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Who owns your block

1300 block of N 12th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $28,010 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 132% since 2016, now about $280K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$280K
$249K–$335K
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$243
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 16
$17K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
81%
13 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$28K
2 of 16 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-12%
value · tax −$446
5 years
+86%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+132%
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 $280K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19122Philadelphia
Median home value$280K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied69%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 49 reported crimes (19 violent) and 92 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
49
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
92
34 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Thefts6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Aggravated Assault Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint26
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection11
Abandoned Vehicle8
Other (Streets)6
License Complaint5
Construction Complaints4

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
Paul Laurence Dunbar
1750 N 12th St · 223 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$280K2016: $120K2017: $120K2018: $120K2019: $152K2020: $151K2021: $151K2022: $151K2023: $246K2024: $246K2025: $319K2026: $319K2027: $280K2016202020232027

▲ +132% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6182016: $1,4382017: $1,5492018: $1,4382019: $1,6202020: $1,5342021: $1,5342022: $1,5342023: $2,3252024: $2,3252025: $3,0642026: $3,0642027: $2,6182016202020232027

▲ +82% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

1
1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $16,881 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$2,981pays now $4,464at the full rate

1304 N 12th St is assessed at $319K but pays $2,981 a year — about 67% of the $4,464 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 232 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $232 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+132%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.5 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 14 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
14arm's-length sales since 1997
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Absentee individual: 3 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels6 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$249K$319K+

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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1300 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $319K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
1302 N 12TH ST Bought for $105K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $181K in 2014 (+72%). Owner-occupied $335K 3/1 1,360 1965 2
1304 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $319K 3/1 1,360 1965 0 abated
1306 N 12TH ST Traded 3×: $91K in 2004 → $300K in 2021 (+230%). Absentee individual $294K 3/1 1,152 1965 3
1307 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,440 1965 0
1308 N 12TH ST sold $80K (2004); 4 L&I violations (2007). Absentee individual $280K 3/1 1,152 1965 1
1309 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Absentee individual $280K 3/1 1,152 1965 0 rented
1310 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
1311 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,152 1965 0
1312 N 12TH ST Bought for $50K in 2005, use permit in 2008, sold for $175K in 2015 (+250%). Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,360 1965 2
1313 N 12TH ST Bought for $76K in 2010, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $154K in 2010 (+103%). Owner-occupied $294K 3/1 1,152 1965 2
1314 N 12TH ST Bought for $130K in 2006. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $276K 3/1 1,360 1965 2 tax lien
1315 N 12TH ST sold $60K (1997); 5 L&I violations (2009). Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,152 1965 1 tax lien
1316 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $269K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
1317 N 12TH ST Bought for $55K in 2000. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,152 1965 1
1318 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,360 1965 0

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.