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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

1200 block of E Columbia Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 55% owner-occupied, 12% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $46,274 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 96% since 2016, now about $430K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Abatements

    Eight homes receive $73K in annual tax abatements while one property carries $46K in back taxes owed.

  2. 02
    Appreciation

    Block values nearly doubled since 2016 with 96% total gain yet grew 0.2 percentage points slower per year than the city.

By the Numbers

Median value
$430K
$95K–$1.7M
ZIP median $334K
Price / sq ft
$342
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$385K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $430K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $23K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 77
$73K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
55%
42 of 77
city 41%
Rentals
31%
24 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 1% · city 5%
Back taxes
$46K
1 of 77 behind
▼ block 1% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$263
5 years
+40%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+94%
value · tax +$3K

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 $430K — about 1.9× 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 blockZIP 19125Philadelphia
Median home value$430K$334K$223K
Owner-occupied22%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 60 reported crimes (15 violent) and 236 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
60
15 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
236
28 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft13
Other Assaults11
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Fraud6
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection63
Salting39
Street Defect26
Graffiti Removal13
Illegal Dumping13
Information Request12

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
Alexander Adaire
1300 E Palmer St · 451 students
High · 6-12
Penn Treaty HS
600 E Thompson St · 345 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$250K$500K$430K2016: $219K2017: $222K2018: $227K2019: $288K2020: $307K2021: $307K2022: $307K2023: $354K2024: $356K2025: $426K2026: $427K2027: $430K2016202020232027

▲ +96% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,0922016: $1,9672017: $1,9672018: $1,0062019: $1,2202020: $1,8982021: $3,0842022: $3,1052023: $3,4352024: $3,4352025: $4,5142026: $4,8292027: $5,0922016202020232027

▲ +159% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

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8 properties 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 $72,518 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%
$6,299pays now $18,197at the full rate

1217-19 E Columbia Ave is assessed at $1.3M but pays $6,299 a year — about 35% of the $18,197 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 +6.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 196 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $196 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+96%
since 2016
Net rental yield
2.8%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.2 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 63 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 47 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
63arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
47homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 77 parcels

Owner-occupied: 42Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 27Vacant: 1 77parcels
  • Owner-occupied 42
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 27
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels4 parcels9 parcels14 parcels21 parcels19 parcels9 parcels
$95K$606K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pathfinder Homes Llc24$652Kphila.gov ↗
Mm Revocable Trust13$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
1207 East Columbia Avenue Llc11$402Kphila.gov ↗
The Sheba Llc11$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Sheba Llc11$234Kphila.gov ↗
Grws Llc11$309Kphila.gov ↗
Epdg, Lp11$95Kphila.gov ↗
Epdg Lp11$214Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 77 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

