Who owns your block
1200 block of N 52nd St
A mixed-ownership block: 31% owner-occupied, 31% investor-held, with 14 open code violations and 15 homes behind $124,358 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 29% since 2016, now about $151K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $151K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19131 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $151K | $156K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 9% | 42% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 184 reported crimes (94 violent) and 255 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $151K typical home, up +29% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,638 to $2,019 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.7M assessed, $115,998/yr to the city, about $2,578 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +29% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +23% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1204 N 52nd St is assessed at $138K but pays $638 a year — about 33% of the $1,933 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.4% 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 $129 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 43 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 45 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 14
- Vacant 10
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Beech Interplex Inc, carries 8 open violations across 9 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Interplex Inc | 1 | 9 | $64M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Munoz Property Development Llc | 1 | 6 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hawk Richard C Sr (individual) | 2 | 4 | $349K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kenton L Brown (individual) | 2 | 3 | $284K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1205 52nd St Realty Llc | 1 | 1 | $275K | phila.gov ↗ |
| B&B Property Investment | 1 | 1 | $197K | phila.gov ↗ |
| B&B Property Investment G | 1 | 1 | $328K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ingram Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $152K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1215 Enterprises Llc | 1 | 1 | $126K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Potter Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $165K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Frena Llc | 1 | 1 | $144K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1236 Property Llc | 1 | 1 | $164K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 45 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200 N 52ND ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2023 and rebuilt (2020), then sold for $175K in 2020. | Vacant | $110K | — | — | 4 | 2 viol |
| 1201 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $30K in 2004. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $271K | 4,170 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1202 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $30K in 2014. Owner pulled a suppression permit in 2012. | Absentee individual | $96K | 1,200 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1203 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $60K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $110K | 1,519 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1204 N 52ND ST New constructionBought for $30K in 2003, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $68K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $138K | 2,656 | 1915 | 3 | abated |
| 1205-09 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $275K | 4,728 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 1206 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $871K in 2022. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. | Investor / LLC | $131K | 2,176 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1208 N 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $120K | 2,075 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1210 N 52ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $12K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $180K in 2017 (+1400%). | Investor / LLC | $197K | 2,218 | 1915 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1211 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $163K | 2,506 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1212 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $100K in 2013. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $328K | 3,864 | 1915 | 2 | 6 violtax lien |
| 1213 N 52ND ST Historysold $105K (2005); L&I violation (2007); 10 L&I violations (2009); 3 L&I violations (2016). | Owner-occupied | $323K | 2,009 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1214 N 52ND ST Historysold $25K (2008); 5 L&I violations (2017); L&I violation (2018); 11 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2024). | Owner-occupied | $152K | 2,238 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1215 N 52ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit, sold for $125K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $126K | 1,855 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1216 N 52ND ST HistoryL&I: VACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU (2007); sold $5K (2009); 6 L&I violations (2022); 3 L&I violations (2025). | Absentee individual | $133K | 2,459 | 1915 | 1 | 3 viol |
| 1217 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $40K in 2024. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2007. | Investor / LLC | $165K | 2,428 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1218 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $66K in 2018. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2012. | Vacant | $32K | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1219-23 N 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $388K | 8,088 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1220 N 52ND ST History2 L&I violations (2007); sold $66K (2018); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $32K | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1222 N 52ND ST History2 L&I violations (2007); L&I violation (2022); 3 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $32K | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1224 N 52ND ST History3 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023); 3 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $32K | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1225 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $30K in 2003. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. | Owner-occupied | $159K | 2,340 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1226 N 52ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $10K in 2002, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $240K in 2021 (+2300%). | Investor / LLC | $294K | 4,525 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1227-31 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $437K | 6,112 | 2003 | 0 | |
| 1228 N 52ND ST Historysold $165K (2006); 2 L&I violations (2014). | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3,128 | 1915 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 1230 N 52ND ST History6 L&I violations (2015); 3 L&I violations (2017); L&I: UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2020). | Absentee individual | $170K | 2,623 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1232 N 52ND ST | Owner-occupied | $144K | 2,623 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1233-35 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $168K | 2,592 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1234 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $100K in 2007. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $165K | 2,421 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1236 N 52ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $200K in 2019, major alteration permit in 2008, sold for $250K in 2024 (+150%). | Investor / LLC | $164K | 2,527 | 1915 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1237-45 N 52ND ST History2 L&I violations (2024). | Owner-occupied | $1.9M | 13,429 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1238 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $43K | 671 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1240 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $130K | 2,244 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1242 N 52ND ST History2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2021); 4 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $37K | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1244 N 52ND ST HistoryL&I violation (2017); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2025). | Vacant | $37K | — | — | 0 | |
| 1246 N 52ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $15K in 2002, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2017, sold for $64K in 2018 (+323%). | Vacant | $37K | — | — | 2 | tax lien |
| 1247 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2010. | Absentee individual | $151K | 2,223 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1248 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $118K | 2,244 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1249 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2008. | Absentee individual | $151K | 2,223 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1250 N 52ND ST History3 L&I violations (2021). | Investor / LLC | $136K | 2,617 | 1915 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 1251 N 52ND ST Renovated & sold onBought for $50K in 2005, use permit in 2009, sold for $80K in 2014 (+60%). | Absentee individual | $177K | 2,730 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1252 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $100K in 2021. Owner pulled a combined lot line relocation and new dev… permit in 2022. | Vacant | $92K | — | — | 1 | |
| 1253 N 52ND ST ImprovedBought for $25K in 2014. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $165K | 2,424 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1254 N 52ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $15K in 2016 → $100K in 2021 (+567%). | Vacant | $92K | — | — | 2 | |
| 1255 N 52ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $172K | 2,652 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)