Who owns your block
500 block of S 12th St
A mixed-ownership block: 59% owner-occupied, 12% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 65% since 2016, now about $413K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $413K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $413K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 32% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 106 reported crimes (28 violent) and 375 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $413K typical home, up +65% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,027 to $4,826 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $25M assessed, $319,167/yr to the city, about $9,387 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +65% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +59% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
503 S 12th St is assessed at $1.9M but pays $19,250 a year — about 73% of the $26,442 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
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $165 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 12 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 26 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 34 parcels
- Owner-occupied 20
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Elizabeth Athena Braun Tr, carries 2 open violations across 9 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Athena Braun Tr (individual) | 4 | 9 | $3.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Oakwood Properties Inc | 1 | 3 | $3.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| I Shomer (individual) | 2 | 2 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Wong Yin Ling Irene (individual) | 2 | 2 | $657K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 511 S 12th St Lp | 1 | 1 | $661K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 513 S 12th St Lp | 1 | 1 | $605K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Active Investment Llc | 1 | 1 | $329K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 34 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit, sold for $1.9M in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $1.9M | 4/4 | 4,380 | 2014 | 1 | |
| 501 S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit, sold for $1.9M in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $1.9M | 4/4 | 4,380 | 2014 | 1 | |
| 503 S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.9M | 3/3 | 4,360 | 2014 | 0 | abated |
| 503 S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit. | Owner-occupied | $1.9M | 4/5 | 4,360 | 2014 | 0 | |
| 504 S 12TH ST History2 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7 (2017). | Absentee individual | $500K | —/— | 1,440 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 505 S 12TH ST New constructionBought for $1.5M in 2013, built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.9M | —/— | 4,166 | 2014 | 1 | abated |
| 506 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $908K | —/— | 2,784 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 507 S 12TH ST New constructionBought for $1.6M in 2013, built new under a 2012 permit. | Owner-occupied | $1.9M | —/— | 4,166 | 2014 | 1 | |
| 508 S 12TH ST ImprovedBought for $274K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $789K | 3/2 | 1,909 | 1970 | 3 | rented |
| 509R S 12TH ST ImprovedBought for $313K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $415K | 2/2 | 816 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 509 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $901K | —/— | 2,976 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 511R S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $412K | 2/2 | 816 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 511 S 12TH ST ImprovedBought for $240K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $661K | —/— | 2,238 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 512 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 512 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 512 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 513R S 12TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Absentee individual | $380K | —/— | 816 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 513 S 12TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $335K in 2006 → $388K in 2012 (+16%). | Investor / LLC | $605K | —/— | 1,422 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 514 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | rented |
| 514 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | rented |
| 514 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 515-19 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a lot line relocation permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $2.3M | —/— | 7,596 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 516 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 516 S 12TH ST | Investor / LLC | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 516 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | abated |
| 518 S 12TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2018). | Owner-occupied | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 518 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | abated |
| 518 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $329K | 2/1 | 1,008 | 1980 | 0 | |
| 521-25 S 12TH ST | Vacant | $377K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 541 S 12TH ST | Absentee individual | $297K | 1/1 | 670 | 1990 | 0 | |
| 541 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Absentee individual | $446K | 2/2 | 1,112 | 1990 | 0 | |
| 541 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $427K | 2/2 | 1,030 | 1990 | 0 | |
| 541 S 12TH ST | Owner-occupied | $334K | 1/1 | 788 | 1990 | 0 | |
| 541 S 12TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $456K | 2/2 | 1,146 | 1990 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)