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Who owns your block

4500 block of N 8th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 62% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $78 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 121% since 2016, now about $120K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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
$120K
$101K–$172K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$107
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 13
$8K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
62%
8 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$78
1 of 13 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$76
5 years
+136%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+121%
value · tax +$1K

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 $120K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$120K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied46%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 93 reported crimes (27 violent) and 212 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
93
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
212
77 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses23
Thefts13
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9
Other Assaults8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle50
Maintenance Complaint31
Illegal Dumping25
Street Light Outage22
Traffic Signal Emergency14
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection11

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
Cayuga
4344 N 5th St · 250 students
Middle · 6-8
Roberto Clemente
122 W Erie Ave · 279 students
High · 9-12
Thomas A Edison
151 W Luzerne St · 1022 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$120K2016: $54K2017: $54K2018: $54K2019: $66K2020: $51K2021: $51K2022: $51K2023: $93K2024: $93K2025: $113K2026: $113K2027: $120K2016202020232027

▲ +121% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4112016: $4032017: $4032018: $4032019: $4142020: $1152021: $1152022: $1152023: $9252024: $1,1342025: $1,3352026: $1,3352027: $1,4112016202020232027

▲ +250% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr

3
3 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 $8,399 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%
$279pays now $1,678at the full rate

4511 N 8th St is assessed at $120K but pays $279 a year — about 17% of the $1,678 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9310025020162019202220252027This block 221 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $221 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+121%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1 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 16 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20002005201020152020
16arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels8 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$101K$154K+

The block's largest owner, Philly Sfr V Llc, carries 7 open violations across 36 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philly Sfr V Llc136$3.7Mphila.gov ↗
Liberty Investments Llc17$975Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 13 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4501 N 8TH ST Traded 4×: $1.1M in 2006 → $1.8M in 2024 (+65%). Investor / LLC $121K 3/1 1,200 1930 4
4503 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 3/1 1,128 1930 0 abated
4505 N 8TH ST sold $24K (2006); L&I violation (2015). Investor / LLC $117K 3/1 1,128 1930 1
4507 N 8TH ST Bought for $62K in 2005, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $88K in 2019 (+279%). Owner-occupied $172K 3/1 1,500 1930 7
4509 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $129K 3/1 1,280 1930 1
4510 N 8TH ST 4 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $101K —/— 1,028 1930 0
4511 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,124 1930 0 abated
4513 N 8TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2016). Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,124 1930 0
4515 N 8TH ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2022 → $168K in 2023 (+273%). Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,124 1930 2
4517 N 8TH ST L&I violation (2012); Appeal withdrawn (2012); L&I violation (2024). Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,124 1930 0
4519 N 8TH ST Bought for $85K in 2022. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,124 1930 1
4521 N 8TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $120K 3/1 1,124 1930 0 abated
4523 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $129K 3/1 1,280 1930 0

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.