1200 block of N Hollywood St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $278K — about 1.2× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $196K. 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: 159 reported crimes (43 violent) and 444 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

• $278K typical home, up +408% since 2016
• Tax bill $491 to $2,387 a year, +15%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $8.7M assessed, $72,417/yr to the city, about $2,194 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:

• 1238 N Hollywood Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,244/yr on $445K
• 1258 N Hollywood Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,295/yr on $463K
• 1256 N Hollywood Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,212/yr on $433K
• 1250 N Hollywood Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,221/yr on $436K
• 1236 N Hollywood Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,341/yr on $479K
• …and 13 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 1222 N Hollywood St is assessed at $528K but pays $2,462 a year — about 33% of the $7,387 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 +15.9% 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 $508 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 61 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 38 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

Torn down & rebuilt

1236 N Hollywood St

$479K · demolished and rebuilt (2017), then sold for $430K in 2021.

Torn down & rebuilt

1250 N Hollywood St

$436K · Old house bought for $7K in 2014, demolished and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $440K in 2021.

Torn down & rebuilt

1248 N Hollywood St

$340K · Old house bought for $7K in 2014, demolished in 2012 and rebuilt (2015), then sold for $351K in 2025.

Torn down & rebuilt

1240 N Hollywood St

$71K · demolished in 2023 and rebuilt (2023), then sold for $70K in 2024.

New construction

1222 N Hollywood St

$528K · Bought for $51K in 2016, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $530K in 2025.

New construction

1258 N Hollywood St

$463K · Bought for $44K in 2016, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $450K in 2019.

Neighborhood