1200 block of Unruh Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $243K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 60 reported crimes (9 violent) and 149 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

• $243K typical home, up +96% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,732 to $2,984 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $16M assessed, $180,928/yr to the city, about $2,827 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:

• 1202 Unruh Aveexemption0.82%$1,957/yr on $240K
• 1206 Unruh Aveexemption0.82%$1,977/yr on $241K
• 1213 Unruh Aveexemption0.82%$1,985/yr on $242K
• 1245 Unruh Aveexemption0.82%$1,985/yr on $242K
• 1251 Unruh Aveexemption0.82%$1,986/yr on $242K
• …and 27 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% 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 $196 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 93 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 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 64 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

Frequently traded

1239 Unruh Ave

$286K · Traded 3×: $125K in 2005 → $120K in 2014 (-4%).

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1259 Unruh Ave

$245K · Traded 3×: $64K in 2000 → $145K in 2005 (+127%).

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1209 Unruh Ave

$244K · Traded 3×: $155K in 2005 → $135K in 2024 (-13%).

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1221 Unruh Ave

$244K · Traded 3×: $133K in 2005 → $230K in 2021 (+73%).

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1227 Unruh Ave

$244K · Traded 3×: $147K in 2007 → $187K in 2022 (+27%).

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1243 Unruh Ave

$244K · Traded 3×: $76K in 2001 → $199K in 2020 (+160%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.