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Who owns your block

1200 block of W Silver St

A mixed-ownership block: 59% owner-occupied, 29% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 3 homes behind $16,214 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 95% since 2016, now about $131K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$131K
$27K–$278K
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$73
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$95K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $131K
Tax / yr
$430
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 17
$11K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
59%
10 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
24%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 12% · city 5%
Back taxes
$16K
3 of 17 behind
▲ block 18% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax −$136
5 years
+230%
value · tax −$124
10 years
+95%
value · tax −$134

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 $131K — about 0.6× 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$131K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied47%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 158 reported crimes (54 violent) and 316 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
158
54 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
316
89 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses34
Other Assaults34
Thefts20
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Fraud8

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint94
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection58
Information Request26
Illegal Dumping20
Abandoned Vehicle19
Construction Complaints15

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$131K2016: $67K2017: $67K2018: $67K2019: $52K2020: $40K2021: $40K2022: $40K2023: $112K2024: $112K2025: $140K2026: $140K2027: $131K2016202020232027

▲ +95% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$4302016: $5642017: $5642018: $6472019: $7252020: $5542021: $5542022: $5542023: $1,5592024: $5322025: $7712026: $5662027: $4302016202020232027

▼ -24% since 2016 · ~-2%/yr

1
1 property 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 $11,198 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$259pays now $1,659at the full rate

1217 W Silver St is assessed at $119K but pays $259 a year — about 16% of the $1,659 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

5910025020162019202220252027This block 195 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $195 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+95%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.2 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20082012201620202024
17arm's-length sales since 2006
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 2 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels10 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$27K$222K+

The block's largest owner, Thedoor Llc, carries 8 open violations across 69 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Thedoor Llc269$4.9Mphila.gov ↗
1223 W Silver Street Llc14$591Kphila.gov ↗
Legacy Asset Group Llc13$391Kphila.gov ↗
Hazel Estates Llc11$141Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 17 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
1213 W SILVER ST Owner-occupied $206K 4/1 2,000 1920 0
1215 W SILVER ST Traded 5×: $7K in 2014 → $490K in 2023 (+7438%). Investor / LLC $141K 4/1 1,462 1920 5
1217 W SILVER ST Owner-occupied $119K 2/1 1,462 1920 0 abated
1219 W SILVER ST Traded 2×: $10K in 2023 → $54K in 2023 (+440%). Owner-occupied $278K 4/1 1,800 1920 2 1 violtax lien
1221 W SILVER ST Owner-occupied $131K 4/1 1,800 1920 0
1222 W SILVER ST built new under a 2023 permit, sold for $95K in 2025. Vacant $27K —/— 1 rented
1223 W SILVER ST Traded 2×: $44K in 2006 → $83K in 2020 (+88%). Investor / LLC $222K 3/2 1,440 1920 2 rented
1224 W SILVER ST built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $95K in 2025. Vacant $27K —/— 1 rented
1225 W SILVER ST Traded 3×: $6K in 2010 → $112K in 2025 (+1767%). Investor / LLC $142K —/— 1,300 1920 3 rented
1227 W SILVER ST Owner-occupied $131K 4/1 1,800 1920 0 5 violtax lien
1229 W SILVER ST Absentee individual $131K 4/1 1,800 1920 0 tax lien
1231 W SILVER ST Owner-occupied $131K 4/1 1,800 1920 0 tax lien
1233 W SILVER ST Owner-occupied $131K 4/1 1,800 1920 0
1235 W SILVER ST Owner-occupied $131K 4/1 1,800 1920 0
1237 W SILVER ST Owner-occupied $131K 4/1 1,800 1920 0 tax lien
1239 W SILVER ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2007 → $30K in 2012 (+0%). Absentee individual $131K 4/1 1,800 1920 2
1241 W SILVER ST Owner-occupied $131K 4/1 1,800 1920 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.