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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

1400 block of S 12th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $119 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $400K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$400K
$184K–$647K
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$284
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$380K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $400K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 29
$37K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
69%
20 of 29
city 41%
Rentals
24%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$119
1 of 29 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
8
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$59
5 years
+32%
value · tax +$568
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$2K

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 $400K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$400K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied31%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (10 violent) and 240 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
62
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
240
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft15
Thefts13
Theft from Vehicle12
Other Assaults7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Fraud3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection63
Salting35
Street Defect25
Graffiti Removal14
Other (Streets)11
Construction Complaints9

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$250K$500K$400K2016: $225K2017: $225K2018: $236K2019: $280K2020: $303K2021: $303K2022: $303K2023: $354K2024: $354K2025: $404K2026: $404K2027: $400K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,3982016: $2,8002017: $2,8002018: $2,8232019: $3,3582020: $3,6162021: $3,6162022: $3,8302023: $4,2722024: $4,2722025: $4,3392026: $4,3392027: $4,3982016202020232027

▲ +57% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

7
7 properties 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 $37,334 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

13 homes pay the full 1.40%16 pay less
$2,033pays now $6,370at the full rate

The starkest example: 1424 S 12th St is assessed at $455K but pays $2,033 a year — about 32% of the $6,370 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 36 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
36arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 29 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 8 29parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels8 parcels7 parcels5 parcels6 parcels
$184K$525K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Joseph Baldino (individual)23$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Zheng Qiao Di (individual)22$888Kphila.gov ↗
26sp LLC11$465Kphila.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 29 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1406 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $151K in 2004 → $350K in 2020 (+132%). Absentee individual $377K 3/2 1,184 1915 2
1408 S 12TH ST Bought for $20K in 2004. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Absentee individual $184K —/— 1,872 1915 2
1410 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2015. Absentee individual $605K 5/2 2,448 1915 0
1411 S 12TH ST Traded 5×: $43K in 2002 → $410K in 2024 (+865%). Owner-occupied $464K 3/2 1,770 1915 5
1412 S 12TH ST built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $350K in 2025. Investor / LLC $465K 4/1 1,552 1960 1
1413 S 12TH ST L&I violation (2014); L&I violation (2017). Owner-occupied $345K 3/1 1,152 1915 0 tax lien
1414 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $400K 3/1 1,416 1915 1
1415 S 12TH ST Bought for $166K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $395K 3/1 1,272 1915 3
1416 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,312 1915 0
1417 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,272 1915 0 abated
1418 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $403K 3/1 1,438 1915 0 abated
1419 S 12TH ST Bought for $448K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $525K 3/1 1,488 1915 1
1420 S 12TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated), sold for $57K in 2000. Owner-occupied $385K 3/1 1,312 1915 1 abated
1421 S 12TH ST Bought for $230K in 2016, built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $435K in 2017. Owner-occupied $485K 3/1 1,272 1915 2 rented
1422 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $403K 4/1 1,468 1915 0 abated
1423 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $372K 3/1 1,272 1915 0 abated
1424 S 12TH ST built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $455K 4/1 1,870 1915 0 abated
1425-31 S 12TH ST Bought for $60K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Absentee individual $508K 2/2 2,160 1915 1
1426 S 12TH ST built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $375K in 2010. Absentee individual $367K —/— 2,412 1900 1 rented
1428 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Absentee individual $522K 2/2 2,412 1920 0 rented
1430 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $442K 4/2 2,142 1915 0 abated
1432 S 12TH ST Bought for $340K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $449K 4/2 1,522 1915 1
1433 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $365K 3/1 1,288 1915 0 rented
1434 S 12TH ST Bought for $63K in 2001. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Absentee individual $375K 2/2 1,416 1915 2 rented
1435 S 12TH ST Bought for $80K in 2011, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $410K in 2024 (+413%). Owner-occupied $359K 2/2 904 1915 5
1436 S 12TH ST built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $700K in 2022. Owner-occupied $647K 6/3 3,150 1915 1 rented
1437 S 12TH ST Bought for $95K in 2002, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $341K in 2022 (+259%). Owner-occupied $329K 2/2 856 1915 5
1439 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2001 → $268K in 2008 (+198%). Owner-occupied $414K 2/2 1,288 1915 2
1441 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2008. Absentee individual $309K —/— 1,728 1915 0 rentedtax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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