Who owns your block
1200 block of S 32nd St
A mixed-ownership block: 39% owner-occupied, 28% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $11,557 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 196% since 2016, now about $163K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $163K — about 0.7× 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 | $163K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 22% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 128 reported crimes (32 violent) and 197 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
- $163K typical home, up +196% since 2016
- Tax bill $647 to $2,242 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.4M assessed, $66,481/yr to the city, about $3,693 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +196% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +247% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1237 S 32nd St is assessed at $157K but pays $302 a year — about 14% of the $2,202 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 +10.4% 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 $296 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Acquisitions Llc | 1 | 2 | $368K | phila.gov ↗ |
| William J Heisler (individual) | 2 | 2 | $155K | phila.gov ↗ |
| R G Woodstock Associates | 1 | 1 | $469K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Locust Street Commons Lp | 1 | 1 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Carney Enterprises Inc | 1 | 1 | $847K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ine Holdings Group Llc | 1 | 1 | $169K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200-18 S 32ND ST ImprovedBought for $96K in 2014. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2015. | Vacant | $469K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1201 S 32ND ST New constructionBought for $470K in 2012, built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $470K in 2012. | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 18,560 | 1925 | 4 | 3 viol |
| 1220-24 S 32ND ST History4 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); 4 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $847K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1229 S 32ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2017 → $148K in 2023 (+18%). | Investor / LLC | $169K | 2/1 | 1,314 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1231 S 32ND ST ImprovedBought for $31K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Absentee individual | $169K | 3/1 | 1,250 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1233 S 32ND ST ImprovedBought for $10K in 2002. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $163K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 1235 S 32ND ST ImprovedBought for $14K in 2000. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $157K | 3/1 | 1,038 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 1237 S 32ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $157K | 3/1 | 1,038 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1239 S 32ND ST | Owner-occupied | $157K | 3/1 | 1,038 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1241 S 32ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $162K | 3/1 | 1,122 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1243 S 32ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $163K | 2/1 | 1,134 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1245 S 32ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2020 → $270K in 2022 (+238%). | Owner-occupied | $246K | 3/1 | 1,038 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1247 S 32ND ST History5 L&I violations (2025). | Owner-occupied | $163K | 2/1 | 1,134 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1249 S 32ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2013 → $46K in 2015 (+156%). | Absentee individual | $163K | 2/2 | 1,134 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1251 S 32ND ST ImprovedBought for $63K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $246K | 3/1 | 1,038 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1252 S 32ND ST History2 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); 4 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $78K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1253 S 32ND ST Historysold $100K (2021); 5 L&I violations (2025). | Absentee individual | $164K | 3/1 | 1,134 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1254 S 32ND ST History2 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); 4 L&I violations (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026). | Vacant | $78K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)