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Who owns your block

1200 block of N 12th St

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 11% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 173% since 2016, now about $280K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$280K
$280K–$319K
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$243
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$210K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $280K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
56%
5 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
22%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+82%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+173%
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 $280K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19122Philadelphia
Median home value$280K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied44%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 67 reported crimes (25 violent) and 75 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
67
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
75
21 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Thefts12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Theft from Vehicle5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint20
Abandoned Vehicle7
Construction Complaints7
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection7
License Complaint5
Other (Streets)4

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
Paul Laurence Dunbar
1750 N 12th St · 223 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$280K2016: $103K2017: $103K2018: $103K2019: $155K2020: $154K2021: $154K2022: $154K2023: $173K2024: $173K2025: $280K2026: $280K2027: $280K2016202020232027

▲ +173% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,9192016: $1,3802017: $1,3802018: $1,3802019: $1,8162020: $1,7292021: $1,7292022: $1,5272023: $1,2992024: $2,3382025: $3,0642026: $3,9192027: $3,9192016202020232027

▲ +184% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

5 homes pay the full 1.40%4 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 273 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $273 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+173%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.1 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
8arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$280K$314K+

The block's largest owner, Xcel Investment Group LLC, carries 1 open violation across 2 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Xcel Investment Group LLC12$810Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 9 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1234 N 12TH ST Bought for $210K in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $319K 3/1 1,360 1925 1
1236 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
1238 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,152 1925 1
1240 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $280K 3/1 1,152 1925 0 rented
1242 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $280K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
1244 N 12TH ST Traded 3×: $58K in 2000 → $300K in 2021 (+417%). Owner-occupied $294K 3/1 1,152 1925 3 rented
1246 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,152 1925 0
1248 N 12TH ST Investor / LLC $280K 3/1 1,152 1925 1
1250 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2005 → $112K in 2005 (+273%). Owner-occupied $314K 3/1 1,326 1925 2

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

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.