Who owns your block
1200 block of Locust St
An investor-heavy block: 53% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 15 open code violations and 1 home behind $27,048 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 36% since 2016, now about $1.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $1.0M — about 4.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19107 median of $395K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19107 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19107 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.0M | $395K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 12% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 583 reported crimes (145 violent) and 568 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
- $1.0M typical home, up +36% since 2016
- Tax bill $9,803 to $13,998 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $40M assessed, $444,866/yr to the city, about $26,169 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +36% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +43% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1222-26 Locust St is assessed at $11M but pays $42,914 a year — about 27% of the $157,771 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.8% 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 $136 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1219 Locust Llc | 1 | 3 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Camac Partners Lp | 1 | 2 | $832K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Afc Locust Realty Associa | 2 | 2 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1200 For Life Inc | 1 | 1 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Birch Row Associates Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Camac Partners L P | 1 | 1 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1221 Locust Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 4525 Walnut Associates Lp | 1 | 1 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 17 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200-02 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 7,045 | 1892 | 0 | |
| 1201 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $3.2M | —/— | 20,942 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 1204-12 LOCUST ST ImprovedBought for $8.2M in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $401K | —/— | 8,190 | 1983 | 1 | rented |
| 1213-15 LOCUST ST | Owner-occupied | $760K | 2/2 | 1,852 | 2007 | 0 | |
| 1213-15 LOCUST ST History5 L&I violations (2018); L&I: 4 failed, 2 passed (2018); L&I violation (2019); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2019). | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 2/3 | 3,061 | 2007 | 0 | |
| 1213-15 LOCUST ST | Owner-occupied | $685K | 2/2 | 1,656 | 2007 | 0 | |
| 1213-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $440K | 2/1 | 1,392 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 1213-15 LOCUST ST | Owner-occupied | $760K | 2/2 | 1,852 | 2007 | 0 | |
| 1214 LOCUST ST Historysold $400K (2002); 2 L&I violations (2007); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2007). | Absentee individual | $806K | —/— | 3,159 | 1892 | 1 | rented |
| 1216 LOCUST ST ImprovedBought for $435K in 2003. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $793K | —/— | 3,108 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 1219 LOCUST ST ImprovedBought for $1.2M in 2024. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | —/— | 6,090 | 1890 | 1 | rented |
| 1220 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $878K in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 6,988 | 1860 | 1 | |
| 1221-23 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit. | Owner-occupied | $3.5M | —/— | 14,828 | 1825 | 0 | |
| 1222-26 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $11M | —/— | 41,216 | 1892 | 2 | abated1 violtax lien |
| 1225-33 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a suppression permit in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $7.0M | —/— | 60,000 | 1980 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 1234 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a lawful occupancy (lo) only permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $4.4M | —/— | 18,144 | 1932 | 0 | rented11 viol |
| 1235 LOCUST ST History3 L&I violations (2008); Inspection failed ×2 (2008); sold $2.7M (2008). | Absentee individual | $968K | —/— | — | — | 1 |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)