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Who owns your block

2700 block of S 12th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 90% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $282K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$282K
$272K–$344K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$252
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 20
$22K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
90%
18 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
15%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
0%
value · tax −$2
5 years
+32%
value · tax +$191
10 years
+66%
value · tax +$592

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 $282K — 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$282K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied70%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 81 reported crimes (21 violent) and 281 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
81
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
281
28 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle19
Other Assaults18
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Thefts12
Fraud8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection76
Salting33
Sanitation Violation33
Maintenance Complaint20
Street Light Outage17
Other (Streets)16

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
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$282K2016: $170K2017: $170K2018: $170K2019: $198K2020: $214K2021: $214K2022: $214K2023: $254K2024: $254K2025: $283K2026: $283K2027: $282K2016202020232027

▲ +66% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6832016: $2,0912017: $2,0912018: $2,0912019: $2,3802020: $2,4922021: $2,4922022: $2,4922023: $2,6442024: $2,6442025: $2,6852026: $2,6852027: $2,6832016202020232027

▲ +28% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

1
1 property 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 $21,593 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%
$2,431pays now $4,428at the full rate

2701 S 12th St is assessed at $316K but pays $2,431 a year — about 55% of the $4,428 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 +4.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 166 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $166 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+66%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.8 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20002005201020152020
23arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Absentee individual: 2 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

10 parcels0 parcels1 parcels6 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$272K$323K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 20 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
2701 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $316K 3/1 1,296 1960 0 abated
2703 S 12TH ST Traded 3×: $83K in 2001 → $236K in 2022 (+186%). Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,080 1960 3
2705 S 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2016); sold $147K (2019). Absentee individual $300K 3/1 1,080 1960 1
2707 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 1,080 1960 1 rented
2709 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $104K in 2001 → $117K in 2001 (+13%). Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,080 1960 2
2711 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $95K in 2004 → $225K in 2019 (+137%). Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,080 1960 2
2713 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $323K 3/1 1,116 1960 1
2717 S 12TH ST Bought for $235K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $298K 3/1 1,116 1960 1
2719 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $296K 3/1 1,080 1960 0
2721 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $168K in 2004 → $170K in 2011 (+1%). Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,080 1960 2
2723 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,206 1960 0
2725 S 12TH ST built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $160K in 2016. Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,080 1960 1 1 viol
2727 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $130K in 2002 → $219K in 2011 (+68%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/1 1,116 1960 2
2731 S 12TH ST Bought for $170K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $298K 3/1 1,116 1960 1
2733 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $276K 3/1 1,116 1960 1 rented
2735 S 12TH ST Absentee individual $272K 3/1 1,080 1960 1 rented
2737 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,080 1960 1
2739 S 12TH ST Bought for $165K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,080 1960 2
2741 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,080 1960 0
2743 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $344K 3/1 1,332 1960 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)

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