Who owns your block
200 block of S 12th St
A mixed-ownership block: 22% owner-occupied, 39% investor-held, with 11 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 29% since 2016, now about $715K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $715K — about 3.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19107 median of $395K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19107 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19107 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $715K | $395K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 9% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 522 reported crimes (130 violent) and 536 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
- $715K typical home, up +29% since 2016
- Tax bill $7,787 to $9,799 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $172M assessed, $970,140/yr to the city, about $42,180 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +29% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +26% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
210 S 12th St is assessed at $114M but pays $158,968 a year — about 10% of the $1,589,688 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.3% 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 $129 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 9 arm's-length sales since 1996. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 9
- Absentee individual 9
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Horizon House Inc, carries 1 open violation across 19 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon House Inc | 1 | 19 | $13M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Jb Retail Holdings Llc | 2 | 2 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Nautica Investments Inc | 1 | 2 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cosmopolitan Investment | 1 | 1 | $38M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 200 S12 Street Owner Llc | 1 | 1 | $114M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Phoebus Property A Llc | 1 | 1 | $695K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mir Group Llc | 1 | 1 | $998K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Manning Street Associates | 1 | 1 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 S 12TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $350K in 1996 → $350K in 1996 (+0%). | Absentee individual | $1.4M | —/— | 9,500 | 1895 | 2 | rented |
| 205-27 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $38M | —/— | 180,700 | 1896 | 0 | rented |
| 210 S 12TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2020 and rebuilt (2026). | Investor / LLC | $114M | —/— | 449,820 | 2024 | 0 | rentedabated5 viol |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $650K | 2/2 | 1,352 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $625K | 2/2 | 1,368 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $700K | 2/2 | 1,540 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a mechanical permit in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $675K | 2/2 | 1,476 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. | Investor / LLC | $610K | 2/2 | 1,207 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST | Investor / LLC | $695K | 2/2 | 1,534 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $715K | 2/2 | 1,535 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a suppression permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $705K | 2/2 | 1,547 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $630K | 2/2 | 1,368 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $660K | 2/2 | 1,353 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 214-18 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a suppression permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $1.3M | 2/2 | 3,340 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 240-44 S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit. | Owner-occupied | $4.0M | 4/1 | 4,500 | 1995 | 0 | |
| 246-48 S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $240K | —/— | 8,265 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 247 S 12TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $395K in 2005 → $335K in 2010 (-15%). | Absentee individual | $447K | —/— | 1,668 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 249 S 12TH ST History2 L&I violations (2010); L&I violation (2014); L&I violation (2017). | Owner-occupied | $740K | —/— | 2,565 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 250 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Absentee individual | $1.0M | —/— | 3,459 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 251 S 12TH ST New constructionBought for $295K in 2000, built new under a 2023 permit, sold for $915K in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $998K | —/— | 2,664 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 252 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $734K | —/— | 3,383 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 253 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2010. | Investor / LLC | $846K | —/— | 2,672 | 1860 | 0 | rented |
| 254 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $2.5M | —/— | 9,858 | 1985 | 2 | 6 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)