1300 block of Wellington St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $303K — about 1.3× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 52 reported crimes (about 4 a month, 54% of them violent) and 73 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $303K typical home, up +101% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $2,012 to $3,714 a year through 2027, +6%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $118,777/yr from taxable assessments, or $3,493 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 1306 Wellington Stlower taxable assessment0.88%$2,367/yr on $269K
• 1308 Wellington Stlower taxable assessment0.88%$2,367/yr on $269K
• 1309 Wellington Stlower taxable assessment0.88%$2,367/yr on $269K
• 1310 Wellington Stlower taxable assessment0.88%$2,367/yr on $269K
• 1319 Wellington Stlower taxable assessment0.88%$2,367/yr on $269K
• …and 15 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% 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 $201 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 45 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

1301 Wellington St

$351K · Bought for $176K in 2012, built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $320K in 2023.

New construction

1300 Wellington St

$327K · Bought for $221K in 2004, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $215K in 2013.

New construction

1309 Wellington St

$273K · Bought for $101K in 2001, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $95K in 2014.

Renovated & sold on

1317 Wellington St

$273K · Bought for $104K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $160K in 2016 (+54%).

Improved

1332 Wellington St

$434K · Bought for $228K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016.

Improved

1348 Wellington St

$328K · Bought for $165K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011.

Neighborhood