Who owns your block
12100 block of Thornton Rd
A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $374K. 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 $374K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19154 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19154 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19154 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $374K | $330K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 100% | 73% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 15 reported crimes (3 violent) and 27 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
- $374K typical home, up +82% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,529 to $3,831 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.8M assessed, $48,896/yr to the city, about $3,761 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +82% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +51% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
12113 Thornton Rd is assessed at $393K but pays $4,671 a year — about 85% of the $5,503 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 +5.6% 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 $182 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 13 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12101 THORNTON RD TradedTraded 2×: $210K in 2006 → $170K in 2015 (-19%). | Owner-occupied | $354K | —/— | 1,218 | 1975 | 2 | |
| 12103 THORNTON RD TradedTraded 2×: $165K in 2004 → $244K in 2007 (+48%). | Owner-occupied | $332K | 2/— | 1,026 | 1973 | 2 | |
| 12105 THORNTON RD | Owner-occupied | $332K | —/— | 1,026 | 1973 | 0 | |
| 12107 THORNTON RD | Owner-occupied | $374K | —/— | 1,618 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 12109 THORNTON RD | Owner-occupied | $374K | —/— | 1,539 | 1975 | 0 | |
| 12111 THORNTON RD TradedTraded 2×: $240K in 2005 → $285K in 2021 (+19%). | Owner-occupied | $384K | 4/1 | 1,691 | 1973 | 2 | |
| 12113 THORNTON RD New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $115K in 2000. | Owner-occupied | $393K | —/— | 1,882 | 1973 | 1 | abated |
| 12115 THORNTON RD | Owner-occupied | $382K | —/— | 1,755 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 12117 THORNTON RD | Owner-occupied | $390K | 4/1 | 1,283 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 12119 THORNTON RD | Owner-occupied | $380K | —/— | 1,539 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 12121 THORNTON RD TradedTraded 2×: $159K in 2003 → $183K in 2017 (+15%). | Owner-occupied | $355K | —/— | 1,266 | 1973 | 2 | |
| 12123 THORNTON RD | Owner-occupied | $332K | —/— | 1,026 | 1973 | 0 | |
| 12125 THORNTON RD | Owner-occupied | $371K | —/— | 1,539 | 1973 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)