Philadelphia property report
1200 block of Wharton St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($9,782 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 98% since 2016, now about $519K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- 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 $519K — about 2.3× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $464K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $519K | $464K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 40% | 44% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 81 reported crimes (about 7 a month, 27% of them violent) and 258 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
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
- $519K typical home, up +98% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $2,794 to $5,967 a year through 2027, +7%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $84,512/yr from taxable assessments, or $5,634 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +98% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +114% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.
- 1219 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.32%$1,554/yr on $490K
- 1221 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.32%$1,554/yr on $490K
- 1211 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.41%$2,217/yr on $547K
- 1205 Wharton Stmajor assessment exemption0.48%$3,875/yr on $805K
- 1223 Wharton Stlower taxable assessment1.11%$5,452/yr on $490K
- …and 4 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart
One large gap: 1205 Wharton St has a $3,875/year assessment-based estimate on $805K assessed value — about 34% of the $11,266 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.4% 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 $198 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 Wharton LLC | 1 | 1 | $2.6M | 1214 Titan St, Philadelphia PA, 19147 | 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 17 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — 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 WHARTON ST Commercial Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2020 and rebuilt (2019). | Absentee individual | $4.7M | —/— | 5,927 | 2005 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1201-03 WHARTON ST Industrial building New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Investor / LLC | $2.6M | —/— | 9,072 | 1915 | 0 | licensed rentalassessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1205 WHARTON ST New constructionBought for $205K in 2015, built new under a 2016 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $985K in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $726K | 4/1 | 2,148 | 1915 | 3 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1207 WHARTON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $280K in 2006, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $735K in 2020 (+163%). | Owner-occupied | $755K | 4/2 | 2,290 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 1209 WHARTON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $564K | —/— | 2,130 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1211 WHARTON ST | Owner-occupied | $550K | —/— | 2,099 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1213 WHARTON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $235K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $620K in 2023 (+164%). | Owner-occupied | $645K | 3/2 | 1,896 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 1215 WHARTON ST ImprovedBought for $600K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $526K | 4/1 | 1,924 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1217 WHARTON ST | Absentee individual | $519K | 5/1 | 1,872 | 1915 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 1219 WHARTON ST | Owner-occupied | $489K | —/— | 1,664 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1221 WHARTON ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $489K | —/— | 1,664 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1223 WHARTON ST ImprovedBought for $242K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $489K | —/— | 1,664 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1225 WHARTON ST Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $364K | 3/3 | 2,496 | 1915 | 0 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1227 WHARTON ST ImprovedBought for $490K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $507K | 5/2 | 1,824 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1229 WHARTON ST ImprovedBought for $590K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $660K | 6/2 | 2,484 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 1231 WHARTON ST Apartment building ImprovedBought for $128K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $498K | —/— | 2,234 | 1915 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 1233 WHARTON ST Apartment building Historysold $400K (2018); L&I violation (2019); Inspection failed ×2 (2019); Inspection failed ×2 (2022); 2 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025); Appeal continued (2026); Inspection failed (2026). | Absentee individual | $479K | —/— | 1,738 | 1915 | 1 | 2 viol |
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Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)