Who owns your block
1200 block of S 51st St
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 23 open code violations and 1 home behind $2,232 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 562% since 2016, now about $345K. Property taxes are climbing about 17% 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 $345K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19143 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $345K | $152K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 41% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 99 reported crimes (33 violent) and 153 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
- $345K typical home, up +562% since 2016
- Tax bill $725 to $3,893 a year, +17%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.3M assessed, $60,706/yr to the city, about $3,373 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +562% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +437% since 2016 · ~+17%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1218 S 51st St is assessed at $493K but pays $1,465 a year — about 21% of the $6,900 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 +18.7% 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 $662 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 25 arm's-length sales since 1999. 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 9
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restorations Neighborhood (individual) | 3 | 556 | $20M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Robert H Levy (individual) | 2 | 20 | $7.8M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1212 S 51ST ST ImprovedBought for $213K in 2019. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $308K | —/— | 2,655 | 1915 | 1 | rented16 viol |
| 1214 S 51ST ST ImprovedBought for $47K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $403K | —/— | 2,925 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1216 S 51ST ST History10 L&I violations (2014); 7 L&I violations incl UNSAFE CONDITIONS (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018). | Absentee individual | $312K | —/— | 2,925 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1218 S 51ST ST | Absentee individual | $493K | —/— | 2,925 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1220 S 51ST ST New constructionBought for $30K in 2005, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $360K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $433K | —/— | 2,925 | 1915 | 4 | tax lien |
| 1222 S 51ST ST Improved | Vacant | $68K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1224 S 51ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $65K in 2015, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $500K in 2024 (+669%). | Owner-occupied | $520K | 6/2 | 2,920 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1226 S 51ST ST | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 2,850 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 1228 S 51ST ST New constructionBought for $26K in 2004, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $425K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $344K | —/— | 2,862 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 1230 S 51ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $70K in 2014, mechanical permit in 2015, sold for $355K in 2021 (+407%). | Owner-occupied | $347K | —/— | 2,856 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1232 S 51ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2008); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2012); 6 L&I violations (2013). | Owner-occupied | $349K | —/— | 2,850 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1234 S 51ST ST HistoryL&I violation (2008); L&I violation (2011); L&I violation (2012); L&I violation (2013). | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 2,850 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 1236 S 51ST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $60K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $342K in 2021 (+470%). | Owner-occupied | $320K | 6/3 | 3,120 | 1915 | 5 | |
| 1238 S 51ST ST History4 L&I violations (2026). | Owner-occupied | $349K | —/— | 2,850 | 1915 | 0 | rented4 viol |
| 1240 S 51ST ST History3 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 12 (2019). | Owner-occupied | $349K | —/— | 2,850 | 1915 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 1242 S 51ST ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $49K in 2002 → $507K in 2022 (+935%). | Owner-occupied | $374K | 6/3 | 2,849 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1244 S 51ST ST ImprovedBought for $33K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $282K | —/— | 2,850 | 1917 | 2 | |
| 1246 S 51ST ST Historysold $5K (1999); 2 L&I violations (2014). | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 2,380 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)