1200 block of N 56th St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $142K — about 0.6× 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.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 118 reported crimes (61 violent) and 256 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

• $142K typical home, up +111% since 2016
• Tax bill $943 to $1,936 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $6.8M assessed, $68,946/yr to the city, about $1,467 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:

• 1258 N 56th Stexemption0.00%$0/yr on $18K
• 1216 N 56th Stexemption0.39%$533/yr on $138K
• 1217 N 56th Stexemption0.39%$536/yr on $138K
• 1227 N 56th Stexemption0.39%$536/yr on $138K
• 1231 N 56th Stexemption0.39%$536/yr on $138K
• …and 15 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +7% 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 $211 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 52 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Vision Quest Investments 3 LLC, carries 7 open violations across 42 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 47 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

Renovated & sold on

1222 N 56th St

$181K · Bought for $28K in 2016, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $158K in 2026 (+464%).

Renovated & sold on

1229 N 56th St

$138K · Bought for $48K in 2002, electrical permit in 2011, sold for $74K in 2015 (+53%).

Improved

1234 N 56th St

$199K · Bought for $190K in 2023. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021.

Improved

1254 N 56th St

$171K · Bought for $65K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025.

Improved

1226 N 56th St

$166K · Bought for $79K in 2018. Owner pulled a use permit in 2011.

Improved

1262 N 56th St

$145K · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.