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Who owns your block

2100 block of S 12th St

A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 110% since 2016, now about $279K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$279K
$245K–$312K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$239
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
50%
3 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
33%
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%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$179
5 years
+42%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+110%
value · tax +$2K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $279K — about 1.3× 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$279K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied17%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 103 reported crimes (24 violent) and 352 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
103
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
352
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle25
Other Assaults17
Thefts17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection68
Salting62
Illegal Dumping43
Graffiti Removal27
Shoveling19
Maintenance Complaint18

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 · K-8
Abram Jenks
8301 Germantown Ave · 380 students
Middle · K-8
D Newlin Fell
900 W Oregon Ave · 519 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$279K2016: $133K2017: $133K2018: $133K2019: $182K2020: $197K2021: $197K2022: $197K2023: $229K2024: $229K2025: $265K2026: $265K2027: $279K2016202020232027

▲ +110% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,7432016: $1,8622017: $1,8622018: $1,8622019: $2,4892020: $2,6932021: $2,6932022: $2,6932023: $3,0962024: $3,0962025: $3,5642026: $3,5642027: $3,7432016202020232027

▲ +101% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 210 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $210 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+110%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.5 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004200720102013
8arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$245K$312K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Lrg Investments Llc19$2.6Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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
2102 S 12TH ST Bought for $159K in 2012. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $287K 4/1 1,200 1925 1
2103 S 12TH ST Bought for $28K in 2003. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Absentee individual $245K 3/1 1,136 1925 3 rented
2104 S 12TH ST Bought for $124K in 2009, alteration permit in 2014, sold for $253K in 2015 (+104%). Owner-occupied $312K 3/1 1,200 1925 2
2105 S 12TH ST Investor / LLC $271K 3/1 1,136 1925 1 rented
2106 S 12TH ST sold $132K (2009); 2 L&I violations (2018). Owner-occupied $263K 3/1 1,200 1925 1
2107 S 12TH ST Absentee individual $312K 3/1 1,440 1920 0

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.