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Who owns your block

1200 block of South St

A mixed-ownership block: 48% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 1 home behind $8,426 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 39% since 2016, now about $331K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    The block appreciated 3.1% per year since 2016, trailing the city rate of 6.5% per year by 3.4 percentage points.

  2. 02
    Turnover

    74 of 85 homes have never sold since 2000, making this one of the least-traded blocks in the city.

  3. 03
    Safety

    The block logged 105 crimes in the past 12 months, including 26 violent incidents, within 200 meters.

By the Numbers

Median value
$331K
$28K–$1.0M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$324
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$336K
5 sold in 2yr
assessed $331K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $15K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 85
$30K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
48%
37 of 85
city 41%
Rentals
18%
15 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
1 of 85 behind
▼ block 1% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+24%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+39%
value · tax +$1K

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 $331K — about 1.5× 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$331K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied24%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 105 reported crimes (26 violent) and 318 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
105
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
318
13 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts24
Other Assaults19
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Theft from Vehicle10
All Other Offenses6

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping45
Salting45
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection41
Graffiti Removal28
Sanitation Violation19
Street Trees19

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
Fanny Jackson Coppin
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$331K2016: $238K2017: $238K2018: $248K2019: $267K2020: $267K2021: $267K2022: $267K2023: $301K2024: $301K2025: $331K2026: $331K2027: $331K2016202020232027

▲ +39% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,6002016: $3,3122017: $3,3122018: $2,9692019: $3,1722020: $3,2252021: $3,1022022: $3,1022023: $3,0982024: $3,0982025: $3,2392026: $4,6002027: $4,6002016202020232027

▲ +39% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

1
1 property 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 $30,009 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%
$2,587pays now $4,600at the full rate

1213 South St is assessed at $329K but pays $2,587 a year — about 56% of the $4,600 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 +3.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 139 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $139 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+39%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.4 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 74 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
21arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
74homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 85 parcels

Owner-occupied: 37Investor / LLC: 8Absentee individual: 19Vacant: 21 85parcels
  • Owner-occupied 37
  • Investor / LLC 8
  • Absentee individual 19
  • Vacant 21

Value distribution today

22 parcels0 parcels33 parcels8 parcels5 parcels7 parcels10 parcels
$28K$763K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
S13k Commercial Lp33$716Kphila.gov ↗
New Girard Llc12$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Nautica Investments Inc12$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
1200 South Llc11$515Kphila.gov ↗
526 S 13th St Lp11$60Kphila.gov ↗
Ing Family Lp11$763Kphila.gov ↗
1220 South Llc11$911Kphila.gov ↗
The Susan W Suplee Trust11$331Kphila.gov ↗
18 Cassell Road Lp11$627Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 85 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

Improved
1206-08 South St
$887K · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020.
Improved
1216 South St
$782K · Bought for $825K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024.
Improved
1200 South St
$515K · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024.
Improved
1224 South St
$438K · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023.
Frequently traded
1232r South St
$429K · Traded 3×: $187K in 2003 → $265K in 2018 (+41%).
Traded
1220 South St
$911K · Traded 2×: $550K in 2011 → $550K in 2013 (+0%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1200 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $515K —/— 2,044 1915 0 rented
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0 tax lien
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0 tax lien
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1201 SOUTH ST Vacant $60K —/— — — 0
1202 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $435K —/— 1,728 1915 1
1204 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $738K 5/— 2,412 1915 1 rented
1206-08 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $887K —/— 3,696 1915 0 rented3 viol
1210 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $815K —/— 3,396 1915 0 tax lien
1211 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1211 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1211 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1212 SOUTH ST LandVacant land, last sold for $225K in 2005. Investor / LLC $763K —/— 2,766 2006 4 rented
1213 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0 abated
1213 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0 rented
1213 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1214 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $763K —/— 2,766 2006 1 rented
1215 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1215 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1215 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1216 SOUTH ST ImprovedBought for $825K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $782K —/— 2,832 2006 2 rented
1217 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0 rented
1217 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1217 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1219 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1219 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1219 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $329K 2/1 1,008 1980 0
1220 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $550K in 2011 → $550K in 2013 (+0%). Investor / LLC $911K —/— 3,300 2006 3 rented
1221-29 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0 rented
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0 rented
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0 rented
1221-29 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1221-29 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0 rented
1221-29 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $331K 2/1 1,022 1980 0
1222 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2002 → $450K in 2005 (+500%). Absentee individual $596K —/— 1,948 1920 2 rented
1224 SOUTH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $438K —/— 1,740 1915 0
1226 SOUTH ST Investor / LLC $429K —/— 1,704 1915 1 rented
1228 SOUTH ST HistoryAppeal complete (2025). Absentee individual $697K —/— 2,905 1915 0 tax lien
1230 SOUTH ST LandVacant land, last sold for $70K in 2002. Owner-occupied $639K —/— 1,504 2004 2
1232R SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $187K in 2003 → $265K in 2018 (+41%). Owner-occupied $429K 2/2 1,104 1915 3
1232 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $326K 2/2 939 1900 0
1232 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $371K 3/2 1,691 1900 0
1232 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $296K 1/1 806 1900 0
1236R SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $345K —/— 1,024 1915 0
1236R SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $376K —/— 1,024 1915 0
1238 SOUTH ST Historysold $325K (2014); Appeal granted with conditions (2015). Investor / LLC $627K —/— 2,272 1915 1 6 viol
1240 SOUTH ST Investor / LLC $428K —/— 1,950 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Investor / LLC $261K —/— 1,354 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Vacant $28K —/— — — 0
1240 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $492K 2/2 985 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Vacant $28K —/— — — 0
1240 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $487K 2/2 970 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $487K 2/2 970 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $554K 2/2 1,156 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Vacant $28K —/— — — 0
1240 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $1.0M 2/2 2,539 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $60K —/— 387 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $570K 2/2 1,200 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $555K 2/2 1,159 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Vacant $28K —/— — — 0
1240 SOUTH ST Vacant $28K —/— — — 0
1240 SOUTH ST Vacant $28K —/— — — 0
1240 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $495K 2/2 994 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $736K 2/2 1,653 2015 0
1240 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $572K 2/2 1,207 2015 0

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

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