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Who owns your block

1200 block of N 28th St

A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 3 homes behind $23,957 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 268% since 2016, now about $251K. Property taxes are climbing about 24% 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
$251K
$108K–$808K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$231
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$295K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $251K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
12 of 53
$46K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
43%
23 of 53
city 41%
Rentals
42%
22 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$24K
3 of 53 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
9
8 homes · ZBA & boards
block 15% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+29%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+268%
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 $251K — about 1.1× 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.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$251K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied13%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 170 reported crimes (45 violent) and 412 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
170
45 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
412
56 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts34
Other Assaults26
All Other Offenses18
Motor Vehicle Theft18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Aggravated Assault No Firearm11

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint72
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection57
Illegal Dumping52
Salting44
Traffic Signal Emergency21
Information Request20

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
Robert Morris
2600 W Thompson St · 216 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$251K2016: $68K2017: $68K2018: $118K2019: $169K2020: $195K2021: $195K2022: $195K2023: $214K2024: $214K2025: $240K2026: $240K2027: $251K2016202020232027

▲ +268% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1592016: $2952017: $4072018: $4142019: $4532020: $4542021: $4542022: $9922023: $1,4752024: $1,5922025: $2,0702026: $2,0702027: $3,1592016202020232027

▲ +971% since 2016 · ~+24%/yr

12
12 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 $45,798 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%
$3,768pays now $11,303at the full rate

1216 N 28th St is assessed at $808K but pays $3,768 a year — about 33% of the $11,303 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 +12.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 368 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $368 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+268%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6.1 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 36 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
30arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
36homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 53 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 5Absentee individual: 24Vacant: 1 53parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 5
  • Absentee individual 24
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

4 parcels9 parcels9 parcels17 parcels6 parcels4 parcels4 parcels
$108K$427K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
1238 N 28th Street (individual)1414$3.2Mphila.gov ↗
Kmpm Holdings Llc15$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Ghr Properties Llc14$966Kphila.gov ↗
Best William A Jr (individual)22$524Kphila.gov ↗
Hayfron Ventures Pa Llc11$179Kphila.gov ↗
F3 Investments Llc11$485Kphila.gov ↗
1238 N 28th Community Llc11$223Kphila.gov ↗
1239 N 28th Street Llc11$181Kphila.gov ↗
1241 N 28th St Llc11$427Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 53 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1212 N 28TH ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2009 → $90K in 2014 (+125%). Absentee individual $283K 4/1 1,838 1915 2 tax lien
1213 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $250K 2/2 1,259 2016 0
1213 N 28TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $331K 3/2 1,478 2016 0
1214 N 28TH ST Bought for $14K in 2007. Owner pulled a chimney and vent extension permit in 2025. Absentee individual $283K 4/1 1,838 1915 1
1215 N 28TH ST Bought for $70K in 2024, built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $635K in 2026. Owner-occupied $278K 4/1 1,896 1925 2 tax lien
1216 N 28TH ST Old house bought for $115K in 2023, demolished in 2023 and rebuilt (2024), then sold for $850K in 2025. Owner-occupied $808K 7/6 2,826 2025 5 rentedabated1 viol
1217 N 28TH ST Investor / LLC $321K 4/— 1,896 1915 1 rented
1218 N 28TH ST 4 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $128K —/— 0
1219 N 28TH ST Bought for $130K in 2024, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $575K in 2025. Owner-occupied $549K 4/— 2,300 1915 3 abated
1220 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $229K 2/1 650 2016 0 abated
1220 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $259K 2/1 726 2016 0 rentedabated
1220 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $306K 3/2 1,309 2016 0 abated
1221 N 28TH ST Owner-occupied $349K 3/1 2,544 1925 0
1222 N 28TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $256K 4/1 1,508 1915 0 abated
1223 N 28TH ST Owner-occupied $235K 1/1 708 2016 0 abated
1223 N 28TH ST Owner-occupied $289K 2/2 1,649 2016 0
1223 N 28TH ST Owner-occupied $228K 1/1 708 2016 0
1224 N 28TH ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $165K in 2025. Investor / LLC $239K 4/2 1,872 1915 2 6 violtax lien
1225-27 N 28TH ST built new under a 2015 permit. Owner-occupied $318K 2/1 1,350 2016 0
1225-27 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $301K 2/1 1,177 2016 0
1225-27 N 28TH ST Owner-occupied $314K 2/1 1,350 2016 0
1225-27 N 28TH ST Owner-occupied $289K 2/1 1,086 2016 0
1226 N 28TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,038 1925 0
1228 N 28TH ST Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,038 1925 0
1230 N 28TH ST Bought for $81K in 2024, addition and/or alteration permit in 2024, sold for $375K in 2026 (+366%). Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,038 1925 2
1231 N 28TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $130K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 tax lien
1232 N 28TH ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2018. Absentee individual $108K 3/1 1,038 1925 0
1233 N 28TH ST built new under a 2021 permit. Absentee individual $142K 2/1 728 1920 1
1234 N 28TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $140K in 2009. Owner-occupied $286K 3/1 1,038 1925 1 abated
1235 N 28TH ST Old house bought for $100K in 2017, demolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2018). Investor / LLC $485K 4/2 1,986 2018 1 abatedtax lien
1236 N 28TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,285 1925 0
1237 N 28TH ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $175K in 2022. Owner-occupied $337K 4/1 1,380 1925 1 abated
1238 N 28TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $223K 2/2 962 2012 0 rented2 viol
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $247K 2/2 1,072 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $155K 1/1 653 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $251K 2/2 1,101 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $155K 1/1 653 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $226K 2/2 972 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $258K 2/2 1,129 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Owner-occupied $247K 2/2 1,072 2012 0 rented
1238 N 28TH ST 8 L&I violations (2020). Owner-occupied $251K 2/2 1,088 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $258K 2/2 1,129 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $251K 2/2 1,101 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $247K 2/2 1,072 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $155K 1/1 653 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $232K 2/2 1,000 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1238 N 28TH ST Absentee individual $226K 2/2 972 2012 0 rentedtax lien
1239 N 28TH ST Bought for $115K in 2016. Owner pulled a use permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $181K 3/— 1,350 1925 1 rentedtax lien
1241 N 28TH ST Bought for $162K in 2016, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $400K in 2023. Investor / LLC $427K 4/— 1,680 1925 2 rentedtax lien
1243 N 28TH ST Bought for $92K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Absentee individual $192K 3/1 722 1925 1
1245 N 28TH ST Bought for $45K in 2015, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $489K in 2017. Owner-occupied $361K 4/2 1,629 2017 2 rentedabated
1247 N 28TH ST Bought for $45K in 2016, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $485K in 2017. Absentee individual $361K 4/2 1,629 2017 2 rentedabated
1249 N 28TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $167K 3/1 1,000 1925 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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