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Who owns your block

1200 block of S 23rd St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 10 open code violations and 8 homes behind $76,202 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 133% since 2016, now about $246K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$246K
$40K–$3.5M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$185
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$218K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $246K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $50K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
20 of 60
$104K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
75%
45 of 60
city 41%
Rentals
15%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
10
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$76K
8 of 60 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$276
5 years
+84%
value · tax +$513
10 years
+133%
value · tax +$860

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 $246K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below 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$246K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied35%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (27 violent) and 271 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
114
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
271
40 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses30
Other Assaults18
Thefts15
Theft from Vehicle11
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Fraud8

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection98
Maintenance Complaint37
Salting17
Illegal Dumping11
Sanitation Violation11
Information Request10

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$246K2016: $105K2017: $105K2018: $105K2019: $121K2020: $130K2021: $130K2022: $134K2023: $210K2024: $210K2025: $231K2026: $231K2027: $246K2016202020232027

▲ +133% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,9742016: $1,1652017: $1,1142018: $1,1062019: $1,3832020: $1,4602021: $1,4602022: $1,4612023: $1,7842024: $1,8612025: $1,6982026: $1,6982027: $1,9742016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

20
20 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 $104,161 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%
$3,359pays now $8,518at the full rate

1215 S 23rd St is assessed at $609K but pays $3,359 a year — about 39% of the $8,518 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 +8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 233 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $233 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+133%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.5 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 66 arm's-length sales since 1994. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 30 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M19952002200920162023
66arm's-length sales since 1994
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
30homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 60 parcels

