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.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 block | ZIP 19149 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $215K | $234K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 46% | 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.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $215K typical home, up +92% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,562 to $2,880 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.6M assessed, $62,150/yr to the city, about $2,390 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +92% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +84% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 21
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Gpmw Llc, carries 5 open violations across 12 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gpmw Llc | 1 | 12 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1248 Van Kirk Realty Llc | 1 | 1 | $215K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 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)