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Who owns your block

12700 block of Cabell Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 97% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $18,580 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $336K. 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
$336K
$327K–$385K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$247
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$370K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $336K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1973
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
97%
33 of 34
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
1 of 34 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$289
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$982
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$1K

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 $336K — 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$336K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied79%73%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 15 reported crimes (6 violent) and 83 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
15
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
83
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft4
Other Assaults4
Robbery No Firearm2
Thefts2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
Fraud1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection25
Maintenance Complaint14
Abandoned Vehicle7
Shoveling7
Street Defect6
License Complaint4

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$336K2016: $187K2017: $187K2018: $187K2019: $200K2020: $212K2021: $212K2022: $212K2023: $254K2024: $254K2025: $316K2026: $316K2027: $336K2016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,3252016: $2,2002017: $2,1982018: $2,2052019: $2,2402020: $2,3432021: $2,3432022: $2,3432023: $2,4522024: $2,4452025: $3,0522026: $3,0362027: $3,3252016202020232027

▲ +51% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

7 homes pay the full 1.40%27 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 180 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $180 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+80%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
25arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 34 parcels

Owner-occupied: 33Investor / LLC: 1 34parcels
  • Owner-occupied 33
  • Investor / LLC 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels12 parcels9 parcels4 parcels2 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$327K$356K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Arsens Properties LLC17$3.4Mphila.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 34 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
12700 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $342K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12701 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $356K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12702 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $339K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12703 CABELL RD Traded 2×: $160K in 2011 → $222K in 2018 (+39%). Investor / LLC $338K 3/1 1,360 1973 2 rented
12704 CABELL RD Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $341K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12705 CABELL RD Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $336K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12706 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $340K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12707 CABELL RD Bought for $66K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $335K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12708 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $339K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12709 CABELL RD Bought for $185K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $351K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12710 CABELL RD Traded 2×: $206K in 2021 → $356K in 2022 (+73%). Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,360 1973 2
12711 CABELL RD Bought for $104K in 2001. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $345K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12712 CABELL RD Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12713 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $337K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12714 CABELL RD Bought for $250K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $364K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12715 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $337K 3/1 1,360 1973 1 tax lien
12716 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $330K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12717 CABELL RD Bought for $96K in 2001. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $337K 3/1 1,360 1973 3
12718 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $342K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12719 CABELL RD Bought for $155K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12720 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12721 CABELL RD Traded 2×: $149K in 2004 → $216K in 2013 (+45%). Owner-occupied $337K 3/1 1,360 1973 2
12722 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12723 CABELL RD Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12724 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12725 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $332K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12726 CABELL RD Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12727 CABELL RD Bought for $370K in 2024. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $327K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12728 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $335K 3/1 1,360 1973 0 tax lien
12729 CABELL RD Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $327K 3/1 1,360 1973 0 tax lien
12730 CABELL RD Owner-occupied $335K 3/1 1,360 1973 1
12732 CABELL RD Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $335K 3/1 1,360 1973 0
12734 CABELL RD Bought for $127K in 2011, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $240K in 2017 (+90%). Owner-occupied $336K 3/1 1,360 1973 3
12736 CABELL RD 3 L&I violations (2013). Owner-occupied $346K 3/1 1,360 1973 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.