Who owns your block
1200 block of S 3rd St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 91% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $16,734 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 83% since 2016, now about $373K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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 $373K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $373K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 35 reported crimes (9 violent) and 191 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
- $373K typical home, up +83% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,444 to $4,157 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.2M assessed, $93,110/yr to the city, about $4,232 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +83% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +70% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1207 S 3rd St is assessed at $532K but pays $3,590 a year — about 48% of the $7,444 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% 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 $183 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 35 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 19
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2039 Cleveland Llc | 1 | 1 | $400K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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 S 3RD ST | Owner-occupied | $313K | —/— | 1,080 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1202 S 3RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $17K in 2000 → $255K in 2004 (+1445%). | Owner-occupied | $413K | —/— | 1,386 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1204 S 3RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $240K in 2003 → $500K in 2020 (+108%). | Owner-occupied | $450K | 4/1 | 1,647 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1206 S 3RD ST ImprovedBought for $364K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $381K | 4/1 | 1,968 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1207 S 3RD ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $532K | —/— | 2,814 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1208 S 3RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $85K in 2000 → $465K in 2019 (+447%). | Owner-occupied | $365K | 3/2 | 1,807 | 1920 | 4 | |
| 1209 S 3RD ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 1999 → $370K in 2008 (+363%). | Owner-occupied | $416K | —/— | 1,918 | 1865 | 2 | |
| 1210 S 3RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $212K in 2002 → $480K in 2018 (+127%). | Owner-occupied | $480K | 4/2 | 1,995 | 1918 | 3 | |
| 1211 S 3RD ST ImprovedBought for $356K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $428K | 5/1 | 2,071 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1212 S 3RD ST ImprovedBought for $88K in 2000. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $327K | —/— | 1,536 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1213 S 3RD ST | Owner-occupied | $335K | —/— | 1,584 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1221 S 3RD ST | Owner-occupied | $301K | —/— | 1,496 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1223 S 3RD ST | Owner-occupied | $262K | —/— | 1,057 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1226 S 3RD ST ImprovedBought for $400K in 2024. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $474K | —/— | 2,788 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1228 S 3RD ST New constructionBought for $240K in 2005, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $355K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $400K | —/— | 2,016 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1230 S 3RD ST New constructionBought for $100K in 1998, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $147K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $557K | —/— | 1,824 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1231 S 3RD ST Renovated & sold onBought for $80K in 2014, zoning permit in 2014, sold for $360K in 2024 (+350%). | Absentee individual | $332K | 2/1 | 869 | 1920 | 4 | rented |
| 1233 S 3RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $244K | —/— | 1,020 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1235 S 3RD ST ImprovedBought for $155K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $246K | 2/1 | 852 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1237 S 3RD ST | Vacant | $83K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1239 S 3RD ST | Vacant | $8K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1245-49 S 3RD ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $898K | —/— | 5,544 | 1920 | 2 | rented1 violtax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)