Who owns your block
6500 block of N 8th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 2 homes behind $13,581 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 54% since 2016, now about $349K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $349K — about 1.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19126 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $349K | $219K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 60% | 60% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 30 reported crimes (12 violent) and 63 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
- $349K typical home, up +54% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,714 to $3,491 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.2M assessed, $70,473/yr to the city, about $4,698 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +54% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +29% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
6510 N 8th St is assessed at $378K but pays $1,680 a year — about 32% of the $5,291 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% 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 $154 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 20 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Properties Inc | 1 | 5 | $6.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Northwest Owners Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 15 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6500 N 8TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $353K | —/— | 2,807 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 6501 N 8TH ST ImprovedBought for $150K in 2003. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $460K | —/— | 3,848 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 6502 N 8TH ST ImprovedBought for $103K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $330K | —/— | 3,050 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 6504 N 8TH ST Historysold $120K (2002); L&I violation (2007); 3 L&I violations (2014). | Owner-occupied | $345K | —/— | 3,648 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 6505 N 8TH ST ImprovedBought for $110K in 2002. Owner pulled a parking only permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $388K | —/— | 2,856 | 1925 | 4 | 1 viol |
| 6506 N 8TH ST | Owner-occupied | $349K | —/— | 2,664 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 6508 N 8TH ST | Owner-occupied | $337K | 6/3 | 3,432 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 6509 N 8TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2010). | Absentee individual | $295K | —/— | 3,910 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 6510 N 8TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated), sold for $60K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $378K | —/— | 3,129 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 6512 N 8TH ST ImprovedBought for $130K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $349K | 6/2 | 2,340 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 6514 N 8TH ST | Owner-occupied | $314K | 7/2 | 2,960 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 6515 N 8TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $112K in 1999 → $200K in 2002 (+78%). | Investor / LLC | $500K | —/— | 4,232 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 6516 N 8TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $85K in 2008, electrical permit in 2009, sold for $275K in 2015 (+224%). | Owner-occupied | $319K | 6/3 | 3,160 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 6518 N 8TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $336K | —/— | 2,800 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 6523 N 8TH ST ImprovedBought for $91K in 2001. Owner pulled a use permit in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 10,392 | 1960 | 2 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)