Who owns your block
1200 block of Alter St
A mixed-ownership block: 29% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 1050% since 2016, now about $224K. Property taxes are climbing about 22% 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 $224K — about 1.0× 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 | $224K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 14% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 85 reported crimes (20 violent) and 258 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
- $224K typical home, up +1050% since 2016
- Tax bill $198 to $1,728 a year, +22%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.2M assessed, $37,860/yr to the city, about $2,704 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +1050% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +773% since 2016 · ~+22%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1230 Alter St is assessed at $664K but pays $1,859 a year — about 20% of the $9,297 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 +24.9% 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 $1150 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.
How often it changes hands
This block has recorded 17 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 14 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1118 Twelve Street Llc | 2 | 4 | $2.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jake Westphal (individual) | 2 | 3 | $267K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Khaista Bacha (individual) | 2 | 2 | $816K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1202 ALTER ST ImprovedBought for $650K in 2016. Owner pulled a lot line relocation permit in 2025. | Vacant | $120K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1204 ALTER ST TradedTraded 2×: $650K in 2016 → $50K in 2021 (-92%). | Vacant | $120K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1206 ALTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit, sold for $40K in 2010. | Vacant | $120K | —/— | — | — | 1 | rented |
| 1208 ALTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $272K | 2/1 | 728 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1210 ALTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit. | Owner-occupied | $208K | —/— | 728 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1212-16 ALTER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $696K | —/— | 3,780 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1218-20 ALTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit. | Absentee individual | $444K | —/— | 2,301 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 1222 ALTER ST History2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2016). | Vacant | $120K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1224 ALTER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $510K in 2024. | Absentee individual | $634K | 2/— | 1,576 | 2018 | 2 | abated |
| 1226 ALTER ST Renovated & sold onBought for $50K in 2007, alteration permit in 2008, sold for $352K in 2021 (+605%). | Owner-occupied | $386K | 3/1 | 1,070 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1228 ALTER ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2018). | Vacant | $239K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1230 ALTER ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2017), then sold for $615K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $664K | 3/2 | 2,022 | 2020 | 3 | abated |
| 1232 ALTER ST Renovated & sold onBought for $45K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $500K in 2022 (+1011%). | Absentee individual | $134K | —/— | 1,400 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 1234 ALTER ST ImprovedBought for $45K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $43K | —/— | 444 | 1930 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)