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Who owns your block

1200 block of Valley Forge Pl

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 homes behind $32,768 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 109% since 2016, now about $247K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$247K
$231K–$347K
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$194
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1964
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
67%
8 of 12
city 41%
Rentals
17%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$33K
4 of 12 behind
▲ block 33% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-22%
value · tax −$208
5 years
+72%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+109%
value · tax +$2K

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 $247K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19122Philadelphia
Median home value$247K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied42%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 103 reported crimes (27 violent) and 104 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
103
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
104
32 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts25
Other Assaults14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
All Other Offenses11
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations9
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint26
Abandoned Vehicle15
Construction Complaints9
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8
Sanitation Violation6
License Complaint5

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
Paul Laurence Dunbar
1750 N 12th St · 223 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$247K2016: $118K2017: $118K2018: $118K2019: $145K2020: $144K2021: $144K2022: $144K2023: $246K2024: $246K2025: $319K2026: $319K2027: $247K2016202020232027

▲ +109% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,2292016: $1,5052017: $1,5052018: $1,5052019: $1,7802020: $1,7292021: $1,7292022: $1,9192023: $2,8672024: $2,8672025: $3,2472026: $3,4372027: $3,2292016202020232027

▲ +115% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 209 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $209 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+109%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2010. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20102013201620192022
5arm's-length sales since 2010
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 12 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Absentee individual: 4 12parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

2 parcels4 parcels1 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$231K$293K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 12 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1220 VALLEY FORGE PL Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,152 1964 1
1221 VALLEY FORGE PL Absentee individual $231K 3/1 1,224 1964 0 tax lien
1222 VALLEY FORGE PL Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
1223 VALLEY FORGE PL Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,360 1964 0
1224 VALLEY FORGE PL Owner-occupied $293K 3/1 1,360 1965 1
1225 VALLEY FORGE PL Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,360 1964 0
1226 VALLEY FORGE PL Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
1227 VALLEY FORGE PL Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,360 1964 0
1228 VALLEY FORGE PL Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
1229 VALLEY FORGE PL Absentee individual $347K 3/2 1,360 1964 1 rentedtax lien
1230 VALLEY FORGE PL Absentee individual $250K 3/1 1,224 1965 1
1231 VALLEY FORGE PL Absentee individual $231K 3/1 1,224 1964 1 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.