Who owns your block
1200 block of S 12th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 77% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 130% since 2016, now about $489K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 $489K — about 2.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $489K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 147 reported crimes (25 violent) and 266 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
- $489K typical home, up +130% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,550 to $6,042 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $13M assessed, $158,447/yr to the city, about $6,094 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +130% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +137% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 14 of 26 homes pay that full rate — and 12 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.
The starkest example: 1241 S 12th St is assessed at $750K but pays $8,316 a year — about 79% of the $10,499 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 +7.9% 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 $230 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Randall (individual) | 3 | 3 | $893K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ryan Tooley (individual) | 2 | 2 | $427K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hong Ki Hyon (individual) | 2 | 2 | $767K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lin Torres Family Revocable Trust | 1 | 1 | $765K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Oscar Star LLC | 1 | 1 | $129K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
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 26 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 | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1204-10 S 12TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2013), then sold for $790K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $773K | —/— | 2,614 | 2013 | 2 | |
| 1204-10 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $784K | —/— | 2,614 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 1204-10 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $765K | —/— | 2,614 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 1204-10 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $815K | —/— | 2,835 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 1204-10 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $773K | —/— | 2,614 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 1204-10 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $765K | 4/2 | 2,614 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 1216 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $397K | 2/2 | 1,286 | 2012 | 0 | rented |
| 1216 S 12TH ST | Vacant | $30K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1216 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $408K | 2/2 | 1,333 | 2012 | 0 | |
| 1216 S 12TH ST | Vacant | $30K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1216 S 12TH ST | Vacant | $30K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1216 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $129K | —/— | 649 | 2012 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1218 S 12TH ST ImprovedBought for $139K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $693K | —/— | 3,238 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1220 S 12TH ST ImprovedBought for $250K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. | Absentee individual | $540K | —/— | 2,319 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1222 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $456K | 4/1 | 1,650 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1224 S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $285K in 2017. | Absentee individual | $667K | 3/2 | 1,740 | 1915 | 1 | abated |
| 1226 S 12TH ST History3 L&I violations (2025). | Absentee individual | $289K | —/— | 2,019 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1228 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $479K | —/— | 3,520 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1229 S 12TH ST New constructionBought for $227K in 2006, built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $500K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $519K | 2/1 | 1,280 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1231 S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $366K | 3/1 | 1,292 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1233 S 12TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $48K in 2001, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $456K in 2022 (+849%). | Owner-occupied | $434K | 3/1 | 1,272 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1235 S 12TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $100K in 2016, demolition permit in 2016, sold for $581K in 2022 (+481%). | Owner-occupied | $495K | 3/2 | 1,361 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1237 S 12TH ST ImprovedBought for $480K in 2022. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $484K | —/— | 1,606 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1239 S 12TH ST ImprovedBought for $485K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $417K | —/— | 1,601 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1241 S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $750K | 4/3 | 1,872 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1243 S 12TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $120K in 2013, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $480K in 2015 (+300%). | Owner-occupied | $656K | —/— | 1,872 | 1920 | 2 |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)