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Who owns your block

1200 block of S 19th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 13 homes behind $129,269 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 178% since 2016, now about $357K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$357K
$64K–$662K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$211
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$340K
5 sold in 2yr
assessed $357K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 51
$51K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
63%
32 of 51
city 41%
Rentals
10%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$129K
13 of 51 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
9
8 homes · ZBA & boards
block 16% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$276
5 years
+59%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+178%
value · tax +$2K

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 $357K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$357K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied31%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 133 reported crimes (22 violent) and 393 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
133
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
393
49 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses23
Motor Vehicle Theft18
Thefts18
Other Assaults15
Offenses Against Family and Children12
Theft from Vehicle12

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection132
Maintenance Complaint69
Salting38
Illegal Dumping20
Sanitation Violation20
Street Defect15

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
Edwin M Stanton
901 S 17th St · 316 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 students

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$250K$500K$357K2016: $128K2017: $128K2018: $135K2019: $213K2020: $225K2021: $225K2022: $225K2023: $313K2024: $313K2025: $331K2026: $331K2027: $357K2016202020232027

▲ +178% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,9382016: $1,5092017: $1,5092018: $1,5092019: $2,0962020: $2,2272021: $2,5632022: $2,7802023: $3,5922024: $3,5922025: $3,6622026: $3,6622027: $3,9382016202020232027

▲ +161% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

7
7 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $50,636 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$2,955pays now $9,264at the full rate

1226 S 19th St is assessed at $662K but pays $2,955 a year — about 32% of the $9,264 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 278 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $278 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+178%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.2 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 100 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M20052010201520202025
100arm's-length sales since 2002
2times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 51 parcels

Owner-occupied: 32Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 10Vacant: 5 51parcels
  • Owner-occupied 32
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 10
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

