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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

1200 block of Sydney St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 98% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 54% since 2016, now about $300K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$300K
$280K–$414K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$179
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 56
$71K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
98%
55 of 56
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$110
5 years
+54%
value · tax +$702
10 years
+54%
value · tax +$490

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 $300K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19150 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19150 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19150Philadelphia
Median home value$300K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied84%67%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 34 reported crimes (9 violent) and 111 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
34
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
111
18 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft6
Other Assaults6
Thefts6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Fraud4
Aggravated Assault Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Abandoned Vehicle17
Maintenance Complaint16
Salting15
Street Defect10
Construction Complaints4

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
Franklin S Edmonds
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$300K2016: $195K2017: $195K2018: $195K2019: $203K2020: $195K2021: $195K2022: $195K2023: $256K2024: $256K2025: $308K2026: $308K2027: $300K2016202020232027

▲ +54% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,7952016: $2,3052017: $2,3052018: $2,3052019: $2,2822020: $2,0932021: $2,0932022: $2,0932023: $2,4572024: $2,4572025: $2,9052026: $2,9052027: $2,7952016202020232027

▲ +21% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 $70,591 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%
$0pays now $4,800at the full rate

1254 Sydney St is assessed at $343K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $4,800 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 +4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 154 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+54%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.5 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 44 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 31 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
44arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
31homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 56 parcels

Owner-occupied: 55Absentee individual: 1 56parcels
  • Owner-occupied 55
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels42 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels9 parcels
$280K$374K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Raleigh Llc11$368Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 56 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
1254 Sydney St
$343K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $210K in 2007.
Frequently traded
1210 Sydney St
$368K · Traded 3×: $117K in 2015 → $325K in 2022 (+179%).
Frequently traded
1225 Sydney St
$368K · Traded 3×: $123K in 2002 → $280K in 2017 (+128%).
Frequently traded
1246 Sydney St
$368K · Traded 3×: $120K in 2001 → $204K in 2014 (+70%).
Frequently traded
1214 Sydney St
$300K · Traded 3×: $200K in 2007 → $225K in 2018 (+13%).
Frequently traded
1233 Sydney St
$300K · Traded 3×: $35K in 2009 → $190K in 2015 (+443%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1200 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $310K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1201 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $310K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1202 SYDNEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $78K in 2012 → $230K in 2013 (+195%). Owner-occupied $374K 3/2 1,672 1950 2
1203 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $305K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1204 SYDNEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $115K in 2015 → $233K in 2015 (+103%). Owner-occupied $368K 3/2 1,672 1950 2
1205 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1206 SYDNEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $114K in 2015 → $240K in 2015 (+111%). Owner-occupied $368K 3/2 1,672 1950 2
1207 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0 tax lien
1208 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 1
1209 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 1
1210 SYDNEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $117K in 2015 → $325K in 2022 (+179%). Owner-occupied $368K 3/2 1,672 1950 3
1211 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 1
1212 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1213 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1214 SYDNEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $200K in 2007 → $225K in 2018 (+13%). Owner-occupied $300K 4/2 1,672 1950 3
1215 SYDNEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $175K in 2020 → $375K in 2021 (+114%). Owner-occupied $408K 3/2 1,672 1950 2 tax lien
1216 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1217 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1218 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1219 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1220 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1221 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1222 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/3 1,672 1950 1
1223 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1224 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1225 SYDNEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $123K in 2002 → $280K in 2017 (+128%). Owner-occupied $368K 3/3 1,672 1950 3
1226 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 1
1227 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0 tax lien
1228 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 4/2 1,672 1950 1
1229 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $304K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1230 SYDNEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $146K in 2003 → $182K in 2005 (+25%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 2
1231 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1232 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1233 SYDNEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $35K in 2009 → $190K in 2015 (+443%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 3
1234 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 4/2 1,672 1950 1
1235 SYDNEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $215K in 2021 → $350K in 2022 (+63%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 2
1236 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0 tax lien
1237 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1238 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 1
1239 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0 tax lien
1240 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1241 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 1
1242 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1243 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,650 1950 0
1244 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1245 SYDNEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $140K in 2021 → $375K in 2021 (+168%). Absentee individual $408K 3/2 1,672 1950 2
1246 SYDNEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $120K in 2001 → $204K in 2014 (+70%). Owner-occupied $368K 3/2 1,672 1950 3
1247 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1248 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1249 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1250 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1251 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
1252 SYDNEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $170K in 2021 → $380K in 2022 (+124%). Owner-occupied $414K 3/2 1,672 1950 2
1253 SYDNEY ST Owner-occupied $280K 3/2 1,672 1950 1
1254 SYDNEY ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $210K in 2007. Owner-occupied $343K 4/2 2,167 1950 1 abated
1255 SYDNEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2001 → $123K in 2002 (+146%). Owner-occupied $348K 3/2 2,167 1950 2

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

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