Public Records
Edition
PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

5700 block of N 12th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 12 homes behind $187,833 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $178K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$178K
$167K–$289K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$126
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$165K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $178K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 60
$56K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
80%
48 of 60
city 41%
Rentals
8%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$188K
12 of 60 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-5%
value · tax −$142
5 years
+59%
value · tax +$224
10 years
+69%
value · tax +$84

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 $178K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$178K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied67%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 67 reported crimes (18 violent) and 134 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
67
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
134
28 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Thefts10
Fraud6
All Other Offenses5
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Maintenance Complaint29
Illegal Dumping21
Abandoned Vehicle11
Dangerous Sidewalk6
Information Request4

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 · K-5
Julia Ward Howe
5800 N 13th St · 225 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$100K$200K$178K2016: $105K2017: $105K2018: $105K2019: $104K2020: $112K2021: $112K2022: $112K2023: $154K2024: $154K2025: $188K2026: $188K2027: $178K2016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1722016: $1,0882017: $1,0882018: $1,0882019: $9062020: $9572021: $9382022: $9482023: $1,0872024: $1,0922025: $1,3142026: $1,3142027: $1,1722016202020232027

▲ +8% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

2
2 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 $56,482 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%
$2,375pays now $3,421at the full rate

5739 N 12th St is assessed at $244K but pays $2,375 a year — about 69% of the $3,421 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 +4.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 169 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $169 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+69%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.6 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 50 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 36 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20052010201520202025
50arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
36homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 60 parcels

Owner-occupied: 48Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 9 60parcels
  • Owner-occupied 48
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 9

Value distribution today

4 parcels30 parcels15 parcels0 parcels1 parcels5 parcels5 parcels
$167K$224K+

The block's largest owner, Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust Hb7, carries 1 open violation across 10 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust Hb7110$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Aroha Llc15$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Divine Management11$176Kphila.gov ↗
Tcs Anika Acquisitions Iii, Llc11$244Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 60 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
5700 N 12TH ST Bought for $66K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Absentee individual $212K 4/1 2,040 1940 1 tax lien
5701 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $48K in 2009 → $150K in 2010 (+213%). Owner-occupied $187K 4/1 1,664 1940 2
5702 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0 tax lien
5703 N 12TH ST L&I violation (2022). Absentee individual $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 0
5704 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5705 N 12TH ST Bought for $66K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 1
5706 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $60K in 2005 → $145K in 2020 (+142%). Owner-occupied $176K 3/2 1,374 1940 2
5707 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $135K in 2020 → $245K in 2024 (+81%). Owner-occupied $289K 3/2 1,540 1940 2
5708 N 12TH ST L&I violation (2010); 2 L&I violations (2018); sold $165K (2026). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 1 tax lien
5709 N 12TH ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated), sold for $53K in 2004. Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 1 abated
5710 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5711 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 0
5712 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0 tax lien
5713 N 12TH ST L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $184K 3/1 1,540 1940 0
5714 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5715 N 12TH ST Traded 3×: $48K in 2009 → $137K in 2010 (+185%). Owner-occupied $224K 4/1 1,540 1940 3
5716 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0 tax lien
5717 N 12TH ST 5 L&I violations (2018); 3 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 0 1 viol
5718 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5719 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $98K in 2007 → $105K in 2023 (+7%). Absentee individual $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 2
5720 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5721 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 0
5722 N 12TH ST sold $29K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 1 tax lien
5723 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,542 1940 0
5724 N 12TH ST Bought for $55K in 2004, alteration permit in 2016, sold for $140K in 2018 (+155%). Absentee individual $219K 3/2 1,374 1940 2 rented
5725 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 0
5726 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); sold $226K (2022). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,374 1940 1 tax lien
5727 N 12TH ST Traded 3×: $40K in 2004 → $160K in 2021 (+300%). Absentee individual $184K 3/1 1,540 1940 3 rented
5728 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2017); 3 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $167K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5729 N 12TH ST Traded 3×: $25K in 2001 → $70K in 2002 (+180%). Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 3
5730 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0 tax lien
5731 N 12TH ST L&I violation (2012); sold $88K (2019); 2 L&I violations (2022). Investor / LLC $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 1 rented
5732 N 12TH ST Traded 4×: $28K in 2002 → $117K in 2015 (+318%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,374 1940 4
5733 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $184K 4/1 1,540 1940 0 1 violtax lien
5734 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5735 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0
5736 N 12TH ST sold $7K (2010); L&I violation (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2025). Investor / LLC $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 1 tax lien
5737 N 12TH ST L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0
5738 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $16K in 2020 → $220K in 2022 (+1310%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,374 1940 2
5739 N 12TH ST Bought for $48K in 2017, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $156K in 2020. Investor / LLC $244K 3/1 1,408 1940 6 rentedabated
5740 N 12TH ST L&I violation (2022); 7 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0 1 violtax lien
5741 N 12TH ST L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0
5742 N 12TH ST Traded 3×: $65K in 2007 → $185K in 2019 (+184%). Owner-occupied $260K 3/1 1,374 1940 3 tax lien
5743 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0 rented
5744 N 12TH ST Traded 3×: $95K in 2008 → $190K in 2021 (+100%). Owner-occupied $167K 3/2 1,374 1940 3
5745 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019); 3 L&I violations (2022). Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0 tax lien
5746 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $167K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5747 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0
5748 N 12TH ST Bought for $73K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 1 tax lien
5749 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0 tax lien
5750 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5751 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $53K in 2009 → $130K in 2009 (+148%). Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 2
5752 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5753 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0
5754 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,374 1940 0
5755 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0 tax lien
5756 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $128K in 2022 → $218K in 2023 (+71%). Owner-occupied $214K 3/1 1,374 1940 2
5757 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $178K 3/1 1,408 1940 0
5758 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $200K 4/1 2,040 1940 0 tax lien
5759 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2017. Absentee individual $173K —/— 1,725 1940 0 tax lien

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.