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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

12400 block of Barbary Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $74,003 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 85% since 2016, now about $334K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$334K
$327K–$384K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$246
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$330K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $334K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1963
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
82%
41 of 50
city 41%
Rentals
6%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$74K
1 of 50 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$514
5 years
+66%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+85%
value · tax +$2K

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 $334K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19154 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19154 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19154Philadelphia
Median home value$334K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied58%73%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 20 reported crimes (10 violent) and 74 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
20
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
74
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults8
Fraud3
Robbery No Firearm2
Thefts2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
All Other Offenses1

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint19
Abandoned Vehicle15
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection12
Illegal Dumping4
Sanitation Violation4
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance3

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
Stephen Decatur
3500 Academy Rd · 1041 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$334K2016: $180K2017: $180K2018: $180K2019: $190K2020: $202K2021: $202K2022: $202K2023: $251K2024: $251K2025: $312K2026: $312K2027: $334K2016202020232027

▲ +85% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,7202016: $2,1022017: $2,1022018: $2,1022019: $2,1002020: $2,1952021: $2,1952022: $2,1952023: $2,4172024: $2,3982025: $3,0142026: $3,2062027: $3,7202016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 185 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $185 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+85%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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 71 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K19982004201020162022
71arm's-length sales since 1997
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 50 parcels

Owner-occupied: 41Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 6 50parcels
  • Owner-occupied 41
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

1 parcels31 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels10 parcels7 parcels
$327K$375K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Gem Members Llc118$6.6Mphila.gov ↗
Rb Homes Llc13$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
William L Nolter (individual)23$916Kphila.gov ↗
Skyline Real Estate Llc11$374Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 50 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
12400 BARBARY RD L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $362K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12401 BARBARY RD Traded 3×: $117K in 2003 → $195K in 2019 (+67%). Investor / LLC $374K 3/1 1,360 1963 3
12402 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $213K in 2017 → $315K in 2022 (+48%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12403 BARBARY RD Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12404 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $140K in 2018 → $251K in 2018 (+80%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12405 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 1
12406 BARBARY RD Traded 3×: $87K in 2000 → $200K in 2010 (+130%). Absentee individual $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 3
12407 BARBARY RD Traded 5×: $87K in 2000 → $330K in 2024 (+279%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 5
12408 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 1
12409 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $60K in 2011 → $143K in 2015 (+138%). Owner-occupied $338K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12410 BARBARY RD Traded 3×: $134K in 2004 → $280K in 2021 (+109%). Absentee individual $346K 2/— 1,360 1963 3 rented
12411 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $115K in 2002 → $280K in 2020 (+144%). Owner-occupied $366K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12412 BARBARY RD Bought for $158K in 2004, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $315K in 2021 (+99%). Investor / LLC $327K 2/— 1,360 1963 2
12413 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $195K in 2010 → $350K in 2025 (+79%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12414 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12415 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $155K in 2004 → $165K in 2012 (+6%). Absentee individual $362K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12416 BARBARY RD Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12417 BARBARY RD sold $225K (2016); L&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $362K 3/1 1,360 1963 1
12418 BARBARY RD L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12419 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $175K in 2014 → $259K in 2019 (+48%). Owner-occupied $384K 3/2 1,360 1963 2
12420 BARBARY RD Absentee individual $362K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12421 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12422 BARBARY RD Bought for $103K in 2006. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $371K 3/1 1,360 1963 1
12423 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12424 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $366K 3/1 1,360 1963 1
12425 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $89K in 1997 → $271K in 2021 (+204%). Owner-occupied $338K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12426 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $205K in 2016 → $295K in 2022 (+44%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12427 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $338K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12428 BARBARY RD Bought for $55K in 1999. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12429 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 1
12430 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12431 BARBARY RD sold $300K (2022); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $362K 3/— 1,360 1963 1
12432 BARBARY RD Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12433 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $362K 3/1 1,360 1963 1
12434 BARBARY RD Bought for $180K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $373K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12435 BARBARY RD Bought for $132K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $338K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12437 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 1 rented
12439 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12441 BARBARY RD Absentee individual $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12443 BARBARY RD Bought for $143K in 2017. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $366K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12445 BARBARY RD Traded 4×: $137K in 2004 → $235K in 2019 (+72%). Investor / LLC $375K 3/1 1,360 1963 4 rented
12449 BARBARY RD sold $179K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2016); 2 L&I violations (2018); 3 L&I violations (2020); Appeal withdrawn (2023). Owner-occupied $365K 3/1 1,360 1963 1
12451 BARBARY RD Traded 3×: $128K in 2013 → $338K in 2022 (+164%). Owner-occupied $382K 3/1 1,360 1963 3
12453 BARBARY RD Bought for $120K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $185K in 2016 (+54%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 3
12455 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $66K in 2001 → $130K in 2016 (+97%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 2
12457 BARBARY RD Traded 2×: $150K in 2025 → $390K in 2026 (+160%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 2 tax lien
12459 BARBARY RD Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 0
12461 BARBARY RD Bought for $178K in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1963 1
12463 BARBARY RD Traded 3×: $155K in 2004 → $279K in 2021 (+80%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/— 1,360 1963 3
12465 BARBARY RD Owner-occupied $375K 3/1 1,360 1963 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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