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Who owns your block

1200 block of E Venango St

A mixed-ownership block: 39% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 2 homes behind $1,142 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 144% since 2016, now about $95K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year though the increases have eased lately.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$95K
$8K–$394K
ZIP median $113K
Price / sq ft
$87
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$40K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $95K
Tax / yr
$556
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 28
$13K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
39%
9 of 28
city 41%
Rentals
11%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
2 of 28 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+15%
value · tax +$44
5 years
+90%
value · tax +$81
10 years
+144%
value · tax +$154

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 $95K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$95K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied18%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 168 reported crimes (38 violent) and 83 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
168
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
83
24 still open

Most reported crimes

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE32
Prostitution and Commercialized Vice29
All Other Offenses21
Other Assaults20
Thefts10
Weapon Violations9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Illegal Dumping10
Maintenance Complaint8
Abandoned Vehicle7
Inlet Cleaning7
License Complaint5

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$100K$200K$95K2016: $39K2017: $39K2018: $44K2019: $43K2020: $50K2021: $50K2022: $50K2023: $72K2024: $72K2025: $83K2026: $83K2027: $95K2016202020232027

▲ +144% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5562016: $3572017: $4022018: $4732019: $4732020: $5122021: $4752022: $4752023: $7112024: $5122025: $5122026: $5122027: $5562016202020232027

▲ +56% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

2
2 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 $12,518 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%
$130pays now $1,530at the full rate

1222 E Venango St is assessed at $109K but pays $130 a year — about 8% of the $1,530 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 +8.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 244 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $244 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+144%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.9 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 31 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K200020052010201520202025
31arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 10 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 10

Value distribution today

8 parcels5 parcels1 parcels5 parcels5 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$8K$219K+

The block's largest owner, Phila Electric Co, carries 7 open violations across 103 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Phila Electric Co1103$105Mphila.gov ↗
1229-33 E Venango St Llc33$212Kphila.gov ↗
1241-43 Venango St Llc11$60Kphila.gov ↗
1245 E Venango St Llc11$90Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 28 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

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1200-04 E VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2007 → $25K in 2011 (-79%). Absentee individual $46K —/— 660 1930 2 1 viol
1206-10 E VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2007 → $7K in 2014 (-94%). Absentee individual $238K —/— 3,504 1948 2
1209 E VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $5K in 2010 → $8K in 2011 (+60%). Absentee individual $8K —/— 462 1944 2
1211 E VENANGO ST Vacant $27K —/— 0
1212 E VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $36K in 2000 → $40K in 2025 (+13%). Owner-occupied $145K —/— 2,120 1920 2
1213 E VENANGO ST Vacant $27K —/— 0
1214 E VENANGO ST sold $8K (2014); Appeal dismissed (2019). Vacant $38K —/— 1
1215 E VENANGO ST Vacant $27K —/— 0
1216 E VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $7K in 2014 → $100K in 2022 (+1415%). Absentee individual $101K 3/1 880 1920 2
1217-19 E VENANGO ST Vacant $394K —/— 0
1218 E VENANGO ST Traded 3×: $79K in 2000 → $225K in 2024 (+187%). Owner-occupied $219K 4/2 1,000 1920 3 tax lien
1220 E VENANGO ST Absentee individual $36K —/— 720 1930 0
1221 E VENANGO ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $77K in 2000. Owner-occupied $105K —/— 952 1920 1 abated
1222 E VENANGO ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $30K in 2021. Owner-occupied $109K —/— 1,008 1920 1 abated
1223 E VENANGO ST Vacant $40K —/— 1
1224 E VENANGO ST Traded 3×: $80K in 2000 → $30K in 2024 (-63%). Owner-occupied $109K —/— 1,008 1920 3 tax lien
1225 E VENANGO ST Traded 5×: $23K in 2003 → $30K in 2016 (+30%). Absentee individual $175K 5/2 1,260 1920 5 rented
1226 E VENANGO ST Vacant $30K —/— 1
1227 E VENANGO ST Traded 2×: $23K in 2010 → $9K in 2019 (-61%). Owner-occupied $107K —/— 1,008 1920 2
1229 E VENANGO ST Vacant $40K —/— 0
1231 E VENANGO ST Vacant $40K —/— 0
1232 E VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $19K —/— 640 1946 0
1233 E VENANGO ST Investor / LLC $133K 4/1 1,632 1965 1 rented
1235 E VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $137K —/— 1,572 1920 0
1237 E VENANGO ST Owner-occupied $130K 4/1 1,664 1920 0
1239 E VENANGO ST Absentee individual $130K 4/1 1,664 1920 1 rented
1241-43 E VENANGO ST Investor / LLC $60K —/— 557 1925 0
1245 E VENANGO ST Vacant $90K —/— 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

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