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Who owns your block

1200 block of W Butler St

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 28% investor-held, with 17 open code violations and 10 parcels behind $56,899 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 133% since 2016, now about $139K. 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.
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By the Numbers

Median value
$139K
$32K–$702K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$84
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$58K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $139K
Tax / yr
$585
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 40
$36K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
57%
23 of 40
city 41%
Rentals
17%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
17
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$57K
10 of 40 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$28
5 years
+197%
value · tax +$524
10 years
+133%
value · tax +$130

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 $139K — about 0.6× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$139K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied43%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 100 reported crimes (26 violent) and 164 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
100
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
164
51 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses21
Other Assaults19
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Thefts12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Prostitution and Commercialized Vice5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection38
Abandoned Vehicle26
Street Defect19
Maintenance Complaint18
Illegal Dumping13
Street Trees7

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
Mary Mc Leod Bethune
3301 Old York Rd · 353 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$100K$200K$139K2016: $60K2017: $60K2018: $60K2019: $61K2020: $47K2021: $47K2022: $47K2023: $94K2024: $94K2025: $137K2026: $137K2027: $139K2016202020232027

▲ +133% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$5682016: $4382017: $4382018: $4382019: $3162020: $2912021: $2022022: $442023: $2842024: $2842025: $5402026: $5402027: $5682016202020232027

▲ +30% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

3
3 properties 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 $36,379 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

19 homes pay the full 1.40%21 pay less
$1,941pays now $9,827at the full rate

The starkest example: 1233 W Butler St is assessed at $702K but pays $1,941 a year — about 20% of the $9,827 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7810025020162019202220252027This block 233 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $233 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+133%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.5 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 23 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
22arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
23homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 40 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 4 40parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

5 parcels11 parcels20 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$32K$404K+

The block's largest owner, Philly Sfr I LLC, carries 2 open violations across 62 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philly Sfr I LLC162$5.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
829 Enterprises LLC15$717Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Lftn6 LLC15$566Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Due On The 1st LLC13$273Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Intensified Investments LLC12$468Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Intensified Solutions LLC22$1.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Cutchogue One LLC11$139Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
G&B 1513 LLC11$33Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1219 West Butler Street LLC11$404Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Naavco LLC11$125Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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 40 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1200 W BUTLER ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $45K in 2005. Absentee individual $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 1 abated
1201 W BUTLER ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $132K 3/1 1,500 1944 0 tax lien
1202 W BUTLER ST sold $2K (2007); L&I violation (2022); 6 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2024); 3 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 1 tax lien
1203 W BUTLER ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,500 1944 0 tax lien
1204 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $139K —/1 1,664 1944 0
1205 W BUTLER ST Bought for $3K in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,500 1944 1 tax lien
1206 W BUTLER ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0
1207 W BUTLER ST Bought for $10K in 2017. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2018. Absentee individual $59K 3/1 1,500 1944 2
1208 W BUTLER ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0
1209 W BUTLER ST sold $35K (2015); L&I violation (2016). Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,500 1944 1 rented
1210 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0
1211 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,500 1944 0
1212 W BUTLER ST Bought for $21K in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 2 rented
1213 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,500 1944 1 rented
1214 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0 tax lien
1215 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $126K —/— 1,500 1944 0 tax lien
1216 W BUTLER ST demolished and rebuilt (2025), then sold for $55K in 2024. Vacant $37K —/— 1 1 violtax lien
1217 W BUTLER ST Bought for $65K in 2022. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $126K 3/1 1,500 1944 1 rentedtax lien
1218 W BUTLER ST demolished and rebuilt (2025), then sold for $55K in 2024. Vacant $33K —/— 1 1 violtax lien
1219 W BUTLER ST Old house bought for $25K in 2020, demolished and rebuilt (2021). Investor / LLC $404K 6/— 2,694 2024 1 tax lien
1220 W BUTLER ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0 tax lien
1221 W BUTLER ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $39K in 2019. Investor / LLC $260K 3/1 1,500 1944 1 rentedabated
1222 W BUTLER ST Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0
1223 W BUTLER ST 3 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2019); sold $7K (2019); L&I violation (2024); 12 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $143K 3/1 1,380 1944 1 12 violtax lien
1224 W BUTLER ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0
1225 W BUTLER ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $139K —/— 1,840 1944 0 tax lien
1226 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0 tax lien
1227 W BUTLER ST Bought for $351K in 2023. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 1,500 1944 1
1228 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0
1229 W BUTLER ST Bought for $18K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $125K 3/1 1,500 1944 4 1 violtax lien
1230 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0
1231 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $125K 3/1 1,500 1944 0
1232 W BUTLER ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0
1233 W BUTLER ST Bought for $58K in 2024, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $702K —/— 6,388 2025 1 rentedabated
1234 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0
1235 W BUTLER ST Bought for $58K in 2024, built new under a 2024 permit. Investor / LLC $702K —/— 6,388 2025 1 rented
1236 W BUTLER ST Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0 tax lien
1237 W BUTLER ST 3 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $42K —/— 0 2 violtax lien
1238 W BUTLER ST 9 L&I violations (2023). Owner-occupied $139K 4/1 1,664 1944 0 tax lien
1240 W BUTLER ST 2 L&I violations (2010). Vacant $32K —/— 0

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Generated 2026-07-09 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. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly; the masthead date is when this page's records were last pulled. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.