Who owns your block
1200 block of E Berks St
A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 3 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 133% since 2016, now about $497K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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 $497K — about 2.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19125 median of $334K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19125 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19125 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $497K | $334K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 29% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 100 reported crimes (23 violent) and 287 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
- $497K typical home, up +133% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,399 to $5,564 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.5M assessed, $81,046/yr to the city, about $5,789 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +133% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +132% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1239 E Berks St is assessed at $548K but pays $3,202 a year — about 42% of the $7,665 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 +8% 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 $233 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 14 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Box Properties Llc | 1 | 10 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1243 Fishtown Llc | 1 | 1 | $588K | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1216 E BERKS ST | Absentee individual | $97K | —/— | 1,440 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1217 E BERKS ST ImprovedBought for $229K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $499K | 3/3 | 2,164 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1218 E BERKS ST ImprovedOwner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $570K | 3/3 | 1,768 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1219 E BERKS ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $196K in 2004 → $400K in 2020 (+104%). | Absentee individual | $394K | 2/2 | 1,416 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1220 E BERKS ST ImprovedBought for $280K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $414K | 3/1 | 1,210 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1222 E BERKS ST ImprovedBought for $88K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $393K | 3/1 | 1,210 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1224 E BERKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $71K in 2003 → $215K in 2007 (+205%). | Owner-occupied | $393K | 3/1 | 1,210 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1226 E BERKS ST New constructionBought for $83K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $605K in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $492K | 3/3 | 1,875 | 2014 | 8 | |
| 1228 E BERKS ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2010 and rebuilt (2010), then sold for $85K in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $497K | 3/2 | 1,562 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1235 E BERKS ST ImprovedBought for $180K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $497K | 3/2 | 1,790 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1237 E BERKS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $330K in 2014, alterations permit in 2023, sold for $529K in 2024 (+60%). | Owner-occupied | $498K | 4/3 | 1,791 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1239 E BERKS ST New constructionBought for $250K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $497K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $548K | 4/— | 1,773 | 1925 | 2 | abated |
| 1243 E BERKS ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $135K in 2005 → $420K in 2007 (+211%). | Vacant | $588K | —/— | — | — | 3 | 3 viol |
| 1247 E BERKS ST ImprovedBought for $570K in 2023. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $631K | 5/4 | 2,584 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)