Owner-occupied: 45Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 1 60parcels
  • Owner-occupied 45
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels2 parcels33 parcels10 parcels5 parcels2 parcels6 parcels
$40K$561K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Phadc Scattered Sites Llc119$3.6Mphila.gov ↗
Wiser Property Solutions13$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Doyle Trinity Properties12$370Kphila.gov ↗
Linda C Meadows (individual)22$488Kphila.gov ↗
Landreth Management Partn11$3.5Mphila.gov ↗
Landreth Library Llc11$40Kphila.gov ↗
Secret Society Llc11$224Kphila.gov ↗
Wharton Square Holdings L11$374Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 60 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1201 S 23RD ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $3.5M —/— 66,619 1897 0 rented
1201 S 23RD ST Investor / LLC $40K —/— 6,300 1910 0
1208-12 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $149K —/— 1,785 1923 0 abated
1214 S 23RD ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $295K in 2000. Absentee individual $219K 3/1 1,213 1925 1 abated
1215 S 23RD ST Bought for $11K in 1998, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $645K in 2023. Absentee individual $609K 6/5 2,250 1915 3 abatedtax lien
1216 S 23RD ST Bought for $34K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $375K in 2024 (+4067%). Owner-occupied $328K 2/2 1,092 1925 6
1217 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,178 1925 0 tax lien
1218 S 23RD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,092 1925 0 4 violtax lien
1219 S 23RD ST Bought for $11K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $342K 3/1 1,178 1925 2
1220 S 23RD ST Investor / LLC $210K 3/1 1,092 1920 0 abated
1221 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,178 1925 1 tax lien
1222 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,092 1925 0 tax lien
1223 S 23RD ST Bought for $5K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $296K 3/1 1,178 1925 3
1224 S 23RD ST Bought for $220K in 2016. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $293K 3/1 1,180 1925 2
1225 S 23RD ST L&I violation (2007). Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,178 1925 0 rented
1226 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,092 1925 0 abated
1227 S 23RD ST Bought for $150K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $224K 3/1 1,178 1925 1 rented
1228 S 23RD ST Bought for $295K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Absentee individual $210K 3/1 1,092 1925 2 rented
1229 S 23RD ST Bought for $75K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $190K —/— 1,620 1925 1
1230 S 23RD ST built new under a 2026 permit. Vacant $98K —/— 0
1232 S 23RD ST Bought for $438K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $485K in 2021. Owner-occupied $513K 3/— 1,820 2018 2 rentedabated
1233 S 23RD ST Bought for $50K in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $282K 4/1 2,093 1925 2
1234 S 23RD ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $9K in 2003. Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,092 1925 1 abatedtax lien
1235 S 23RD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $279K 4/1 1,674 1925 0
1236 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $215K 3/1 1,092 1925 0
1237 S 23RD ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $252K 4/1 1,674 1925 0
1238 S 23RD ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $379K —/— 4,125 1910 0 abated
1239 S 23RD ST built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $250K in 2019. Owner-occupied $273K 4/1 1,674 1925 1
1240 S 23RD ST Bought for $53K in 2009. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2009. Absentee individual $263K —/— 2,020 1925 1 3 viol
1241 S 23RD ST 2 L&I violations (2022); 3 L&I violations (2026). Owner-occupied $252K 4/1 1,674 1925 0 3 viol
1242 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $226K 3/1 1,210 1925 0
1243 S 23RD ST Bought for $18K in 2011. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $271K 3/1 2,059 1925 3
1244 S 23RD ST Bought for $40K in 2003, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $320K in 2017. Owner-occupied $368K 3/2 1,322 1925 5 rentedabated
1245 S 23RD ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $255K 4/1 1,760 1925 0 tax lien
1246 S 23RD ST Bought for $85K in 2016, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $310K in 2017. Owner-occupied $323K 3/2 1,344 1925 4 abated
1247 S 23RD ST Traded 2×: $19K in 2003 → $88K in 2007 (+363%). Investor / LLC $260K 3/1 1,432 1925 2 rented
1248 S 23RD ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $561K 3/2 2,160 2021 0 abated
1249 S 23RD ST Bought for $12K in 2004. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,432 1925 1 tax lien
1250 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $561K 3/2 2,160 2021 0 abated
1251 S 23RD ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $247K 4/1 1,540 1925 0
1252 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $561K 3/2 2,160 2021 0 abated
1253 S 23RD ST Absentee individual $240K 3/1 1,432 1925 0 abated
1254 S 23RD ST Bought for $112K in 2009. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $226K 3/1 1,252 1925 1
1255 S 23RD ST built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $257K 4/1 1,792 1925 0 abated
1256 S 23RD ST Bought for $160K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $337K in 2018. Owner-occupied $423K 3/2 1,252 1925 2 abated
1257 S 23RD ST Bought for $140K in 2005, use permit in 2009, sold for $404K in 2021 (+189%). Owner-occupied $457K 6/2 2,032 1925 3
1258 S 23RD ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $245K 3/1 1,252 1925 0 abated
1259 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 abated
1260 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $241K 3/1 1,384 1925 0 abated
1261 S 23RD ST Bought for $19K in 2002, alteration permit in 2008, sold for $116K in 2009 (+512%). Owner-occupied $320K 3/1 1,344 1925 4
1262 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $226K 3/1 1,252 1925 1
1263 S 23RD ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $236K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 tax lien
1264 S 23RD ST Bought for $5K in 2014. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $339K 3/2 1,524 1925 1
1265 S 23RD ST 2 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7 (2016). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,344 1925 0 tax lien
1266 S 23RD ST Investor / LLC $374K 3/1 1,356 1925 1 tax lien
1267 S 23RD ST Bought for $75K in 2003. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $234K —/— 2,000 1925 3 rented
1268 S 23RD ST Owner-occupied $226K 3/1 1,252 1925 0 tax lien
1270 S 23RD ST Absentee individual $239K 3/1 1,351 1925 1 rented
1272 S 23RD ST Bought for $45K in 2015, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $418K in 2022 (+423%). Owner-occupied $327K 3/2 1,386 1925 5
1274 S 23RD ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $163K —/— 3,770 0 abated

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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