Who owns your block
1300 block of Wales Pl
A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $77,591 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 81% since 2016, now about $354K. 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 $354K — about 1.6× 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 block | ZIP 19116 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $354K | $402K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 72% | 61% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 7 reported crimes (1 violent) and 72 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
- $354K typical home, up +81% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,323 to $3,697 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.6M assessed, $74,371/yr to the city, about $4,132 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +81% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +59% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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 $181 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 16 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 18 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1332 WALES PL Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $165K in 2013 → $260K in 2019 (+58%). | Owner-occupied | $387K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1965 | 3 | |
| 1333 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $353K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1334 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $358K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 1335 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $376K | —/— | 1,440 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1336 WALES PL TradedTraded 2×: $71K in 2001 → $136K in 2002 (+91%). | Owner-occupied | $366K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 1337 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $362K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 1338 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $358K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1339 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $354K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1340 WALES PL | Absentee individual | $350K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1341 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $347K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 1342 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $342K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1343 WALES PL TradedTraded 2×: $174K in 2012 → $225K in 2018 (+29%). | Owner-occupied | $345K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 2 | |
| 1344 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $346K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1345 WALES PL | Absentee individual | $345K | 3/1 | 1,224 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 1346 WALES PL | Absentee individual | $345K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1347 WALES PL | Owner-occupied | $346K | —/— | 1,224 | 1965 | 0 | |
| 1348 WALES PL TradedTraded 2×: $191K in 2005 → $310K in 2023 (+63%). | Owner-occupied | $467K | 2/2 | 1,388 | 1965 | 2 | rented |
| 1349 WALES PL TradedTraded 2×: $84K in 1995 → $335K in 2025 (+299%). | Owner-occupied | $466K | —/— | 1,394 | 1965 | 2 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)