Who owns your block
1200 block of W College Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 31% owner-occupied, 31% investor-held, with 1 parcel behind $180 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 234% since 2016, now about $205K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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 $205K — about 0.9× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $205K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 23% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 113 reported crimes (25 violent) and 272 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
- $205K typical home, up +234% since 2016
- Tax bill $827 to $2,783 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.5M assessed, $46,514/yr to the city, about $3,578 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +234% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +237% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
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:
- 1233-35 W College Aveexemption0.00%$0/yr on $75K
- 1228-32 W College Avetax-abated new construction0.14%$2,795/yr on $2.0M
- 1247 W College Aveexemption0.71%$1,438/yr on $203K
- 1251 W College Aveexemption0.73%$1,508/yr on $208K
- 1238-40 W College Aveexemption1.07%$4,491/yr on $421K
The starkest example: 1228-32 W College Ave is assessed at $2.0M but pays $2,795 a year — about 10% of the $27,955 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 +11.6% 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 $334 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Harrison INC, carries 1 open violation across 82 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison INC | 3 | 82 | $17M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Victor Saul E Tr (individual) | 3 | 5 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jfv Development Group LP | 1 | 1 | $2.0M | phila.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 13 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1210-12 W COLLEGE AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $137K | —/— | 2,400 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1214-16 W COLLEGE AVE | Absentee individual | $205K | —/— | 3,600 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1218-22 W COLLEGE AVE | Absentee individual | $365K | —/— | 6,784 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1224 W COLLEGE AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2016 permit. | Vacant | $166K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1228-32 W COLLEGE AVE Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $120K in 2014, demolished in 2016 and rebuilt (2016). | Investor / LLC | $2.0M | —/— | 12,460 | 2018 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1233-35 W COLLEGE AVE History2 L&I violations (2022); L&I violation (2024). | Vacant | $75K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1234-36 W COLLEGE AVE ImprovedBought for $213K in 2016. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2012. | Vacant | $154K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1237-45 W COLLEGE AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $285K in 2011, zoning/use permit in 2011, sold for $2.6M in 2020 (+812%). | Vacant | $1.1M | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1238-40 W COLLEGE AVE History5 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2023); Appeal continued (2023); Appeal filed (2026). | Owner-occupied | $421K | —/— | 3,750 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1242-44 W COLLEGE AVE History3 L&I violations (2023). | Absentee individual | $298K | 4/1 | 2,390 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1247 W COLLEGE AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,414 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1249 W COLLEGE AVE TradedTraded 2×: $3K in 2004 → $200K in 2006 (+7900%). | Investor / LLC | $199K | 3/1 | 1,376 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1251 W COLLEGE AVE | Owner-occupied | $208K | 3/1 | 1,456 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
First time here?
This is the 1200 block of W College Ave,
on paper.
13 homes. Every deed, permit, L&I violation, tax bill and sale the city has on file — one report.
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Who owns what, what they paid, what they built, what they owe. Scroll and it's all here — the paid part is not the data.
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What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the map (tap any building, even off this block), the who-really-pays bar, and the house-by-house roster. Every address opens its own report.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)