Who owns your block
1200 block of Walnut St
An investor-heavy block: 78% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 5 open code violations and 2 homes behind $12,297 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 45% since 2016, now about $1.7M. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $1.7M — about 7.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19107 median of $395K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19107 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19107 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.7M | $395K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 4% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 951 reported crimes (187 violent) and 474 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
- $1.7M typical home, up +45% since 2016
- Tax bill $15,375 to $23,727 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $163M assessed, $1,277,200/yr to the city, about $55,530 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +45% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +54% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1213-19 Walnut St is assessed at $90M but pays $252,802 a year — about 20% of the $1,264,012 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.5% 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 $145 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 23 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 18
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200 Walnut Partners L P | 6 | 6 | $7.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Orka Investments Llc | 1 | 6 | $4.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Northwest Corner Twelfth And Walnut Lp | 2 | 2 | $24M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mertiri 1206 Walnut St Llc | 1 | 1 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Millennium Hotel Group Ll | 1 | 1 | $3.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Hg Asb Property Llc | 1 | 1 | $90M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ravinder Singh And Ranjit Kaur Trust | 1 | 1 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Midtown Associates | 1 | 1 | $12M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Best Friends Philly Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1225 Walnut Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1227 Walnut Llc | 1 | 1 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Empire Buidling Partners | 1 | 1 | $5.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 23 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200-02 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 4,937 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1200-02 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 7,105 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1200-02 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 4,937 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1200-02 WALNUT ST HistoryAppeal granted with conditions (2007); Appeal approved (2008); Appeal approved (2008). | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 6,164 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1200-02 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 4,937 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1200-02 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | 1/1 | 4,937 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1201 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $20M | —/— | 150,986 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 1203 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $3.6M | —/— | 11,577 | 1960 | 0 | |
| 1204 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $1.7M | —/— | 5,785 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 1206 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $975K in 2007 → $2.6M in 2026 (+167%). | Investor / LLC | $2.0M | —/— | 7,850 | 1890 | 4 | rented |
| 1208 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $850K in 1999. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $3.7M | —/— | 19,474 | 1890 | 2 | rented |
| 1210 WALNUT ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $585K in 2003. | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | —/— | 5,733 | 1900 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1212 WALNUT ST Historysold $400K (2001); Appeal approved (2008). | Absentee individual | $1.1M | —/— | 4,985 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 1213-19 WALNUT ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2021). | Investor / LLC | $90M | —/— | 298,216 | 2016 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1214 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 4,982 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 1216-18 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $12M | —/— | 65,377 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 1220 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $350K in 2000 → $800K in 2016 (+129%). | Investor / LLC | $1.6M | —/— | 6,468 | 1900 | 3 | rented1 viol |
| 1221 WALNUT ST HistoryAppeal approved (2016); sold $2.7M (2019). | Owner-occupied | $2.7M | —/— | 8,277 | 1928 | 1 | |
| 1222-24 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $1.9M in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $3.7M | —/— | 17,120 | 1968 | 3 | |
| 1223 WALNUT ST HistoryAppeal granted (2016); Appeal approved (2016); Appeal complete (2024). | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | —/— | 6,696 | 2005 | 0 | |
| 1225 WALNUT ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $850K in 2003 → $1.3M in 2008 (+47%). | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 7,135 | 1950 | 3 | 2 viol |
| 1227-29 WALNUT ST TradedTraded 2×: $1.2M in 2004 → $2.5M in 2014 (+108%). | Investor / LLC | $2.5M | —/— | 13,280 | 1900 | 2 | 2 viol |
| 1231-33 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $5.9M | —/— | 27,680 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)