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Who owns your block

800 block of N 12th St

A mixed-ownership block: 25% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 2 homes behind $15,716 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 128% since 2016, now about $257K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$257K
$60K–$810K
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$150
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
25%
5 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
5%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$16K
2 of 20 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+15%
value · tax +$343
5 years
+98%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+128%
value · tax +$2K

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 $257K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$257K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied10%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (30 violent) and 96 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
92
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
96
21 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
All Other Offenses11
Thefts11
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Theft from Vehicle9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection25
Street Defect16
Maintenance Complaint12
Abandoned Vehicle9
License Complaint9
Other (Streets)5

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
Spring Garden
1146 Melon St · 247 students
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$250K$500K$257K2016: $113K2017: $113K2018: $126K2019: $126K2020: $130K2021: $130K2022: $130K2023: $170K2024: $170K2025: $223K2026: $223K2027: $257K2016202020232027

▲ +128% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,4652016: $1,5732017: $1,5792018: $1,7582019: $1,7612020: $1,8162021: $1,8162022: $1,8162023: $2,3212024: $2,3212025: $3,0872026: $3,1222027: $3,4652016202020232027

▲ +120% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 228 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $228 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+128%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.3 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004200820122016
21arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Absentee individual: 8Vacant: 7 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Absentee individual 8
  • Vacant 7

Value distribution today

1 parcels8 parcels6 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$60K$649K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
William W Savin (individual)25$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Savin William W Jr (individual)24$763Kphila.gov ↗
Rightchoice Reo Llc33$550Kphila.gov ↗
Zhongfeng Zheng (individual)22$829Kphila.gov ↗
Jackson Webster D Jr (individual)22$433Kphila.gov ↗
Evergreen Lp Ii11$289Kphila.gov ↗
Sergeant Street Llc11$60Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 20 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
800 1/2 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $155K —/— 1,036 1915 0
800 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $190K —/— 1,265 1926 0
802 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2025. Absentee individual $155K —/— 1,036 1915 0
804 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $308K —/— 2,056 1915 0
806 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $277K —/— 1,848 1915 0
808 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $345K 4/1 1,620 1915 0
810 N 12TH ST built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $95K in 2017. Vacant $196K —/— 1
812-14 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $160K in 2010 → $150K in 2017 (-6%). Absentee individual $649K —/— 2,212 1915 2
812R-14 N 12TH ST Traded 2×: $160K in 2010 → $150K in 2017 (-6%). Vacant $180K —/— 2
816 N 12TH ST Bought for $70K in 2003. Owner pulled a sign permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $399K —/— 2,937 1915 4
818 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $389K —/— 2,312 1915 0 tax lien
820 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $289K —/— 0
822 N 12TH ST 2 L&I violations (2017); L&I violation (2025). Vacant $60K —/— 0
824 N 12TH ST Bought for $20K in 2014, zoning/use permit in 2016, sold for $385K in 2017 (+1825%). Vacant $150K —/— 4
826 N 12TH ST Bought for $16K in 2012, zoning/use permit in 2016, sold for $385K in 2017 (+2291%). Vacant $250K —/— 3 tax lien
828 N 12TH ST Bought for $60K in 2016, zoning/use permit in 2016, sold for $385K in 2017 (+542%). Vacant $150K —/— 2
830 N 12TH ST Bought for $24K in 2002. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2019. Absentee individual $281K —/— 1,834 1915 3 tax lien
838 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Absentee individual $169K —/— 1,060 1920 0 tax lien
840 N 12TH ST 5 L&I violations (2018). Absentee individual $264K —/— 1,760 1920 0 tax lien
843-47 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a suppression permit in 2017. Absentee individual $810K —/— 48,768 1927 0 rented

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.