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Who owns your block

1400 block of N 12th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations and 4 homes behind $21,459 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 115% since 2016, now about $235K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$235K
$235K–$334K
ZIP median $278K
Price / sq ft
$192
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
80%
12 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
13%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$21K
4 of 15 behind
▲ block 27% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-22%
value · tax −$543
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$780
10 years
+115%
value · tax +$987

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 $235K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below 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$235K$278K$223K
Owner-occupied60%21%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 48 reported crimes (21 violent) and 122 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
48
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
122
34 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint34
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
Salting9
Abandoned Vehicle8
Shoveling7
Other (Streets)5

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$235K2016: $110K2017: $110K2018: $110K2019: $150K2020: $149K2021: $149K2022: $149K2023: $239K2024: $239K2025: $300K2026: $300K2027: $235K2016202020232027

▲ +115% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5212016: $1,5342017: $1,5342018: $1,5342019: $1,8282020: $1,7412021: $1,7412022: $1,7412023: $2,3252024: $2,3252025: $3,0642026: $3,0642027: $2,5212016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 215 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $215 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+115%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.7 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 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2005201020152020
14arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Absentee individual: 3 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

9 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$235K$280K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 15 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
1420 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007). Owner-occupied $239K 3/1 1,224 1965 0 tax lien
1422 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,224 1965 0
1423 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $253K 3/1 1,360 1965 0
1424 N 12TH ST Bought for $93K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $192K in 2018 (+106%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,224 1965 4
1425 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,224 1965 0
1426 N 12TH ST Bought for $72K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $279K 3/1 1,360 1965 1
1427 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,224 1965 0
1428 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $131K in 2013 → $200K in 2024 (+53%). Owner-occupied $252K 4/1 1,360 1965 2
1429 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,224 1965 1 rented
1430 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,224 1965 1
1431 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,224 1965 0 tax lien
1432 N 12TH ST Bought for $60K in 2002, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $111K in 2016 (+85%). Absentee individual $265K 3/1 1,224 1965 3 rented
1433 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $235K 3/1 1,224 1965 0
1435 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,224 1965 0 9 violtax lien
1437 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2007 → $65K in 2007 (+63%). Owner-occupied $280K 3/1 1,360 1965 2

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.