Who owns your block
1200 block of S American St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 54% since 2016, now about $281K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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 $281K — about 1.3× 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 | $281K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 36 reported crimes (6 violent) and 200 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
- $281K typical home, up +54% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,946 to $2,947 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.9M assessed, $25,957/yr to the city, about $2,884 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +54% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +51% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
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:
- 1230 S American Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$1,429/yr on $511K
- 1236 S American Stexemption0.70%$1,401/yr on $200K
- 1220 S American Stexemption0.88%$2,406/yr on $272K
- 1226 S American Stexemption0.90%$2,534/yr on $281K
- 1224 S American Stexemption0.95%$2,947/yr on $311K
- …and 2 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
The starkest example: 1230 S American St is assessed at $511K but pays $1,429 a year — about 20% of the $7,147 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4% 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 $154 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 9 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 9 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1220 S AMERICAN ST ImprovedBought for $225K in 2014. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $272K | 2/2 | 1,051 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1222 S AMERICAN ST Renovated & sold onBought for $70K in 2010, demolition permit in 2010, sold for $385K in 2021 (+450%). | Owner-occupied | $396K | 3/2 | 1,325 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1224 S AMERICAN ST TradedTraded 2×: $265K in 2005 → $200K in 2017 (-25%). | Owner-occupied | $311K | —/— | 1,084 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1226 S AMERICAN ST TradedTraded 2×: $42K in 2002 → $245K in 2004 (+483%). | Owner-occupied | $281K | 2/1 | 900 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1228 S AMERICAN ST New constructionBought for $285K in 2012, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $410K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $389K | 3/2 | 1,225 | 2011 | 3 | |
| 1230 S AMERICAN ST New constructionBought for $100K in 2017, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $527K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $511K | 3/3 | 1,476 | 2021 | 3 | abated |
| 1234 S AMERICAN ST ImprovedBought for $129K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $262K | 3/1 | 1,006 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1236 S AMERICAN ST Renovated & sold onBought for $77K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $165K in 2017 (+116%). | Owner-occupied | $200K | 2/1 | 600 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1238 S AMERICAN ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. | Absentee individual | $242K | 3/1 | 792 | 1920 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)