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Who owns your block

1200 block of Van Kirk St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 92% since 2016, now about $215K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.

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
$215K
$205K–$250K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$140
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$253K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $215K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
81%
21 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
27%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$33
5 years
+70%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+92%
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 $215K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19149 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19149 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19149Philadelphia
Median home value$215K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied46%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 102 reported crimes (44 violent) and 116 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
102
44 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
116
37 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults30
Thefts11
Theft from Vehicle10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint24
Abandoned Vehicle17
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Sanitation Violation8
Street Defect8
Information Request5

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 · K-5
Laura H Carnell
1100 Devereaux Ave · 652 students
Middle · 6-8
Warren G Harding
2000 Wakeling St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Samuel Fels
5500 Langdon St · 1228 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$125K$250K$215K2016: $112K2017: $112K2018: $112K2019: $121K2020: $126K2021: $126K2022: $126K2023: $171K2024: $171K2025: $208K2026: $208K2027: $215K2016202020232027

▲ +92% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8802016: $1,5622017: $1,5622018: $1,5622019: $1,6982020: $1,7692021: $1,7692022: $1,7672023: $2,3792024: $2,3792025: $2,8592026: $2,8472027: $2,8802016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 +6.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 192 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $192 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+92%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.1%/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 33 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
33arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels6 parcels12 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$205K$226K+

The block's largest owner, Gpmw Llc, carries 5 open violations across 12 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Gpmw Llc112$2.2Mphila.gov ↗
1248 Van Kirk Realty Llc11$215Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 26 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

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1200 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,602 1965 1 rented
1202 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $212K 4/1 1,530 1965 0 rented
1204 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $59K in 2001 → $115K in 2009 (+96%). Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 2
1206 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $213K 4/1 1,530 1965 0
1208 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1210 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $162K in 2021 → $255K in 2025 (+57%). Owner-occupied $250K 5/2 1,530 1965 2
1212 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1214 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2014 → $250K in 2025 (+355%). Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 2 rented
1216 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 0 rented
1218 VAN KIRK ST Absentee individual $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1220 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $213K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1222 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $44K in 2015 → $170K in 2023 (+286%). Investor / LLC $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 3
1224 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $207K —/— 1,530 1920 1 rented
1226 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1228 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $58K in 2000 → $103K in 2006 (+78%). Owner-occupied $213K 4/1 1,530 1965 2
1230 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $213K 4/1 1,530 1965 0
1232 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $141K in 2018 → $268K in 2024 (+90%). Owner-occupied $250K 4/1 1,530 1965 2
1234 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1236 VAN KIRK ST Traded 3×: $105K in 2004 → $100K in 2013 (-5%). Absentee individual $205K —/— 1,530 1920 3 rented
1238 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $223K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1240 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $31K in 2001 → $74K in 2002 (+138%). Owner-occupied $223K 4/1 1,530 1965 2
1242 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1244 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $215K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1246 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $213K 4/1 1,530 1965 1
1248 VAN KIRK ST Traded 2×: $145K in 2021 → $175K in 2023 (+21%). Investor / LLC $215K 3/1 1,530 1965 2 rented
1250 VAN KIRK ST Owner-occupied $226K —/— 1,602 1965 1

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.