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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

12000 block of Stevens Rd

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 1 home behind $10,452 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $377K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$377K
$38K–$760K
ZIP median $402K
Price / sq ft
$283
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1964
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
56%
9 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$10K
1 of 16 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$309
5 years
+61%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+84%
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 $377K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19116 median of $402K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19116 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19116Philadelphia
Median home value$377K$402K$223K
Owner-occupied50%61%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 3 reported crimes (1 violent) and 31 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
3
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
31
2 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud1
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Other Assaults1

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect3
Abandoned Vehicle2
Graffiti Removal2
Illegal Dumping2
License Complaint2
Other (Streets)2

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 · K-5
Watson Comly
1001 Byberry Rd · 660 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$250K$500K$377K2016: $205K2017: $205K2018: $205K2019: $220K2020: $234K2021: $234K2022: $234K2023: $283K2024: $283K2025: $355K2026: $355K2027: $377K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,8772016: $2,4492017: $1,2242018: $1,2242019: $1,2792020: $1,3412021: $2,6622022: $2,6622023: $2,8452024: $2,8452025: $3,5682026: $3,5682027: $3,8772016202020232027

▲ +58% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
15arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Vacant: 7 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

4 parcels1 parcels2 parcels5 parcels2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$38K$756K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 16 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
12018 STEVENS RD Vacant $144K —/— 0
12020 STEVENS RD Vacant $324K —/— 0
12022 STEVENS RD Vacant $324K —/— 0
12027 STEVENS RD Vacant $38K —/— 0
12029 STEVENS RD Vacant $123K —/— 0
12031 STEVENS RD Vacant $123K —/— 0
12033 STEVENS RD Vacant $123K —/— 0
12034 STEVENS RD Owner-occupied $760K 5/— 3,714 2002 0
12035 STEVENS RD Owner-occupied $377K —/— 1,332 1960 1
12036 STEVENS RD Traded 3×: $290K in 2002 → $470K in 2010 (+62%). Owner-occupied $756K 5/3 3,714 2002 3
12037 STEVENS RD Owner-occupied $377K —/— 1,332 1960 0
12038 STEVENS RD Traded 2×: $148K in 2001 → $310K in 2021 (+109%). Owner-occupied $410K —/— 1,100 2001 3
12039 STEVENS RD Owner-occupied $382K —/— 1,332 1960 0
12040 STEVENS RD Traded 5×: $147K in 2001 → $205K in 2015 (+39%). Owner-occupied $450K —/— 1,100 2001 5
12041 STEVENS RD Owner-occupied $377K —/— 1,332 1960 1
12042 STEVENS RD Traded 2×: $165K in 2000 → $285K in 2007 (+73%). Owner-occupied $493K —/— 1,800 1964 2

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.