Public Records
Edition
PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

1200 block of Wallace St

A mixed-ownership block: 36% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 3 homes behind $32,240 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 232% since 2016, now about $412K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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
$412K
$103K–$1.2M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$217
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$230K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $412K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 14
$28K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
36%
5 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
36%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$32K
3 of 14 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
14
8 homes · ZBA & boards
block 57% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$979
5 years
+23%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+187%
value · tax +$3K

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 $412K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$412K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied7%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 104 reported crimes (37 violent) and 177 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
104
37 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
177
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults24
Thefts16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Theft from Vehicle9
Aggravated Assault Firearm7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection59
Illegal Dumping24
Maintenance Complaint21
Dangerous Sidewalk9
Sanitation Violation8
Street Paving7

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
Spring Garden
1146 Melon St · 247 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 students

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$500K$1.0M$412K2016: $124K2017: $143K2018: $155K2019: $321K2020: $331K2021: $331K2022: $333K2023: $379K2024: $379K2025: $415K2026: $415K2027: $412K2016202020232027

▲ +232% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,0242016: $1,1122017: $1,4322018: $1,4322019: $1,4592020: $1,5522021: $1,5522022: $1,5522023: $1,9442024: $2,0142025: $2,3702026: $3,0452027: $4,0242016202020232027

▲ +262% since 2016 · ~+12%/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 $28,432 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%
$6,647pays now $16,617at the full rate

1214-16 Wallace St is assessed at $1.2M but pays $6,647 a year — about 40% of the $16,617 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 332 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $332 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+11.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+232%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+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 8 arm's-length sales since 2009. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2012201620202024
8arm's-length sales since 2009
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 2 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels3 parcels2 parcels3 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$103K$721K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bamboo Properties Llc13$2.2Mphila.gov ↗
Continuum At Wallace Street Llc11$544Kphila.gov ↗
St Jospeh Property Holdings 2 Llc11$473Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 14 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1206 WALLACE ST Vacant $241K —/— 1
1208 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $423K —/— 2,142 1920 0 abated
1210 WALLACE ST sold $139K (2014); Appeal filed (2025). Absentee individual $463K —/— 1,998 1920 1 rented
1212 WALLACE ST Old house bought for $110K in 2011, demolished in 2012. Owner-occupied $640K 5/3 3,426 2015 1 rented
1214-16 WALLACE ST built new (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $1.2M —/— 9,050 2016 0 abated
1218-20 WALLACE ST sold $320K (2011); Appeal granted with conditions (2011); Appeal granted (2013); Appeal granted with conditions (2019); Appeal granted (2019); Appeal approved (2020); Appeal granted with conditions (2024). Absentee individual $400K —/— 4,256 1940 1
1222 WALLACE ST Traded 2×: $62K in 2009 → $465K in 2017 (+656%). Absentee individual $721K 4/2 2,520 2009 2 rented
1224 WALLACE ST Bought for $2K in 2009, built new (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $544K 3/2 1,419 2019 1 rentedabatedtax lien
1226 WALLACE ST sold $114K (2009); Appeal granted with conditions (2010). Absentee individual $334K —/— 1,488 1920 1
1228 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $289K —/— 1,488 1920 0 abated
1228R WALLACE ST Vacant $103K —/— 0
1230-36 WALLACE ST Appeal granted with conditions (2025). Investor / LLC $473K —/— 2,160 1920 0 rentedtax lien
1238 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $228K —/— 1,050 1920 0 tax lien
1240 WALLACE ST Owner-occupied $316K —/— 1,812 1900 0 abatedtax lien

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.