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Who owns your block

2800 block of N 12th St

A mixed-ownership block: 32% owner-occupied, 35% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 7 homes behind $10,640 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 220% since 2016, now about $116K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% 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
$116K
$23K–$3.9M
ZIP median $83K
Price / sq ft
$98
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$10K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $116K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 37
$64K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
32%
11 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
27%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
7 of 37 behind
▲ block 19% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+11%
value · tax +$275
5 years
+244%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+218%
value · tax +$976

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 $116K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19133 median of $83K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19133 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19133Philadelphia
Median home value$116K$83K$223K
Owner-occupied19%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 121 reported crimes (47 violent) and 205 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
121
47 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
205
61 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults30
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief20
All Other Offenses17
Thefts15
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7
Burglary Residential6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint49
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection47
Abandoned Vehicle18
Construction Complaints17
Street Defect17
Other (Streets)9

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
Mastery Charter School At Clymer
Middle & High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$100K$200K$116K2016: $36K2017: $37K2018: $38K2019: $44K2020: $34K2021: $34K2022: $34K2023: $77K2024: $77K2025: $104K2026: $104K2027: $116K2016202020232027

▲ +220% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4522016: $4762017: $4762018: $4932019: $3682020: $2462021: $2062022: $2132023: $6432024: $7032025: $1,1002026: $1,1772027: $1,4522016202020232027

▲ +205% since 2016 · ~+11%/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 $64,338 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%
$0pays now $54,073at the full rate

2814-28 N 12th St is assessed at $3.9M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $54,073 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9310050020162019202220252027This block 320 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $320 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+11.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+220%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+11.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+8.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.6 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 27 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20052010201520202025
27arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 11 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 11

Value distribution today

9 parcels11 parcels8 parcels4 parcels1 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$23K$355K+

The block's largest owner, Geena Llc, carries 36 open violations across 178 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Geena Llc2178$8.0Mphila.gov ↗
Bcm Investments Llc175$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Rush Realty Company Inc136$4.8Mphila.gov ↗
Strategic Equity Group In127$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Equity Trust Company Custodian Fbo Ajay122$973Kphila.gov ↗
Blake & Mitchell Co114$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Williamson & Owen Llc13$405Kphila.gov ↗
Builders Of Better Neighb (individual)33$529Kphila.gov ↗
Jpd General Contracting Llc13$633Kphila.gov ↗
Denise Armstrong (individual)33$200Kphila.gov ↗
Builders Of Better Neighborood Llc11$117Kphila.gov ↗
2839 N 12th Street Llc11$355Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 37 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2803 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $157K —/— 1,992 1920 0
2805 N 12TH ST Bought for $27K in 2022. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $155K —/— 1,924 1915 1 rented
2807 N 12TH ST Bought for $35K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $154K —/— 1,924 1920 2
2808 N 12TH ST 4 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024). Vacant $33K —/— 0 tax lien
2809 N 12TH ST sold $85K (2022); 2 L&I violations (2026). Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,768 1920 1 2 viol
2810 N 12TH ST 4 L&I violations (2008); 8 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024). Vacant $33K —/— 0
2811 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2024). Vacant $33K —/— 0 tax lien
2812 N 12TH ST Bought for $20K in 2019. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2019. Vacant $79K —/— 1 1 viol
2813 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,768 1920 0
2814-28 N 12TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $3.9M —/— 73,952 1954 0 abated
2815 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $148K —/— 1,768 1920 0 tax lien
2817 N 12TH ST Bought for $30K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $252K —/— 1,755 1920 1
2823 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $174K —/— 1,924 1925 1 rented
2825 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $116K 3/1 1,180 1925 0
2827 N 12TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $13K in 2015. Owner-occupied $116K 3/1 1,180 1925 1 abatedtax lien
2829 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $116K 3/1 1,180 1925 0 abatedtax lien
2830 N 12TH ST Traded 4×: $31K in 2008 → $160K in 2023 (+416%). Absentee individual $157K 2/2 2,520 1925 4 rented
2831 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $116K 3/1 1,180 1925 0 rentedtax lien
2832 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 1,050 1925 0 abated
2833 N 12TH ST Bought for $10K in 2025. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $117K 3/1 1,180 1925 1
2834 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Absentee individual $104K 3/1 1,050 1925 0 rented
2835 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $191K —/— 2,018 1925 0
2836 N 12TH ST Bought for $30K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $133K 3/1 1,050 1925 1 rented
2837 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $69K in 2009 → $53K in 2020 (-24%). Investor / LLC $191K —/— 2,018 1925 2 rented
2838 N 12TH ST Bought for $9K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Absentee individual $104K 3/1 1,050 1925 1
2839 N 12TH ST Bought for $26K in 2016, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $22K in 2018. Investor / LLC $355K —/— 2,018 1925 3 rented
2840 N 12TH ST Bought for $68K in 2021, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $63K in 2024. Investor / LLC $104K 3/1 1,050 1925 2 rented
2841 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $185K —/— 2,018 1925 1 tax lien
2842 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $104K 3/1 1,050 1925 0 abated
2843 N 12TH ST Bought for $85K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $355K —/— 2,018 1925 1 rentedtax lien
2844 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $9K in 2003 → $17K in 2003 (+93%). Vacant $27K —/— 2 tax lien
2845 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2009); 4 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011). Vacant $23K —/— 0 tax lien
2846 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2011). Vacant $27K —/— 0 tax lien
2847 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2009); 4 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011). Vacant $23K —/— 0 tax lien
2848 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2017). Vacant $69K —/— 0 tax lien
2849 N 12TH ST sold $1K (2005); 4 L&I violations (2007); 3 L&I violations (2009); 4 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011). Vacant $23K —/— 1 tax lien
2851-53 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2009); 4 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011). Vacant $547K —/— 0 tax lien

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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