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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

2600 block of S 12th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $15,663 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 45% since 2016, now about $244K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$244K
$243K–$459K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$213
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$213K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $244K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
9 of 56
$50K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
75%
42 of 56
city 41%
Rentals
16%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$16K
2 of 56 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$54
5 years
+24%
value · tax +$185
10 years
+45%
value · tax +$380

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 $244K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and below 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$244K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied43%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 91 reported crimes (26 violent) and 236 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
91
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
236
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults23
Thefts16
Theft from Vehicle15
Motor Vehicle Theft13
All Other Offenses7
Fraud6

Top 311 complaints

Salting47
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection46
Maintenance Complaint16
Graffiti Removal15
Illegal Dumping15
Other (Streets)14

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$244K2016: $168K2017: $168K2018: $168K2019: $182K2020: $197K2021: $197K2022: $197K2023: $225K2024: $225K2025: $242K2026: $242K2027: $244K2016202020232027

▲ +45% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,3172016: $1,9372017: $1,9372018: $1,9372019: $2,0342020: $2,1322021: $2,1322022: $2,1322023: $2,0932024: $2,1862025: $2,0792026: $2,2632027: $2,3172016202020232027

▲ +20% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

9
9 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 $49,647 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%
$3,218pays now $5,164at the full rate

2644 S 12th St is assessed at $369K but pays $3,218 a year — about 62% of the $5,164 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 +3.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 145 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $145 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+45%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.1 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 63 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
63arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 56 parcels

Owner-occupied: 42Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 12 56parcels
  • Owner-occupied 42
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 12

Value distribution today

37 parcels2 parcels8 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels7 parcels
$243K$321K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Adam W Ellis (individual)22$669Kphila.gov ↗
Twentysixthirty Llc11$244Kphila.gov ↗
Frequencies Real Estate Llc11$459Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 56 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2600 S 12TH ST Bought for $45K in 2003. Owner pulled a use permit in 2013. Absentee individual $299K 3/1 1,536 1925 1 rented
2601 S 12TH ST sold $335K (2020); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2024). Owner-occupied $405K —/— 1,648 1930 1
2602 S 12TH ST Bought for $122K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $275K in 2021 (+125%). Owner-occupied $315K 3/1 1,146 1925 3 rented
2603 S 12TH ST L&I violation (2014); L&I violation (2017); sold $335K (2020); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2024). Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,216 1925 1
2604 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2004 → $224K in 2006 (+86%). Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 2
2605 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0
2606 S 12TH ST Traded 4×: $44K in 2001 → $135K in 2011 (+207%). Owner-occupied $266K 3/1 1,146 1925 4
2607 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0
2608 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $115K in 2004 → $200K in 2008 (+74%). Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 2
2609 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $266K 3/1 1,146 1925 0
2610 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0
2611 S 12TH ST built new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0 abatedtax lien
2612 S 12TH ST Bought for $170K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2613 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $132K in 2006 → $225K in 2007 (+70%). Owner-occupied $266K 3/1 1,146 1925 2
2614 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0
2615 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 1,136 1925 0
2616 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $273K 3/2 1,208 1925 0 abated
2617 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0
2618 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2619 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $130K in 2013 → $5K in 2019 (-96%). Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 2
2620 S 12TH ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0 abated
2621 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,196 1925 1 tax lien
2622 S 12TH ST Bought for $195K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $266K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2623 S 12TH ST Absentee individual $321K 3/1 1,196 1925 1 rented
2624 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0 abated
2625 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0
2626 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0 abated
2627 S 12TH ST Absentee individual $289K 3/1 1,146 1925 1 rented
2628 S 12TH ST Traded 4×: $120K in 2007 → $294K in 2021 (+145%). Owner-occupied $315K 3/1 1,146 1925 4
2629 S 12TH ST Bought for $31K in 1999, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $145K in 2015 (+375%). Absentee individual $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 2
2630 S 12TH ST Investor / LLC $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2631 S 12TH ST Bought for $40K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $249K 3/1 1,196 1925 1 rented
2632 S 12TH ST Bought for $80K in 2010, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $187K in 2012 (+134%). Owner-occupied $266K 3/1 1,146 1925 2
2633 S 12TH ST Bought for $70K in 2005. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $252K 3/1 1,223 1925 1 rented
2634 S 12TH ST Traded 4×: $115K in 2002 → $245K in 2016 (+113%). Absentee individual $315K 3/1 1,146 1925 4 rented
2635 S 12TH ST Bought for $125K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $266K 3/1 1,146 1925 2
2636 S 12TH ST Bought for $150K in 2014, alteration permit in 2014, sold for $242K in 2017 (+61%). Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 2
2637 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2638 S 12TH ST Bought for $201K in 2020. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2639 S 12TH ST Absentee individual $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2640 S 12TH ST Bought for $75K in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2641 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2642 S 12TH ST Bought for $81K in 2001, alteration permit in 2013, sold for $284K in 2021 (+251%). Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,346 1925 4
2643 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,196 1925 0
2644 S 12TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $369K 3/1 1,262 1925 0 abated
2645 S 12TH ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $86K in 2000. Owner-occupied $249K 3/1 1,196 1925 1 abated
2646 S 12TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $67K in 2002. Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1 abated
2647 S 12TH ST built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $140K in 2017. Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1 rented
2648 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0 abated
2649 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $249K 3/2 1,196 1925 1
2650 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2651 S 12TH ST L&I violation (2009). Absentee individual $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 0 tax lien
2652 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1
2653 S 12TH ST Bought for $40K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $244K 3/1 1,146 1925 1 rented
2654 S 12TH ST Traded 4×: $110K in 2000 → $425K in 2024 (+286%). Investor / LLC $459K —/— 1,740 1930 4
2655 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $272K —/— 1,724 1925 0

Neighborhood

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