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Who owns your block

2000 block of S 12th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 84% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 42% since 2016, now about $304K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$304K
$214K–$476K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$209
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 25
$28K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
84%
21 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
8%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 24% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-19%
value · tax −$1K
5 years
+2%
value · tax −$554
10 years
+42%
value · tax +$264

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 $304K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19148 median of $261K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19148 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19148Philadelphia
Median home value$304K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied48%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 90 reported crimes (20 violent) and 334 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
90
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
334
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle22
Other Assaults16
Thefts14
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Fraud4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection73
Salting68
Illegal Dumping34
Street Defect22
Maintenance Complaint15
Graffiti Removal14

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
Southwark
1835 S 9th St · 889 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$304K2016: $215K2017: $215K2018: $214K2019: $274K2020: $297K2021: $297K2022: $297K2023: $334K2024: $334K2025: $377K2026: $377K2027: $304K2016202020232027

▲ +42% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9172016: $2,7862017: $2,6532018: $2,5742019: $3,1932020: $3,2842021: $3,2842022: $3,4712023: $3,5362024: $3,5362025: $4,1262026: $4,1262027: $2,9172016202020232027

▲ +5% since 2016 · ~+0%/yr

5
5 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 $28,121 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$3,728pays now $6,657at the full rate

2024 S 12th St is assessed at $476K but pays $3,728 a year — about 56% of the $6,657 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 +3.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 142 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $142 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+42%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.3 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 29 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020042008201220162020
29arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Absentee individual: 4 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

3 parcels7 parcels6 parcels0 parcels1 parcels5 parcels3 parcels
$214K$467K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Joanne A Campanile Irrevocable Trust11$239Kphila.gov ↗
Sugar Notch Properties Ll11$476Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 25 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
2000 S 12TH ST Bought for $265K in 2004. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2021. Absentee individual $428K —/— 2,852 1925 2
2002 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $314K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
2004 S 12TH ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated), sold for $72K in 2001. Owner-occupied $288K 3/1 1,440 1925 1 abated
2006 S 12TH ST Bought for $210K in 2009. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $304K 3/1 1,600 1925 1
2007 S 12TH ST Bought for $105K in 2013. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $268K 3/1 1,180 1925 1
2008 S 12TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $285K 3/1 1,440 1925 0 abated
2009 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,200 1925 0 abated
2010 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $40K in 2000 → $275K in 2013 (+588%). Owner-occupied $311K 3/2 1,440 1925 2
2011 S 12TH ST Bought for $140K in 2006. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $290K 3/1 1,448 1925 1
2012 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $467K 3/2 2,739 1925 0
2013 S 12TH ST Absentee individual $418K 4/2 2,240 1915 0 rented
2014 S 12TH ST Bought for $250K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $282K 4/2 1,440 1925 1
2015 S 12TH ST Bought for $550K in 2008. Owner pulled a use permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $377K —/— 2,386 1925 3
2016 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,256 1925 0
2017 S 12TH ST Bought for $245K in 2011. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $426K 4/3 1,980 2011 1
2018 S 12TH ST Bought for $159K in 2009. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $308K 3/1 1,040 1925 2
2019 S 12TH ST Bought for $255K in 2012. Owner pulled a suppression permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $423K 4/3 1,950 2011 3
2020 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $57K in 2000 → $145K in 2004 (+157%). Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,256 1925 2
2021 S 12TH ST Bought for $250K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $423K 4/3 1,950 2011 1
2022 S 12TH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $239K 3/1 1,040 1925 0 abated
2023 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 900 1925 1
2024 S 12TH ST Bought for $197K in 2016, built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated), sold for $197K in 2016. Owner-occupied $476K 3/2 1,536 1925 3 abated
2025 S 12TH ST Bought for $50K in 2004, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $149K in 2011. Owner-occupied $220K —/— 1,394 1925 2
2026-28 S 12TH ST Absentee individual $476K —/— 3,172 1940 0 rented
2030 S 12TH ST Bought for $180K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $276K 4/1 1,380 1925 1

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

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