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Who owns your block

400 block of S 12th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 64% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.

The typical home here is up 57% since 2016, now about $663K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$663K
$547K–$815K
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$433
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$9K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
64%
9 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
29%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$336
5 years
+20%
value · tax +$967
10 years
+57%
value · tax +$3K

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 $663K — about 3.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$663K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied43%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 106 reported crimes (25 violent) and 501 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
106
25 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
501
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts23
Other Assaults17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Burglary Non-Residential7
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection83
Illegal Dumping54
Sanitation Violation50
Salting36
Graffiti Removal29
Dangerous Sidewalk27

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
General George A Mccall
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$500K$1.0M$663K2016: $423K2017: $423K2018: $423K2019: $534K2020: $552K2021: $552K2022: $552K2023: $575K2024: $575K2025: $669K2026: $669K2027: $663K2016202020232027

▲ +57% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$8,6902016: $5,7012017: $5,7012018: $5,7012019: $7,1942020: $7,4082021: $7,4082022: $7,7232023: $7,7752024: $7,8952025: $8,3542026: $8,3542027: $8,6902016202020232027

▲ +52% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

8 homes pay the full 1.40%6 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 157 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $157 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+57%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.3 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M20002005201020152020
19arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels4 parcels1 parcels2 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$547K$809K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
407 S 12th Street LLC11$782Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 14 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
402 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $6.5M in 2018 → $4.5M in 2019 (-32%). Absentee individual $547K —/— 1,440 1920 2 rented
403 S 12TH ST Traded 2×: $270K in 2001 → $640K in 2021 (+137%). Owner-occupied $655K 3/2 1,584 1920 2
404 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $558K —/— 1,350 1920 1
405 S 12TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $701K 4/— 2,102 1920 0 rented
406 S 12TH ST Bought for $450K in 2007, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $600K in 2016 (+33%). Owner-occupied $599K —/— 1,350 1970 2
407 S 12TH ST Bought for $1.2M in 2017. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $782K —/— 3,068 1920 2 rented1 viol
408 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $639K —/— 1,440 1970 1
409 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $672K —/— 1,840 1875 0
410 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $640K —/— 1,440 1970 0
412 S 12TH ST Bought for $445K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $650K in 2023 (+46%). Owner-occupied $640K —/— 1,440 1970 3
413 S 12TH ST Bought for $550K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Absentee individual $815K —/— 1,881 1960 2 rented
415 S 12TH ST Bought for $290K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Absentee individual $809K —/— 1,860 1960 2
417 S 12TH ST Owner-occupied $809K —/— 1,860 1960 0
419 S 12TH ST Bought for $503K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $659K in 2021 (+31%). Owner-occupied $703K —/— 1,860 1960 2

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.