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Who owns your block

1200 block of N 13th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $14,312 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 115% since 2016, now about $262K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$262K
$258K–$290K
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$194
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$299K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $262K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
67%
4 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$14K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-18%
value · tax −$795
5 years
+84%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+115%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $262K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below 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$262K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied50%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 106 reported crimes (28 violent) and 89 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
106
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
89
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Narcotic / Drug Law Violations20
Thefts20
Other Assaults18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
All Other Offenses9
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint19
Abandoned Vehicle13
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection10
Construction Complaints7
License Complaint5
Sanitation Violation5

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$262K2016: $122K2017: $122K2018: $122K2019: $144K2020: $143K2021: $143K2022: $143K2023: $246K2024: $246K2025: $319K2026: $319K2027: $262K2016202020232027

▲ +115% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9692016: $1,4032017: $1,6032018: $1,4032019: $1,5372020: $1,4522021: $1,4522022: $1,6802023: $2,3252024: $2,3252025: $3,7642026: $3,7642027: $2,9692016202020232027

▲ +112% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 215 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $215 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+115%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.7 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
9arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$258K$290K
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bains Property LLC11$290Kphila.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 6 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
1221 N 13TH ST Bought for $85K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $258K 4/1 1,326 1965 1
1223 N 13TH ST Traded 2×: $155K in 2014 → $299K in 2025 (+93%). Owner-occupied $290K 4/1 1,360 1965 2
1225 N 13TH ST Bought for $130K in 2015. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Absentee individual $262K 4/1 1,360 1965 1
1227 N 13TH ST Traded 4×: $72K in 2005 → $270K in 2020 (+275%). Investor / LLC $290K 4/2 1,360 1965 4 tax lien
1229 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $262K 4/1 1,360 1965 1
1231 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $258K 4/1 1,326 1965 0 tax lien

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.