Philadelphia property report

1300 block of Wharton St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 74% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($9,179 recorded then).

The typical home here is up 106% since 2016, now about $492K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$492K
23 homes of 23 parcels
ZIP median $464K
Price / sq ft
$266
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
2.1×
the city median
city $230K
Recent sale
$474K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $492K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $12K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
5 of 23
$42K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
74%
17 of 23
city 48%
Rentals
13%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
$9K
1 of 23 listed
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-7%
value · tax −$480
5 years
+30%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+106%
value · tax +$3K

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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 $492K — about 2.1× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $464K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$492K$464K$230K
Owner-occupied44%44%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 83 reported crimes (about 7 a month, 23% of them violent) and 274 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.

Crimes · 12mo
83
about 7/month · 23% violent
311 requests · 12mo
274
about 23/month · 38 open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle21
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Thefts15
Other Assaults10
Fraud8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection68
Shoveling35
Graffiti Removal27
Salting19
Illegal Dumping17
Maintenance Complaint16

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
Fanny Jackson Coppin
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$500K$1.0M$492K2016: $239K2017: $239K2018: $239K2019: $334K2020: $362K2021: $362K2022: $378K2023: $465K2024: $465K2025: $530K2026: $530K2027: $492K2016202020232027

▲ +106% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,6922016: $2,7762017: $2,8272018: $2,8272019: $4,1592020: $4,6532021: $4,6532022: $4,6882023: $5,3262024: $5,2862025: $6,1722026: $6,1722027: $5,6922016202020232027

▲ +105% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

5
5 properties on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $41,767. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

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.

9 homes pay the full 1.40%14 pay less
$4,249pays now $13,978at the full rate

One large gap: 1308 Wharton St has a $4,249/year assessment-based estimate on $999K assessed value — about 30% of the $13,978 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 206 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $206 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+106%
since 2016
Net rental yield
2.4%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.3 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
32arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 17Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 5 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 17
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

3 parcels6 parcels3 parcels3 parcels2 parcels1 parcels5 parcels
$384K$650K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Deco Collective LLC14$1.6M831 N Stillman St, Philadelphia PA, 19130phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Sequoia Properties III Ll11$431K1320 Wharton St, Philadelphia PA, 19147phila.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 23 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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1304 WHARTON ST Bought for $280K in 2016. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $543K 2/1 2,418 1920 1
1306 WHARTON ST Apartment building Absentee individual $452K 6/4 2,130 1920 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified
1308 WHARTON ST built new under a 2017 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $360K in 2017. Owner-occupied $961K 4/2 3,258 1920 3 assessment exemption · basis unverified
1310 WHARTON ST Apartment building Bought for $144K in 2005. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2009. Absentee individual $464K 8/4 2,448 1920 1 licensed rental
1312 WHARTON ST Bought for $5K in 2002, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $330K in 2007. Owner-occupied $520K 4/2 1,954 1920 3 1 viol
1313 WHARTON ST Bought for $355K in 2009, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $617K in 2025. Owner-occupied $632K 3/3 1,978 1915 4
1314 WHARTON ST Owner-occupied $424K 3/1 1,548 1920 1
1315 WHARTON ST Bought for $269K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $492K —/— 1,995 1915 1
1316 WHARTON ST built new under a 2018 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). Owner-occupied $449K 4/1 1,712 1920 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified
1317 WHARTON ST Apartment building Bought for $215K in 2010. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2011. Absentee individual $507K 3/3 2,112 1915 1 licensed rental
1318 WHARTON ST Bought for $125K in 2013, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $330K in 2025 (+164%). Investor / LLC $449K 4/1 1,712 1920 2
1319 WHARTON ST Bought for $220K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $507K —/— 2,112 1915 1
1320 WHARTON ST Bought for $270K in 2015. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $431K 4/1 1,582 1920 1
1321 WHARTON ST Owner-occupied $437K —/— 1,593 1915 0
1322 WHARTON ST Owner-occupied $482K 4/1 2,020 1920 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified
1323 WHARTON ST Bought for $110K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $564K —/— 1,593 1915 3
1324 WHARTON ST Apartment building Bought for $150K in 2011. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2012. Absentee individual $778K 6/6 3,618 1925 2 licensed rental
1325 WHARTON ST Bought for $315K in 2019, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $600K in 2021. Absentee individual $650K 3/3 1,884 1920 2
1327 WHARTON ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $399K —/— 1,476 1920 0
1329 WHARTON ST Bought for $249K in 2016, demolition permit in 2017, sold for $615K in 2020 (+147%). Owner-occupied $589K 3/1 1,548 1920 2 lien in pre-2017 ledger
1331 WHARTON ST Bought for $305K in 2018, built new under a 2010 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $661K in 2019. Owner-occupied $612K 3/3 1,671 1920 2 assessment exemption · basis unverified
1333 WHARTON ST Owner-occupied $399K —/— 1,476 1920 0
1335 WHARTON ST Apartment building Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $384K —/— 1,608 1920 2

Neighborhood

Median income
$89K
household
Own vs. rent
66%
owner-occupied
Median age
40.5
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:12 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.