1200 block of N 26th St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $534K — about 2.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 147 reported crimes (33 violent) and 274 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $534K typical home, up +840% since 2016
• Tax bill $683 to $1,495 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $20M assessed, $147,309/yr to the city, about $4,209 per home

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:

• 1243-45 N 26th Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$2,080/yr on $743K
• 1224 N 26th Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,495/yr on $534K
• 1224 N 26th Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,495/yr on $534K
• 1224 N 26th Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,495/yr on $534K
• 1224 N 26th Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,495/yr on $534K
• …and 19 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 1243-45 N 26th St is assessed at $743K but pays $2,080 a year — about 20% of the $10,401 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +22.6% 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 $940 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 24 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Harrison INC, carries 1 open violation across 82 properties it owns around the city.

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 35 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

New construction

1236-40 N 26th St

$5.4M · built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $4.0M in 2019.

New construction

1243-45 N 26th St

$743K · built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $150K in 2019.

New construction

1261 N 26th St

$573K · Bought for $150K in 2004, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $630K in 2025.

Renovated & sold on

1247-59 N 26th St

$384K · Bought for $350K in 2010, alteration permit in 2011, sold for $2.6M in 2020 (+643%).

Renovated & sold on

1234 N 26th St

$284K · Bought for $40K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $4.0M in 2019 (+9838%).

Improved

1223-27 N 26th St

$765K · Bought for $325K in 2007. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2012.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.