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Who owns your block

1200 block of S St Bernard St

A mixed-ownership block: 28% owner-occupied, 18% investor-held, with 11 open code violations and 4 homes behind $21,770 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 180% since 2016, now about $140K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$140K
$25K–$241K
ZIP median $152K
Price / sq ft
$149
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$85K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $140K
Tax / yr
$566
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 60
$32K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
28%
17 of 60
city 41%
Rentals
42%
25 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
11
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$22K
4 of 60 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+19%
value · tax +$222
5 years
+251%
value · tax +$248
10 years
+180%
value · tax +$251

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 $140K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19143 median of $152K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19143 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19143Philadelphia
Median home value$140K$152K$223K
Owner-occupied28%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 50 reported crimes (18 violent) and 155 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
50
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
155
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults12
Thefts9
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Theft from Vehicle4
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint33
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Abandoned Vehicle23
Illegal Dumping10
Information Request9
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance6

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
Benjamin B Comegys
5100 Greenway Ave · 213 students
High · 9-12
John Bartram
2401 S 67th St · 594 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$100K$200K$140K2016: $50K2017: $50K2018: $50K2019: $37K2020: $40K2021: $40K2022: $40K2023: $94K2024: $94K2025: $118K2026: $118K2027: $140K2016202020232027

▲ +180% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5662016: $3152017: $3152018: $3302019: $2952020: $3192021: $3192022: $3182023: $3302024: $3302025: $3442026: $3442027: $5662016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

5
5 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 $32,190 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

35 homes pay the full 1.40%25 pay less
$945pays now $2,914at the full rate

The starkest example: 1230 S Saint Bernard St is assessed at $208K but pays $945 a year — about 32% of the $2,914 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7410050020162019202220252027This block 280 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $280 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+180%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.3 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2016. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 44 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20162018202020222024
20arm's-length sales since 2016
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
44homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 60 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 10Absentee individual: 27Vacant: 6 60parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 10
  • Absentee individual 27
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

20 parcels0 parcels5 parcels0 parcels27 parcels2 parcels6 parcels
$25K$208K+

The block's largest owner, Wpre IV LP, carries 1 open violation across 50 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Wpre IV LP250$1.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Kurt Properties LLC126$839Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Ballas Properties LLC112$2.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Zoya Real Estate LLC15$693Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Axe Property Group LLC15$1.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Mchaya2 LLC12$270Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
True Ventures11$96Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Askari Investments LLC11$147Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Mountis Investments LLC 511$140Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Saint Bernard Realty LLC11$140Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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 60 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

New construction
1230 S Saint Bernard St
$208K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $52K in 2022.
New construction
1214 S Saint Bernard St
$25K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $659K in 2016.
New construction
1248 S Saint Bernard St
$25K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $659K in 2016.
Improved
1245 S Saint Bernard St
$39K ·
Improved
1261 S Saint Bernard St
$39K ·
Traded
1228 S Saint Bernard St
$241K · Traded 2×: $110K in 2022 → $260K in 2023 (+136%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1210 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $148K 3/1 1,032 1940 0
1211 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $101K 3/1 1,032 1940 1
1212 S SAINT BERNARD ST Vacant $39K —/— — — 0 tax lien
1213 S SAINT BERNARD ST HistoryAppeal city affirmed (2012). Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1214 S SAINT BERNARD ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $659K in 2016. Investor / LLC $25K 3/1 1,025 1940 1 rentedabated
1215 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,478 1911 0 rented
1216 S SAINT BERNARD ST Investor / LLC $140K 3/1 944 1940 0 rented
1217 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K —/— 944 1925 0 rented
1218 S SAINT BERNARD ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2022 → $248K in 2023 (+148%). Absentee individual $178K 3/1 944 1940 2
1219 S SAINT BERNARD ST TradedTraded 2×: $82K in 2021 → $304K in 2022 (+273%). Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 944 1940 2 tax lien
1220 S SAINT BERNARD ST Investor / LLC $140K 3/1 944 1940 1 rentedtax lien
1221 S SAINT BERNARD ST Vacant $39K —/— — — 1
1222 S SAINT BERNARD ST Investor / LLC $96K 3/1 944 1940 0 rented
1223 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $188K 4/1 1,848 1940 0 abated
1224 S SAINT BERNARD ST Vacant $39K —/— — — 1 tax lien
1225 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K —/— 944 1925 0 rented
1226 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1227 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K —/1 910 1940 0 rented
1228 S SAINT BERNARD ST TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 2022 → $260K in 2023 (+136%). Owner-occupied $241K 3/2 944 1940 2
1229 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1230 S SAINT BERNARD ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $52K in 2022. Investor / LLC $208K 3/1 944 1940 1 rentedabated
1231 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $140K 3/1 944 1940 0 rented
1232 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K 3/1 944 1940 0
1233 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K 3/1 944 1940 0 rented
1234 S SAINT BERNARD ST Investor / LLC $147K 3/1 1,019 1940 1
1235 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $96K 3/1 944 1940 0 3 viol
1236 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1237 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K —/— 944 1925 0 rented
1238 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $96K 3/1 944 1940 0 8 violtax lien
1239 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1240 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0 tax lien
1241 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $140K 3/1 944 1940 0 rented
1242 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 944 1940 1
1243 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $96K 3/1 944 1940 0 rented
1244 S SAINT BERNARD ST Vacant $39K —/— — — 0
1245 S SAINT BERNARD ST Improved Vacant $39K —/— — — 0 tax lien
1246 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1247 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K 3/1 944 1940 0
1248 S SAINT BERNARD ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $659K in 2016. Investor / LLC $25K 3/1 1,038 1940 1 rentedabated
1249 S SAINT BERNARD ST TradedTraded 2×: $35K in 2023 → $85K in 2023 (+143%). Absentee individual $140K 3/1 944 1940 2 tax lien
1250 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $140K 3/1 944 1940 1 rented
1251 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K —/— 944 1940 0 rented
1252 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $140K 2/1 944 1940 0 abated
1253 S SAINT BERNARD ST Investor / LLC $140K 3/1 944 1940 0 rented
1254 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $188K 3/1 1,040 1940 0 rented
1255 S SAINT BERNARD ST Investor / LLC $140K 3/1 944 1940 1 rented
1256 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $140K 3/1 944 1940 0 rented
1257 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1258 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0 tax lien
1259 S SAINT BERNARD ST Investor / LLC $140K 3/1 944 1940 1
1260 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1261 S SAINT BERNARD ST Improved Vacant $39K —/— — — 0
1262 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K —/— 876 1940 0 rented
1263 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1264 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $140K —/— 944 1940 0 rented
1265 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K 3/1 944 1940 0 rented
1266 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1267 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $140K 3/1 944 1940 0
1268 S SAINT BERNARD ST Absentee individual $25K —/— 1,146 1940 0 rented
1269 S SAINT BERNARD ST Owner-occupied $157K 3/1 1,146 1940 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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