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Who owns your block

1200 block of W Cambria St

A mixed-ownership block: 53% owner-occupied, 28% investor-held, with 16 open code violations and 8 homes behind $29,930 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 136% since 2016, now about $94K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$94K
$28K–$384K
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$86
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$166K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $94K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 36
$14K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
53%
18 of 36
city 41%
Rentals
8%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
16
L&I code
▲ block 19% · city 5%
Back taxes
$30K
8 of 36 behind
▲ block 22% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$228
5 years
+175%
value · tax +$700
10 years
+136%
value · tax +$541

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 $94K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19133Philadelphia
Median home value$94K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied17%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 97 reported crimes (39 violent) and 235 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
97
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
235
71 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults21
All Other Offenses13
Thefts13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10
Motor Vehicle Theft7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint62
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection34
Abandoned Vehicle20
Construction Complaints18
Illegal Dumping17
Street Defect16

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
Mastery Charter School At Clymer
Middle & 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$94K2016: $40K2017: $40K2018: $40K2019: $45K2020: $34K2021: $34K2022: $34K2023: $65K2024: $58K2025: $94K2026: $94K2027: $94K2016202020232027

▲ +136% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,0232016: $4262017: $4822018: $4552019: $2732020: $2542021: $3232022: $3232023: $4752024: $4792025: $6492026: $7952027: $1,0232016202020232027

▲ +140% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

5
5 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 $14,189 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:

24 homes pay the full 1.40%12 pay less
$3,538pays now $5,371at the full rate

The starkest example: 1211 W Cambria St is assessed at $384K but pays $3,538 a year — about 66% of the $5,371 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 +8.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8610025020162019202220252027This block 236 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $236 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+136%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.6 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 24 arm's-length sales since 1969. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K1980199220042016
24arm's-length sales since 1969
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 36 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 12 36parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 12

Value distribution today

10 parcels2 parcels2 parcels6 parcels11 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$28K$171K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)22498$133Mphila.gov ↗
Bcm Investments LLC275$2.6Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Upland Property Group INC113$2.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Phoenix Propco LLC17$292Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Bcm Investment LLC17$212Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Logan District LLC16$776Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
All Hands Real Estate LLC13$560Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Dorothy Thompson (individual)22$148Kphila.gov ↗
Alice Veal (individual)22$155Kphila.gov ↗
1210 West Cambria Street Trust11$94Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1219 Cambria LLC11$116Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Urban Builders INC11$91Kphila.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 36 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
1201 W CAMBRIA ST Vacant $44K —/— 0
1203 W CAMBRIA ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $171K 4/1 1,979 1925 0
1205 W CAMBRIA ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $171K 4/1 1,979 1925 0 abated
1207 W CAMBRIA ST L&I violation (2025). Vacant $29K —/— 0
1208 W CAMBRIA ST built new under a 2026 permit, sold for $90K in 1969. Vacant $28K —/— 1
1209 W CAMBRIA ST 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2025). Vacant $30K —/— 0
1210 W CAMBRIA ST sold $10K (2023); L&I violation (2025). Investor / LLC $94K 3/1 1,050 1925 1 1 viol
1211 W CAMBRIA ST Bought for $3K in 2014, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $85K in 2020. Investor / LLC $384K 4/1 1,979 1925 3 rentedabated
1212 W CAMBRIA ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $109K 3/1 1,110 1925 0 abatedtax lien
1213 W CAMBRIA ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1214 W CAMBRIA ST L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2026). Vacant $28K —/— 0 tax lien
1215 W CAMBRIA ST built new under a 2012 permit, sold for $50K in 2020. Absentee individual $92K 4/1 1,979 1925 1 2 violtax lien
1216 W CAMBRIA ST built new under a 2026 permit, sold for $90K in 1969. Vacant $28K —/— 1 tax lien
1217 W CAMBRIA ST Bought for $4K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $67K —/— 1,660 1925 1 tax lien
1218 W CAMBRIA ST demolished in 2018 and rebuilt (2018), then sold for $90K in 1969. Vacant $28K —/— 1 tax lien
1219 W CAMBRIA ST Bought for $5K in 2018, built new under a 2026 permit, sold for $170K in 2026. Investor / LLC $116K 4/1 2,754 1925 2
1220 W CAMBRIA ST Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,050 1925 0 abated
1221 W CAMBRIA ST built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $28K in 2025. Vacant $84K —/— 1 1 viol
1222 W CAMBRIA ST Bought for $3K in 2016. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $110K 3/1 1,134 1925 1 1 violtax lien
1223 W CAMBRIA ST Bought for $16K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $135K in 2017 (+744%). Owner-occupied $187K 4/1 2,016 1925 2 4 viol
1224 W CAMBRIA ST Owner-occupied $155K 3/1 1,386 1925 1
1225 W CAMBRIA ST Bought for $5K in 2023, change of use permit in 2023, sold for $340K in 2024 (+6700%). Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,476 1925 3
1226 W CAMBRIA ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,386 1925 0 abated
1227 W CAMBRIA ST Bought for $6K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,476 1925 1
1228 W CAMBRIA ST Vacant $28K —/— 0 tax lien
1229 W CAMBRIA ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,476 1925 0 rented
1230 W CAMBRIA ST L&I violation (2010); Appeal city affirmed (2010); 2 L&I violations (2012). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,386 1925 0
1231 W CAMBRIA ST Bought for $15K in 2003. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $126K 3/— 1,472 1925 1
1232 W CAMBRIA ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $123K 3/1 1,451 1925 0 rented
1233 W CAMBRIA ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,476 1925 0
1234 W CAMBRIA ST sold $15K (2019); 3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2023); 3 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $52K 3/1 1,386 1925 1 3 violtax lien
1235 W CAMBRIA ST Vacant $30K —/— 0 tax lien
1236 W CAMBRIA ST Bought for $162K in 2025. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $81K 3/1 1,386 1925 1 tax lien
1237 W CAMBRIA ST Owner-occupied $126K 3/1 1,476 1925 1
1238 W CAMBRIA ST Owner-occupied $95K 3/1 960 1925 0 tax lien
1239 W CAMBRIA ST Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2020. Vacant $91K —/— 0 4 violtax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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