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Who owns your block

400 block of N 8th St

A mixed-ownership block: 17% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 6 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 49% since 2016, now about $2.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$2.0M
$1.4M–$12M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$142
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
8.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$44K
typical · up to $165K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 6
$43K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
17%
1 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
17%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+19%
value · tax +$5K
10 years
+49%
value · tax +$13K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $2.0M — about 8.9× the citywide median, and above 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$2.0M$455K$223K
Owner-occupied0%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 68 reported crimes (18 violent) and 41 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
68
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
41
4 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts19
Other Assaults11
Theft from Vehicle10
All Other Offenses5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Motor Vehicle Theft4

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal11
Information Request5
Illegal Dumping3
License Complaint3
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection3
Street Light Outage3

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
General Philip Kearny
601 Fairmount Ave · 193 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$2.5M$5.0M$2.0M2016: $1.3M2017: $1.3M2018: $1.6M2019: $1.7M2020: $1.7M2021: $1.7M2022: $1.7M2023: $1.8M2024: $1.8M2025: $1.9M2026: $1.9M2027: $2.0M2016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$26,3902016: $16,9192017: $12,9902018: $21,6552019: $21,6352020: $21,7272021: $21,7272022: $21,7272023: $24,1052024: $24,1052025: $24,9402026: $24,9402027: $26,3902016202020232027

▲ +56% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 $43,143 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 149 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $149 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+49%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.8 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$5.0M$10M2005201020152020
3arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$1.4M$3.1M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ne Wave Llc11$12Mphila.gov ↗
8th Street Investment Group Llc11$3.1Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
407-15 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $2.4M 11,418 1920 0 rented
410-24 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $1.4M 10,640 1940 0
417 N 8TH ST built new under a 2016 permit. Investor / LLC $12M 137,000 1930 0 6 viol
426-40 N 8TH ST Bought for $825K in 2001, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.8M in 2011. Absentee individual $1.6M 11,050 1984 2 abated
427R N 8TH ST Vacant $1.5M 0
442-62 N 8TH ST built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $5.8M in 2022. Investor / LLC $3.1M 15,720 1963 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.