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Who owns your block

1200 block of N 31st St

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 10 open code violations and 2 homes behind $18,496 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 267% since 2016, now about $462K. Property taxes are climbing about 18% 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
$462K
$186K–$605K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$231
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1943
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
50%
7 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
14%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▲ block 14% · city 5%
Back taxes
$18K
2 of 14 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
8
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 36% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$60
5 years
+35%
value · tax +$5K
10 years
+274%
value · tax +$5K

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 $462K — about 2.1× 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$462K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied29%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 156 reported crimes (23 violent) and 239 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
156
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
239
54 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts78
Motor Vehicle Theft19
Theft from Vehicle17
Other Assaults13
Burglary Residential7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7

Top 311 complaints

Salting31
Maintenance Complaint28
Abandoned Vehicle24
Street Light Outage20
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection19
Illegal Dumping18

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$500K$1.0M$462K2016: $126K2017: $124K2018: $271K2019: $330K2020: $342K2021: $342K2022: $342K2023: $367K2024: $367K2025: $461K2026: $461K2027: $462K2016202020232027

▲ +267% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,4722016: $1,0512017: $1,1912018: $1,4052019: $1,4282020: $1,4652021: $1,4652022: $1,4652023: $1,7062024: $2,4152025: $2,8702026: $6,4122027: $6,4722016202020232027

▲ +516% since 2016 · ~+18%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 367 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $367 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+267%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
24arm's-length sales since 2002
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 4 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels6 parcels
$186K$583K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Steph-Sin Development Llc23$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Powe'Fessional Capital Ll11$186Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 14 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1213 N 31ST ST Bought for $369K in 2016, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $499K in 2023. Owner-occupied $583K 3/4 1,887 2015 2
1215 N 31ST ST built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $325K in 2015. Owner-occupied $583K 3/4 1,887 2015 1
1217 N 31ST ST built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $372K in 2015. Owner-occupied $583K 3/3 1,887 2015 1 rented
1219 N 31ST ST Bought for $24K in 2008, use permit in 2008, sold for $349K in 2015 (+1352%). Owner-occupied $458K 3/2 1,980 1960 3 1 viol
1221 N 31ST ST Bought for $230K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Absentee individual $466K 6/3 2,970 1904 2
1223 N 31ST ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,058 1925 1 tax lien
1225 N 31ST ST Absentee individual $197K 3/1 1,058 1925 1 rented
1227 N 31ST ST Bought for $75K in 2005. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2017. Absentee individual $217K 3/2 1,310 1920 4
1229 N 31ST ST Bought for $15K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,152 1925 2
1231 N 31ST ST Owner-occupied $259K 3/1 1,130 1925 1 tax lien
1233 N 31ST ST Bought for $140K in 2011. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $186K —/— 1,242 1925 3 9 violtax lien
1235 N 31ST ST Bought for $2K in 2004, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $19K in 2011. Investor / LLC $605K 4/3 2,025 2011 2
1237 N 31ST ST built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $330K in 2014. Absentee individual $574K 3/3 1,920 2013 1
1239 N 31ST ST built new under a 2012 permit. Investor / LLC $574K 3/— 1,920 2013 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.