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Who owns your block

1200 block of W Somerset St

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 13% investor-held, with 24 open code violations and 9 parcels behind $43,105 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 89% since 2016, now about $114K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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.
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By the Numbers

Median value
$114K
$26K–$231K
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$88
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$100K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $114K
Tax / yr
$466
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 32
$19K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
56%
15 of 32
city 41%
Rentals
9%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
24
L&I code
▲ block 28% · city 5%
Back taxes
$43K
9 of 32 behind
▲ block 28% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$29
5 years
+209%
value · tax +$285
10 years
+89%
value · tax +$21

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 $114K — about 0.5× the citywide median home, 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$114K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied25%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 143 reported crimes (53 violent) and 307 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
143
53 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
307
95 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults34
All Other Offenses33
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Thefts11
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint100
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection53
Illegal Dumping25
Abandoned Vehicle22
Construction Complaints17
Street Defect14

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$114K2016: $60K2017: $60K2018: $60K2019: $49K2020: $37K2021: $37K2022: $37K2023: $80K2024: $80K2025: $115K2026: $115K2027: $114K2016202020232027

▲ +89% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$4472016: $2322017: $4262018: $4352019: $2142020: $1622021: $1622022: $1622023: $4272024: $4282025: $4762026: $4762027: $4472016202020232027

▲ +93% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

8
8 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 $19,389 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:

17 homes pay the full 1.40%15 pay less
$139pays now $2,352at the full rate

The starkest example: 1230 W Somerset St is assessed at $168K but pays $139 a year — about 6% of the $2,352 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

6110025020162019202220252027This block 189 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $189 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+89%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.5 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 26 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2004201020162022
26arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 32 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 11 32parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 11

Value distribution today

11 parcels0 parcels1 parcels8 parcels8 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$26K$212K+

The block's largest owner, Murcapro Capital Investments LLC, carries 10 open violations across 9 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Murcapro Capital Investments LLC19$1.8Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Uzholdingone LLC12$248Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1201-07 W Somerset Street LLC11$31Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Psalms 1271 LLC11$157Kphila.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 32 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
1201-07 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $31K —/— 0
1209 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $93K —/— 0 tax lien
1210 W SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $500 in 2004 → $1K in 2015 (+100%). Owner-occupied $231K —/— 1,809 1920 2 tax lien
1211 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $156K —/— 1,700 1920 0 6 violtax lien
1212 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,676 1920 0 tax lien
1213 W SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $18K in 2008 → $82K in 2009 (+356%). Owner-occupied $156K —/— 1,700 1920 2
1214 W SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $8K in 2015 → $32K in 2018 (+327%). Absentee individual $222K —/— 1,676 1920 2 tax lien
1215 W SOMERSET ST sold $122K (2022); Appeal complete (2024); Appeal complete (2025). Absentee individual $157K —/— 1,710 1920 1 tax lien
1216 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,676 1920 0 abated
1217 W SOMERSET ST Bought for $4K in 2016. Vacant $33K —/— 1 1 violtax lien
1218 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,676 1920 0 tax lien
1219 W SOMERSET ST Bought for $4K in 2016. Vacant $33K —/— 2 1 violtax lien
1220 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1221 W SOMERSET ST Bought for $4K in 1999. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $157K —/— 1,710 1920 5 2 viol
1222 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1223 W SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $10K in 2016 → $50K in 2022 (+400%). Absentee individual $212K 2/2 1,980 1920 2 rented4 violtax lien
1224 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $29K —/— 0
1225 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,400 1920 0 abatedtax lien
1226 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $29K —/— 1
1227 W SOMERSET ST Absentee individual $41K 3/1 976 1920 1 2 violtax lien
1228 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,676 1920 0 tax lien
1229 W SOMERSET ST Traded 5×: $18K in 2007 → $107K in 2025 (+494%). Investor / LLC $117K 3/1 1,425 1920 5 rented
1230 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $168K —/— 2,156 1920 0 abated
1231 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,425 1920 0 abated
1232 W SOMERSET ST Traded 2×: $44K in 2003 → $75K in 2020 (+70%). Investor / LLC $114K —/— 2,292 1920 2 rented6 viol
1233 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $115K 3/1 1,425 1920 0 abated
1234 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $27K —/— 0 1 violtax lien
1235 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,425 1920 0 abatedtax lien
1236 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $27K —/— 0 1 violtax lien
1237 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,500 1920 0 abated
1239 W SOMERSET ST Vacant $26K —/— 0 tax lien
1241 W SOMERSET ST Owner-occupied $114K 3/1 1,400 1920 0 abated

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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. 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.