
  4. 1200-1299 Noble St100%
  5. 1500-1599 N 31st St100%

Ownership & the untaxed city

Citywide, from owner names and assessment fields on the current OPA roll. Companies, agencies and institutions only. Individually held property is never named on a list, and name aggregation does not establish beneficial ownership.

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Citywide · Development & tax

Most valuable untaxed properties

Stadiums, campuses and hospital towers shown with a zero or de minimis taxable assessment in the latest OPA roll, ranked by assessed value. Verify the legal basis, continuing eligibility, and live account separately.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. 1020 Pattison Ave$496M · $6.9M/yr full-assessment scenario
  2. 1 Citizens Bank Way$443M · $6.2M/yr full-assessment scenario
  3. 3300 N 33rd St$349M · $4.9M/yr full-assessment scenario
  4. 3102 Mechanicsville Rd$302M · $4.2M/yr full-assessment scenario
  5. 111 N Broad St$241M · $3.4M/yr full-assessment scenario
Citywide · Ownership & civic risk

Organization names on the most OPA parcels

Entity and agency owner names on the current OPA assessment roll, ranked by matched parcel count. This is recorded-name aggregation, not proof of beneficial ownership or control. We merge reviewed public-agency aliases and mechanical spelling or punctuation variants, but do not infer parent companies or affiliated LLCs. Individually held property is not listed.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. Philadelphia Housing Authority4,926 parcels · $1.5B
  2. City Of Philadelphia4,872 parcels · $7B
  3. Philadelphia Land Bank2,498 parcels · $133M
  4. Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority1,611 parcels · $278M
  5. Neighborhood Restorations556 parcels · $20M

Commercial & public-record watchlists

Corridor and industrial blocks by assessed commercial value, plus properties with dated tax, L&I, or licensing records. A watchlist entry does not establish a current tax balance or seller motivation. Every row opens its report.

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Commercial ZIP codes · 2015 roll · Commercial

Priciest commercial ZIP codes

ZIP codes ranked by median assessed value for commercial parcels. This is the City assessment basis, not asking price, sale price, rent, or a valuation.

Source: OPA assessments · City of Philadelphia

  1. first rollZIP 19154 · Parkwood · Far Northeast$1.9M
  2. first rollZIP 19103 · Rittenhouse · Logan Square$1.4M
  3. first rollZIP 19102 · Center City West$1.4M
  4. first rollZIP 19153 · Eastwick · Airport$1.2M
  5. first rollZIP 19107 · Washington Square West · Chinatown$993K
Public-record watchlist · Commercial

Commercial properties on the public-record watchlist

Properties with one or more separately dated records: a June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot entry, open L&I violations, or an active vacant-property license. The tax figure is historical and does not show a current balance or an owner’s intent to sell.

Source: Dept. of Revenue · L&I violations · City of Philadelphia

  1. 3001 Red Lion Rd$519K · Jun 2022 tax snapshot · 10 open violations
  2. 1420 Locust St$492K · Jun 2022 tax snapshot · 12 open violations
  3. 1001-19 Market St$483K · Jun 2022 tax snapshot · 4 open violations
  4. 1501 Locust St$371K · Jun 2022 tax snapshot · 6 open violations
  5. 7800 Lindbergh Blvd$317K · Jun 2022 tax snapshot · 6 open violations

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