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Who owns your block

1200 block of S 28th St

A mixed-ownership block: 48% owner-occupied, 36% investor-held, with 36 open code violations and 8 homes behind $56,802 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 182% since 2016, now about $206K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$206K
$84K–$704K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$166
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$79K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $206K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 50
$46K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
48%
23 of 50
city 41%
Rentals
20%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
36
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$57K
8 of 50 behind
▲ block 16% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
13
10 homes · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$256
5 years
+134%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+182%
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 $206K — about 0.9× 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$206K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied14%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 138 reported crimes (29 violent) and 384 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
138
29 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
384
67 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses37
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief22
Other Assaults21
Thefts20
Theft from Vehicle11
Fraud9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection87
Maintenance Complaint55
Illegal Dumping41
Street Defect36
Salting30
Abandoned Vehicle22

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
Universal Institute Charter School At Alcorn
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$206K2016: $73K2017: $73K2018: $73K2019: $82K2020: $88K2021: $88K2022: $88K2023: $161K2024: $161K2025: $191K2026: $191K2027: $206K2016202020232027

▲ +182% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6712016: $9572017: $9832018: $9832019: $1,0242020: $1,0662021: $9902022: $1,0982023: $1,4292024: $1,4292025: $2,4152026: $2,4152027: $2,6712016202020232027

▲ +179% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

10
10 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 $46,213 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

31 homes pay the full 1.40%19 pay less
$1,198pays now $5,988at the full rate

The starkest example: 1258 S 28th St is assessed at $428K but pays $1,198 a year — about 20% of the $5,988 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 +9.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 282 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $282 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+182%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.4 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 49 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 24 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
49arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
24homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 50 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 13Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 7 50parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 13
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

4 parcels4 parcels26 parcels3 parcels5 parcels1 parcels7 parcels
$84K$404K+

The block's largest owner, Greys Ferry 09 LLC, carries 2 open violations across 14 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Greys Ferry 09 LLC214$2.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Skira Holdings LLC15$2.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Byamba LLC13$254Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Keisha Mcclenton (individual)23$599Kphila.gov ↗
Rkca Investments LLC13$1.7Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Tkv Investments LLC12$464Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Jmwd Holdings INC22$788Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Ferry Down Under LLC12$259Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Thomas Gussie Estate Of (individual)22$402Kphila.gov ↗
1201 L N & D INC11$249Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Gf Development LLC11$108Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Done Right Housing LLC11$219Kphila.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 50 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 28TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $249K —/— 2,538 1920 0 tax lien
1203 S 28TH ST 3 L&I violations (2011); 6 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2017); 3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2021); sold $105K (2023). Investor / LLC $224K —/— 1,260 1920 1 3 violtax lien
1205 S 28TH ST Bought for $45K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $162K 3/1 1,260 1920 1 tax lien
1207 S 28TH ST 4 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $84K —/— 0
1209-13 S 28TH ST built new under a 2007 permit. Investor / LLC $704K —/— 2,400 2010 0 tax lien
1215 S 28TH ST 4 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2012). Absentee individual $274K —/— 2,225 1925 0 rentedtax lien
1217 S 28TH ST Investor / LLC $189K 3/1 1,218 1925 1 rented
1219 S 28TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $170K —/— 0 tax lien
1221-23 S 28TH ST Traded 2×: $2K in 2001 → $4K in 2011 (+187%). Vacant $211K —/— 2
1225-29 S 28TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2021. Absentee individual $274K 2/2 1,296 1925 2
1231 S 28TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $444K —/— 3,180 1915 0
1233 S 28TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $37K in 2018. Investor / LLC $368K 3/2 1,376 1925 1 abatedtax lien
1235 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,376 1925 0 abated
1236 S 28TH ST Bought for $7K in 2006, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $115K in 2022. Vacant $108K —/— 4
1237 S 28TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,376 1925 0 tax lien
1238 S 28TH ST Bought for $2K in 2005, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $290K in 2022 (+19233%). Owner-occupied $245K 3/1 1,184 1925 4
1239 S 28TH ST Bought for $2K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $206K 3/1 1,376 1925 1
1240 S 28TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,184 1925 0 24 violtax lien
1241 S 28TH ST Bought for $43K in 2015, built new under a 2016 permit. Investor / LLC $404K 7/7 3,349 2016 1 rented
1242 S 28TH ST Traded 2×: $70K in 2008 → $90K in 2013 (+29%). Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,316 1925 2
1243 S 28TH ST Bought for $107K in 2024. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $219K —/— 1,664 1925 1 3 viol
1244 S 28TH ST 2 L&I violations (2013). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,184 1925 0
1245 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $216K 4/1 1,538 1925 0 tax lien
1246 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,184 1925 0 abated
1247 S 28TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $120K in 2020. Investor / LLC $368K 3/2 1,376 1925 1 rentedabated
1248 S 28TH ST built new under a 2018 permit. Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,128 1925 0 tax lien
1249 S 28TH ST Bought for $63K in 2016, alteration permit in 2016, sold for $327K in 2022 (+419%). Owner-occupied $280K 3/2 1,408 1925 4 rented
1250 S 28TH ST Bought for $8K in 2010, major alteration permit in 2013, sold for $186K in 2024 (+2245%). Investor / LLC $191K 3/1 1,128 1925 3 rented4 viol
1251 S 28TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $206K 3/1 1,376 1925 0 tax lien
1252 S 28TH ST Bought for $133K in 2022. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $191K 3/1 1,128 1925 1 tax lien
1253 S 28TH ST Absentee individual $373K 3/3 1,405 2018 0 abated
1253 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $318K 3/3 1,200 2018 0 rentedabated
1254 S 28TH ST Bought for $13K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $292K in 2021 (+2236%). Owner-occupied $299K 2/2 1,128 1925 2 2 viol
1255 S 28TH ST Absentee individual $146K —/— 1,422 1925 0
1256 S 28TH ST Bought for $12K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $207K 3/1 1,128 1925 3
1257 S 28TH ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $197K 3/1 1,350 1925 0 abatedtax lien
1258 S 28TH ST Bought for $50K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $387K in 2018. Owner-occupied $428K 3/2 1,915 2018 2 abatedtax lien
1259 S 28TH ST 7 L&I violations (2008); L&I violation (2011). Absentee individual $197K 3/1 1,350 1925 0 rented
1260 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,128 1925 1 rented
1261 S 28TH ST Traded 4×: $5K in 2000 → $30K in 2010 (+567%). Investor / LLC $202K 3/1 1,350 1925 4 rented
1262 S 28TH ST Bought for $15K in 2008. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. Absentee individual $207K 3/1 1,128 1925 1
1263 S 28TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,350 1925 0 abatedtax lien
1264 S 28TH ST Bought for $124K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2021, sold for $328K in 2022 (+165%). Owner-occupied $191K 3/2 1,178 1925 3
1265 S 28TH ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,350 1925 0 abated
1266 S 28TH ST Vacant $101K —/— 0
1267 S 28TH ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $50K in 2025. Vacant $169K —/— 1
1268 S 28TH ST Vacant $101K —/— 0
1270 S 28TH ST Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,128 1925 0
1272 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,128 1925 1
1274 S 28TH ST Owner-occupied $295K 3/2 1,110 1925 1

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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