1200 block of S 52nd St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $254K — about 1.1× 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.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 133 reported crimes (50 violent) and 196 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $254K typical home, up +676% since 2016
• Tax bill $318 to $2,153 a year, +19%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $6.4M assessed, $71,325/yr to the city, about $2,378 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 1239 S 52nd Stexemption0.63%$1,142/yr on $182K
• 1237 S 52nd Stexemption0.66%$1,260/yr on $190K
• 1200 S 52nd Stexemption0.83%$2,042/yr on $246K
• 1206 S 52nd Stexemption0.85%$2,153/yr on $254K
• 1208 S 52nd Stexemption0.85%$2,153/yr on $254K
• …and 8 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +20.5% 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 $776 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 27 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 30 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

New construction

1241 S 52nd St

$66K · built new under a 2021 permit.

Renovated & sold on

1202 S 52nd St

$346K · Bought for $27K in 2009, alteration permit in 2009, sold for $135K in 2012 (+400%).

Renovated & sold on

1204 S 52nd St

$346K · Bought for $63K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $128K in 2014 (+103%).

Renovated & sold on

1233 S 52nd St

$278K · Bought for $39K in 2008, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $8.1M in 2021 (+20605%).

Renovated & sold on

1206 S 52nd St

$254K · Bought for $213K in 2019, alterations permit in 2020, sold for $310K in 2024 (+46%).

Renovated & sold on

1226 S 52nd St

$254K · Bought for $7K in 2001, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $8K in 2011 (+29%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.