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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.

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
$373K
$8K–$898K
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$217
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$380K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $373K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 22
$22K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
91%
19 of 22
city 41%
Rentals
9%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$17K
1 of 22 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$235
5 years
+16%
value · tax +$266
10 years
+83%
value · tax +$2K

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 $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 blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$373K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied55%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.

Crimes · 12mo
35
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
191
37 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle8
Other Assaults7
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection49
Abandoned Vehicle30
Maintenance Complaint16
Street Defect14
Salting12
Information Request9

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 · K-8
Vare-Washington ES
1198 S 5th St · 370 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 students

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$373K2016: $205K2017: $205K2018: $205K2019: $298K2020: $323K2021: $323K2022: $323K2023: $348K2024: $348K2025: $366K2026: $366K2027: $373K2016202020232027

▲ +83% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,1572016: $2,4442017: $2,4442018: $2,4442019: $3,6022020: $3,8912021: $3,8912022: $3,8912023: $3,8212024: $3,5902025: $3,7172026: $3,9222027: $4,1572016202020232027

▲ +70% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 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 $22,288 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$3,590pays now $7,444at the full rate

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 183 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+83%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 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

$0$250K$500K19982004201020162022
35arm's-length sales since 1998
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 22 parcels

Owner-occupied: 19Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 22parcels
  • Owner-occupied 19
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels6 parcels5 parcels5 parcels
$8K$532K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
2039 Cleveland Llc11$400Kphila.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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1200 S 3RD ST Owner-occupied $313K —/— 1,080 1920 0
1202 S 3RD ST Traded 3×: $17K in 2000 → $255K in 2004 (+1445%). Owner-occupied $413K —/— 1,386 1920 3
1204 S 3RD ST Traded 4×: $240K in 2003 → $500K in 2020 (+108%). Owner-occupied $450K 4/1 1,647 1920 4
1206 S 3RD ST Bought for $364K in 2016. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $381K 4/1 1,968 1920 1
1207 S 3RD ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $532K —/— 2,814 1920 0 abated
1208 S 3RD ST Traded 4×: $85K in 2000 → $465K in 2019 (+447%). Owner-occupied $365K 3/2 1,807 1920 4
1209 S 3RD ST Traded 2×: $80K in 1999 → $370K in 2008 (+363%). Owner-occupied $416K —/— 1,918 1865 2
1210 S 3RD ST Traded 3×: $212K in 2002 → $480K in 2018 (+127%). Owner-occupied $480K 4/2 1,995 1918 3
1211 S 3RD ST Bought for $356K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $428K 5/1 2,071 1920 1
1212 S 3RD ST Bought 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 Bought for $400K in 2024. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $474K —/— 2,788 1915 1
1228 S 3RD ST Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought 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 built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $244K —/— 1,020 1920 0 abated
1235 S 3RD ST Bought 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 Owner 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)

Where this comes from

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