Who owns your block
1200 block of S 31st St
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held, with 2 homes behind $6,815 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 246% since 2016, now about $241K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% a year.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 $241K — 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 block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $241K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 25% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 146 reported crimes (34 violent) and 235 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
- $241K typical home, up +246% since 2016
- Tax bill $554 to $2,478 a year, +15%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.3M assessed, $56,485/yr to the city, about $2,354 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +246% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +347% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1214 S 31st St is assessed at $562K but pays $2,359 a year — about 30% of the $7,864 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 +12% 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 $346 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 34 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M & F Realty Llc | 1 | 4 | $706K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jrgeg Llc | 1 | 4 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 31ST ST ImprovedBought for $140K in 2012. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $310K | —/— | 1,820 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1212 S 31ST ST New constructionBought for $115K in 2023, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $160K in 2025. | Absentee individual | $203K | 4/1 | 1,640 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1214 S 31ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $150K in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $562K | 5/— | 2,208 | 2025 | 4 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1216 S 31ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit. | Vacant | $79K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1218 S 31ST ST TradedTraded 2×: $13K in 2003 → $70K in 2006 (+438%). | Owner-occupied | $188K | 3/1 | 1,324 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1220 S 31ST ST New constructionBought for $20K in 2014, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $469K | 4/2 | 2,400 | 2018 | 1 | abated |
| 1222 S 31ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $110K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $366K in 2021 (+233%). | Owner-occupied | $372K | 3/2 | 1,821 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1224 S 31ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $263K | 3/2 | 1,704 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1226 S 31ST ST New constructionBought for $70K in 2016, built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $260K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $323K | 3/2 | 1,821 | 1925 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1228 S 31ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $110K in 2017, alterations permit in 2023, sold for $375K in 2024 (+241%). | Owner-occupied | $363K | 4/2 | 1,704 | 1923 | 3 | |
| 1230 S 31ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $237K | 4/1 | 1,804 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1232 S 31ST ST | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1234 S 31ST ST | Absentee individual | $177K | 3/1 | 1,226 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1236 S 31ST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/1 | 1,228 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1238 S 31ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $143K in 2018, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $325K in 2023 (+128%). | Absentee individual | $296K | 3/2 | 1,358 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1240 S 31ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $25K in 2015, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $248K in 2019 (+892%). | Owner-occupied | $284K | 3/2 | 1,300 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1242 S 31ST ST ImprovedBought for $45K in 2007. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $181K | 3/1 | 1,296 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 1244 S 31ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2024). | Vacant | $77K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1246 S 31ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. | Absentee individual | $315K | —/— | 2,118 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 1248 S 31ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $1K in 2010 → $182K in 2018 (+18100%). | Owner-occupied | $313K | —/— | 1,666 | 1925 | 4 | tax lien |
| 1250 S 31ST ST History3 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2019). | Owner-occupied | $230K | —/— | 1,666 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1252 S 31ST ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $241K | —/— | 1,874 | 1925 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 1254 S 31ST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $241K | —/— | 1,874 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1256 S 31ST ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $177K | 5/— | 1,800 | 1925 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)