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Who owns your block

2800 block of S 12th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 homes behind $19,927 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 55% since 2016, now about $243K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$243K
$243K–$530K
ZIP median $261K
Price / sq ft
$246
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$380K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $243K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 40
$38K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
88%
35 of 40
city 41%
Rentals
7%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$20K
3 of 40 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$239
5 years
+22%
value · tax +$344
10 years
+55%
value · tax +$734

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 $243K — 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$243K$261K$223K
Owner-occupied63%41%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 55 reported crimes (9 violent) and 178 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
55
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
178
20 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle16
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Other Assaults7
Thefts6
All Other Offenses5
Fraud5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection55
Sanitation Violation24
Salting22
Maintenance Complaint9
Inlet Cleaning7
Other (Streets)7

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$243K2016: $157K2017: $157K2018: $157K2019: $185K2020: $200K2021: $200K2022: $200K2023: $226K2024: $226K2025: $246K2026: $246K2027: $243K2016202020232027

▲ +55% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5122016: $1,7782017: $1,7782018: $1,7782019: $2,0232020: $2,1682021: $2,1682022: $2,1682023: $2,0382024: $2,1212025: $2,3372026: $2,7512027: $2,5122016202020232027

▲ +41% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 $37,546 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%
$2,355pays now $4,906at the full rate

2844 S 12th St is assessed at $351K but pays $2,355 a year — about 48% of the $4,906 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 +4.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 155 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $155 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+55%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.4 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 50 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
50arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 40 parcels

Owner-occupied: 35Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3 40parcels
  • Owner-occupied 35
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

27 parcels2 parcels1 parcels2 parcels4 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$243K$351K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Jeanne E Pelle Irrevoc Trust12$496Kphila.gov ↗
2848 S 12th St Llc11$317Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 40 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
2806-08 S 12TH ST Investor / LLC $247K —/— 2,574 1950 0
2810 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 988 1960 0
2812 S 12TH ST Bought for $200K in 2018. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 988 1960 1
2813 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $291K 3/1 1,008 1960 1 rented
2814 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $318K 2/1 988 1960 1
2815 S 12TH ST built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $130K in 2013. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2816 S 12TH ST Bought for $195K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2817 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 0
2818 S 12TH ST Traded 3×: $130K in 2002 → $238K in 2010 (+83%). Owner-occupied $288K 3/1 988 1960 3
2819 S 12TH ST Traded 3×: $64K in 2001 → $230K in 2022 (+259%). Owner-occupied $243K 2/1 988 1960 3
2820 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 0 tax lien
2821 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2822 S 12TH ST Bought for $160K in 2010. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2823 S 12TH ST Bought for $95K in 2009, addition permit in 2009, sold for $302K in 2020 (+218%). Owner-occupied $313K 2/— 988 1960 4
2824 S 12TH ST Bought for $85K in 2002, zoning permit in 2007, sold for $290K in 2019 (+241%). Owner-occupied $265K 3/2 988 1960 2
2825 S 12TH ST Bought for $43K in 2004. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $248K 2/1 968 1960 3
2826 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 0
2827 S 12TH ST Bought for $115K in 2007, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $265K in 2018 (+130%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/1 909 1960 3 rented
2828 S 12TH ST Bought for $134K in 2014. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Absentee individual $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2829 S 12TH ST Bought for $182K in 2014. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $243K 2/— 988 1960 3
2830 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $200K in 2017 → $200K in 2018 (+0%). Owner-occupied $243K 2/1 988 1960 2
2831 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $155K in 2014 → $243K in 2021 (+57%). Owner-occupied $264K 2/1 988 1960 2
2832 S 12TH ST Bought for $105K in 2009, demolition permit in 2009, sold for $226K in 2010 (+115%). Owner-occupied $314K 3/1 988 1960 2
2833 S 12TH ST Bought for $165K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2834 S 12TH ST Bought for $190K in 2022, built new under a 2023 permit, sold for $535K in 2024. Owner-occupied $530K 3/1 1,784 1960 2
2835 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2836 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 0
2837 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 0
2838 S 12TH ST Bought for $135K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Absentee individual $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2839 S 12TH ST Absentee individual $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2840 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 0
2841 S 12TH ST Bought for $175K in 2016, built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $490K in 2021. Owner-occupied $495K 3/— 1,554 1960 2
2842 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 0
2843 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2844 S 12TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $133K in 2015. Owner-occupied $351K 3/1 869 1960 1 abated
2845 S 12TH ST Bought for $85K in 2011. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 1
2846 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 0
2847 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $243K 3/1 988 1960 0
2848 S 12TH ST Bought for $150K in 2016. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $317K —/— 1,760 1960 1 rented
2849 S 12TH ST Bought for $165K in 2002, zoning/use permit in 2008, sold for $380K in 2026 (+130%). Owner-occupied $349K 3/1 1,700 1960 3

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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