Who owns your block
1000 block of S 12th St
A mixed-ownership block: 8% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $25,384 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 1619% since 2016, now about $387K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $387K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $387K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 8% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 103 reported crimes (33 violent) and 349 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
- $387K typical home, up +1619% since 2016
- Tax bill $315 to $596 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.0M assessed, $36,603/yr to the city, about $3,050 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +1619% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +89% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1013 S 12th St is assessed at $590K but pays $825 a year — about 10% of the $8,252 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +29.5% 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 $1719 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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.
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Absentee individual 10
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni Penn Housing (individual) | 4 | 82 | $3.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lisa A Calise (individual) | 3 | 6 | $3.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Uni Penn Housing Partners | 1 | 2 | $595K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 S 12TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2025). | Absentee individual | $25K | 4/2 | 2,688 | 2003 | 0 | rented |
| 1003 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/1 | 2,160 | 2003 | 0 | |
| 1005 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/1 | 2,160 | 2003 | 0 | |
| 1007 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 3/1 | 2,160 | 2005 | 0 | |
| 1009 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $384K | —/— | 2,096 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1011 S 12TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2025); L&I violation (2026). | Vacant | $6K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1012 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $587K | —/— | 2,146 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1013 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $590K | 3/2 | 1,870 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 1013 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $389K | 2/2 | 901 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 1013 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $462K | 3/3 | 1,490 | 2019 | 0 | abated |
| 1014 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $756K | —/— | 1,964 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1016 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $739K | —/— | 2,301 | 1915 | 0 | 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)