Torn down & rebuilt
1208 E Columbia Ave
$902K · Old house bought for $191K in 2019, demolished in 2022, then sold for $855K in 2023.
New construction
1217-19 E Columbia Ave
$1.3M · Bought for $25K in 2002, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $250K in 2014.
New construction
1216 E Columbia Ave
$846K · Bought for $210K in 2022, built new (tax-abated), sold for $891K in 2024.
New construction
1254 E Columbia Ave
$399K · Bought for $49K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $187K in 2010.
Improved
1247 E Columbia Ave
$548K · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021.
Frequently traded
1235 E Columbia Ave
$572K · Traded 4×: $55K in 2002 → $345K in 2016 (+527%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1200 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $199K —/— 1,577 1915 0 rented
1202 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $306K —/— 896 1915 1 rented
1203 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $170K in 2006 → $330K in 2017 (+94%). Owner-occupied $496K 3/2 1,598 1920 3
1204 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $361K —/— 1,170 1915 1 rented
1205 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $530K —/— 1,848 1920 1
1206 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $386K 4/— 1,344 1915 0 abated
1207 E COLUMBIA AVE Investor / LLC $402K 5/1 1,755 1920 1 rented
1208 E COLUMBIA AVE Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $191K in 2019, demolished in 2022, then sold for $855K in 2023. Owner-occupied $902K 3/3 2,514 2023 3 abated
1209 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $398K —/— 1,709 1920 0 abated
1210 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $240K in 2012 → $365K in 2016 (+52%). Owner-occupied $457K 3/1 1,704 1915 2
1211 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2000 → $87K in 2003 (+9%). Owner-occupied $352K 3/1 1,306 1915 2
1212 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $209K in 2012 → $291K in 2017 (+39%). Owner-occupied $461K —/— 1,800 1915 2
1213 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $260K in 2012 → $385K in 2017 (+48%). Owner-occupied $529K 3/1 1,801 1925 2
1214 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $470K —/— 1,876 1915 0 abated
1215 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $55K in 2000 → $165K in 2013 (+200%). Absentee individual $439K 3/3 1,785 1910 3 rented
1216 E COLUMBIA AVE New constructionBought for $210K in 2022, built new (tax-abated), sold for $891K in 2024. Absentee individual $846K 3/3 2,499 1915 2 abated
1217-19 E COLUMBIA AVE New constructionBought for $25K in 2002, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $250K in 2014. Absentee individual $1.3M 8/— 5,169 1900 3 rentedabated
1218 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $105K in 2009 → $405K in 2025 (+286%). Owner-occupied $414K 3/1 1,066 1915 4
1220 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $148K in 2005 → $236K in 2006 (+59%). Owner-occupied $473K 3/3 1,755 1915 2
1221 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $479K —/— 2,168 1960 1
1222 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2005 → $405K in 2024 (+2600%). Investor / LLC $200K —/— 1,900 1914 2
1224 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2009 → $194K in 2009 (+546%). Owner-occupied $335K 3/2 1,086 1915 2
1224R E COLUMBIA AVE Historysold $15K (2005); Appeal denied (2025). Investor / LLC $322K —/— 1,176 1915 1
1226 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $414K —/— 1,613 1915 0 rented
1228 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $430K —/— 1,700 1915 0 abated
1230 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $440K —/— 1,704 1915 0
1232 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $522K 4/1 2,378 1915 1 rented
1234 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $560K —/— 2,556 1915 1 tax lien
1235 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $55K in 2002 → $345K in 2016 (+527%). Owner-occupied $572K 3/1 1,751 1925 4
1236-44 E COLUMBIA AVE HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2014); sold $500K (2015). Investor / LLC $1.7M —/— 13,919 1900 1 rented1 viol
1237 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $392K —/— 1,668 1915 0
1239 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $391K 3/1 1,470 1915 1 rented
1241 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $150K in 2008 → $418K in 2019 (+178%). Owner-occupied $378K —/— 1,410 1915 3
1243 E COLUMBIA AVE TradedTraded 2×: $293K in 2013 → $479K in 2021 (+63%). Owner-occupied $415K 3/2 1,682 1915 2
1245 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $138K in 2004 → $515K in 2020 (+273%). Owner-occupied $529K 3/2 1,732 1915 5 rented
1246 E COLUMBIA AVE Vacant $234K —/— — — 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $291K —/1 674 2009 0 rentedtax lien
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $340K 1/— 751 2014 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $362K 1/— 795 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $481K 2/1 1,161 2009 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $465K 2/2 1,123 2014 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Absentee individual $548K 3/2 1,606 2009 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $452K 2/2 938 2014 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $278K 1/— 552 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $480K 2/1 1,159 2009 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $321K 1/1 680 2016 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $492K 2/— 1,022 2016 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $460K 2/1 1,086 2014 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $474K 2/2 1,211 2014 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $474K 2/— 1,213 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $507K 2/1 1,015 2009 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $481K 2/— 1,161 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $355K 1/— 783 2014 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $501K 2/— 1,092 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $455K 2/1 1,051 2009 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $390K 1/— 911 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $291K —/1 674 2009 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $291K —/1 673 2009 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $458K 2/— 1,106 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Investor / LLC $309K 1/— 692 2014 0 rentedtax lien
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $291K 1/— 636 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $329K 1/— 710 2014 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $375K 2/— 879 2016 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $457K 2/— 1,103 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $364K —/— 802 2016 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $369K —/1 834 2009 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Investor / LLC $95K —/— 895 2016 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $458K 2/1 1,059 2009 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $481K 2/1 1,161 2009 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $409K 2/— 931 2014 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $299K —/1 702 2009 0 rented
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Absentee individual $310K 1/— 696 2014 0
1247 E COLUMBIA AVE Investor / LLC $214K —/1 530 2009 0 rented
1248 E COLUMBIA AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $225K in 2005 → $285K in 2015 (+27%). Owner-occupied $452K 4/1 1,822 1925 3
1250 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $606K 3/2 1,796 1925 1
1254 E COLUMBIA AVE New constructionBought for $49K in 2001, built new (tax-abated), sold for $187K in 2010. Owner-occupied $399K 4/1 1,672 1960 3 abated
1256 E COLUMBIA AVE Owner-occupied $588K 3/2 2,450 1915 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$186K
household
Own vs. rent
75%
owner-occupied
Median age
34.6
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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