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Who owns your block

1200 block of S 34th St

A mixed-ownership block: 17% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 156% since 2016, now about $154K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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
$154K
$116K–$1.1M
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$153
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $15K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 6
$4K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
17%
1 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$120
5 years
+95%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+156%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $154K — 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 blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$154K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied0%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 77 reported crimes (25 violent) and 157 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
77
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
157
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults17
All Other Offenses13
Thefts11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Theft from Vehicle6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect18
Salting17
Maintenance Complaint16
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection15
Other (Streets)11
Graffiti Removal9

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$154K2016: $60K2017: $60K2018: $72K2019: $74K2020: $79K2021: $79K2022: $79K2023: $178K2024: $178K2025: $156K2026: $146K2027: $154K2016202020232027

▲ +156% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1582016: $8422017: $8422018: $1,0072019: $1,0292020: $1,1072021: $1,1072022: $1,1072023: $2,0162024: $2,0162025: $1,8302026: $2,0382027: $2,1582016202020232027

▲ +156% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

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1 property 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 $4,034 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 256 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $256 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+156%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.4 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2019. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2019
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 3 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$116K$403K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Carey Scott (individual)23$340Kphila.gov ↗

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 6 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1200 S 34TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007). Vacant $403K —/— 0
1220 S 34TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Vacant $1.1M —/— 0
1232 S 34TH ST built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 926 1925 0 abated
1234 S 34TH ST 3 L&I violations (2008). Absentee individual $145K 3/1 926 1925 0
1236 S 34TH ST built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $110K in 2019. Absentee individual $164K 3/1 1,208 1925 1
1238 S 34TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $116K —/— 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)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.