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1200 block of S 29th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 homes behind $5,428 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 194% since 2016, now about $212K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
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By the Numbers

Median value
$212K
$194K–$316K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$162
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$285K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $212K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
9 of 38
$48K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
71%
27 of 38
city 41%
Rentals
5%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
4 of 38 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
9
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$273
5 years
+151%
value · tax +$910
10 years
+194%
value · tax +$961

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 $212K — about 1.0× 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$212K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied45%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 120 reported crimes (33 violent) and 332 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
120
33 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
332
56 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses30
Other Assaults23
Thefts19
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Theft from Vehicle11
Fraud6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection77
Maintenance Complaint43
Illegal Dumping37
Street Defect31
Sanitation Violation27
Abandoned Vehicle19

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$125K$250K$212K2016: $72K2017: $72K2018: $72K2019: $76K2020: $85K2021: $85K2022: $85K2023: $161K2024: $161K2025: $193K2026: $193K2027: $212K2016202020232027

▲ +194% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5612016: $5962017: $6002018: $6002019: $5582020: $6512021: $6512022: $6512023: $1,1752024: $1,1342025: $1,2982026: $1,2882027: $1,5612016202020232027

▲ +162% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

9
9 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 $47,889 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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, 12 of 38 homes pay that full rate — and 26 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.

1.40% — the full rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
home on this blocktax-abated
$1,139pays now $4,253at the full rate

The starkest example: 1248 S 29th St is assessed at $304K but pays $1,139 a year — about 27% of the $4,253 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 +10.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 294 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $294 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+194%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.8 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 40 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
40arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 38 parcels

Owner-occupied: 27Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 10 38parcels
  • Owner-occupied 27
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 10

Value distribution today

17 parcels11 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$194K$314K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Dawn Tresoikas (individual)22$402Kphila.gov ↗
Gmajacq Llc11$314Kphila.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 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

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1230 S 29TH ST Owner-occupied $233K 4/1 1,376 1920 0 abated
1231 S 29TH ST Owner-occupied $227K 3/1 1,472 1920 0
1232 S 29TH ST built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $110K in 2019. Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 1,390 1920 1
1233 S 29TH ST Absentee individual $270K 3/1 1,377 1920 0 abated
1234 S 29TH ST Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,338 1920 1
1235 S 29TH ST Bought for $96K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,377 1920 1
1236 S 29TH ST Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,377 1920 0 abated
1237 S 29TH ST Bought for $50K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Absentee individual $300K 3/1 1,377 1920 2
1238 S 29TH ST Bought for $68K in 2008, addition and/or alteration permit in 2022, sold for $277K in 2024 (+307%). Owner-occupied $315K 3/1 1,252 1920 3
1239 S 29TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,273 1920 0
1240 S 29TH ST Owner-occupied $210K 3/1 1,338 1920 0
1241 S 29TH ST Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,494 1920 0 abated
1242 S 29TH ST Traded 2×: $23K in 2009 → $119K in 2010 (+417%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,248 1920 2
1243 S 29TH ST Bought for $14K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $181K in 2023 (+1193%). Absentee individual $223K 3/1 1,494 1920 3 tax lien
1244 S 29TH ST Bought for $24K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Absentee individual $199K 3/1 1,248 1920 1 rented
1245 S 29TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,494 1920 0 abated
1246 S 29TH ST Bought for $20K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,248 1920 3
1247 S 29TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $202K 3/1 1,276 1920 0 abated
1248 S 29TH ST Bought for $44K in 2000, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $327K in 2022. Absentee individual $304K 2/2 1,172 1920 3 abated
1249 S 29TH ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2010 → $229K in 2018 (+358%). Owner-occupied $316K 3/1 1,272 1920 2
1250 S 29TH ST Bought for $226K in 2017, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $330K in 2022 (+46%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/2 1,168 1920 2
1251 S 29TH ST Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,272 1920 1
1252 S 29TH ST Traded 2×: $155K in 2013 → $94K in 2014 (-39%). Absentee individual $194K 3/1 1,172 1920 2
1253 S 29TH ST Owner-occupied $211K 3/1 1,344 1920 0
1254 S 29TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,172 1920 0 abated
1255 S 29TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,224 1920 0
1256 S 29TH ST Bought for $21K in 2000, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2021, sold for $285K in 2026 (+1257%). Investor / LLC $314K 3/1 1,272 1920 3 rentedtax lien
1257 S 29TH ST Bought for $20K in 2011, major alteration permit in 2012, sold for $120K in 2014 (+503%). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,224 1920 2
1258 S 29TH ST Bought for $40K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Absentee individual $212K 3/1 1,351 1920 1 tax lien
1259 S 29TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,224 1920 0
1260 S 29TH ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,364 1920 0 abated
1261 S 29TH ST Bought for $4K in 2008. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,224 1920 1
1262 S 29TH ST 3 L&I violations (2011). Absentee individual $201K 3/1 1,252 1920 0
1263 S 29TH ST Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,224 1920 0 tax lien
1264 S 29TH ST Absentee individual $201K 3/1 1,252 1920 0
1265 S 29TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2003 → $180K in 2018 (+227%). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,224 1920 2
1266 S 29TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,252 1920 1
1267 S 29TH ST Bought for $40K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,224 1920 3

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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