1 parcels5 parcels4 parcels13 parcels6 parcels14 parcels8 parcels
$64K$504K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Emerald Properties Of Phi122$5.9Mphila.gov ↗
Ben Investment Property L15$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Dorothy Perrine (individual)34$702Kphila.gov ↗
1229 S 19th St Llc11$250Kphila.gov ↗
P&M Creative Homes Llc11$287Kphila.gov ↗
1237 Mms Llc11$375Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 51 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1201 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $420K —/— 2,712 1915 0 tax lien
1203 S 19TH ST Traded 2×: $11K in 2005 → $146K in 2006 (+1227%). Owner-occupied $273K 3/1 1,318 1925 2
1205 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $293K 3/1 1,574 1925 0
1207 S 19TH ST Bought for $46K in 2002, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $49K in 2011. Investor / LLC $187K 3/1 1,268 1925 2
1208 S 19TH ST Vacant $170K —/— 0
1209 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $252K 3/1 1,196 1925 0 tax lien
1210 S 19TH ST Vacant $161K —/— 0 tax lien
1211 S 19TH ST Bought for $14K in 2003. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Absentee individual $267K 3/1 1,352 1925 1 rented
1212 S 19TH ST L&I violation (2017). Vacant $161K —/— 0 1 violtax lien
1213 S 19TH ST Traded 5×: $47K in 2002 → $430K in 2022 (+815%). Owner-occupied $375K 3/1 1,444 1925 5
1214 S 19TH ST Bought for $72K in 2011, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $125K in 2012. Owner-occupied $225K 3/2 1,584 1925 2
1215 S 19TH ST Bought for $48K in 2002, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $401K in 2021 (+735%). Owner-occupied $366K 3/1 1,444 1925 5
1216 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,260 1925 0 tax lien
1217 S 19TH ST Bought for $41K in 2009, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $650K in 2024. Owner-occupied $478K 3/2 2,062 2011 5
1218 S 19TH ST Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,260 1925 0 tax lien
1220 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $273K 3/1 1,312 1925 0
1221 S 19TH ST Bought for $240K in 2013, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $274K in 2015. Absentee individual $431K 3/3 2,280 1915 3 3 viol
1222 S 19TH ST Bought for $512K in 2017, built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated), sold for $605K in 2024. Owner-occupied $504K 4/2 1,934 1925 5 abated
1223 S 19TH ST Traded 4×: $42K in 2004 → $326K in 2021 (+676%). Absentee individual $326K 3/2 1,176 1925 4 rented
1224 S 19TH ST Bought for $75K in 2008, alteration permit in 2008, sold for $345K in 2017 (+2200%). Owner-occupied $406K 3/2 1,752 1925 5
1225 S 19TH ST Bought for $10K in 2007, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $480K in 2025. Owner-occupied $436K 3/2 1,668 2011 4
1226 S 19TH ST Bought for $166K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $575K in 2023. Owner-occupied $662K 4/4 2,499 1925 3 abatedtax lien
1227 S 19TH ST Bought for $120K in 2010, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $490K in 2023. Owner-occupied $436K 3/2 1,668 2011 5
1228 S 19TH ST Owner-occupied $307K 4/1 1,984 1925 0 abated
1229 S 19TH ST Bought for $120K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $250K 3/1 1,226 1925 1
1230 S 19TH ST Bought for $38K in 2006, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $375K in 2023 (+37400%). Owner-occupied $394K 4/2 1,728 1925 5
1231 S 19TH ST Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,176 1925 0 abated
1232 S 19TH ST Bought for $160K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $287K 3/1 1,572 1925 2
1233 S 19TH ST Bought for $18K in 2005, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $480K in 2022 (+2523%). Owner-occupied $482K 5/2 1,824 1915 3
1234 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $281K 3/1 1,416 1925 0
1235 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $357K 4/1 2,178 1915 0 tax lien
1236 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $381K 3/1 1,416 1925 0
1237 S 19TH ST built new under a 2008 permit. Investor / LLC $375K 3/1 1,778 1915 0 tax lien
1238 S 19TH ST Bought for $15K in 2005, electrical permit in 2015, sold for $340K in 2016 (+2167%). Owner-occupied $399K 3/2 1,586 1925 5
1239 S 19TH ST Bought for $9K in 2006, demolition permit in 2007, sold for $310K in 2026 (+3360%). Owner-occupied $414K 3/2 1,440 1925 2
1240 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2022. Vacant $161K —/— 0 tax lien
1241 S 19TH ST Bought for $10K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. Absentee individual $442K 3/2 1,800 1925 2 tax lien
1242 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $296K 4/1 1,806 1925 0 rentedtax lien
1243 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a addition permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $329K 4/1 1,752 1925 0
1244 S 19TH ST Traded 2×: $15K in 2003 → $15K in 2010 (+0%). Absentee individual $387K 6/2 2,048 1925 2
1245 S 19TH ST Owner-occupied $312K —/— 1,622 1925 0 abated
1246 S 19TH ST sold $15K (2003); L&I violation (2017). Owner-occupied $308K —/— 2,214 1915 1
1247 S 19TH ST Bought for $20K in 2006, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $225K in 2011. Absentee individual $476K 3/2 2,096 2009 5 rentedtax lien
1248 S 19TH ST Bought for $85K in 2009. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $391K 5/2 2,046 1925 1 tax lien
1249-53 S 19TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Vacant $64K —/— 0
1250 S 19TH ST Bought for $110K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $305K in 2021 (+177%). Owner-occupied $387K 3/2 1,404 1925 4
1252 S 19TH ST Bought for $41K in 2011, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $340K in 2024 (+871%). Owner-occupied $380K 3/2 1,376 1925 7
1254 S 19TH ST Bought for $40K in 2014, built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $550K in 2021. Owner-occupied $542K 4/3 2,456 2017 3 abated
1255 S 19TH ST Bought for $253K in 2014. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $441K 3/2 1,787 1925 2
1257 S 19TH ST Bought for $24K in 2009, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $198K in 2018 (+725%). Absentee individual $269K 3/1 1,266 1925 2 rented
1259 S 19TH ST Bought for $160K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $540K in 2019. Absentee individual $590K 3/2 1,964 2018 2 abated

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