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Who owns your block

7800 block of Cottage St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $7,997 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $207K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$207K
$50K–$350K
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$185
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$228K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $207K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
81%
13 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$8K
1 of 16 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$166
5 years
+67%
value · tax +$394
10 years
+84%
value · tax +$338

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 $207K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19136 median of $251K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19136 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19136Philadelphia
Median home value$207K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied75%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 45 reported crimes (15 violent) and 44 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
45
15 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
44
12 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Thefts6
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Theft from Vehicle4
All Other Offenses3

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect7
Abandoned Vehicle5
Illegal Dumping5
Maintenance Complaint5
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5
Sanitation Violation4

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
Joseph H Brown
1946 E Sergeant St · 319 students
High · 9-12
Abraham Lincoln
3201 Ryan Ave · 2332 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$125K$250K$207K2016: $113K2017: $113K2018: $113K2019: $120K2020: $124K2021: $124K2022: $124K2023: $151K2024: $151K2025: $196K2026: $196K2027: $207K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,5032016: $1,1652017: $1,1652018: $1,1652019: $1,3842020: $1,5052021: $1,2102022: $1,1092023: $9992024: $9992025: $1,3372026: $1,3372027: $1,5032016202020232027

▲ +29% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

4 homes pay the full 1.40%12 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
24arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 13Absentee individual: 3 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 13
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels6 parcels7 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$50K$322K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 16 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7800 COTTAGE ST Traded 2×: $45K in 2011 → $140K in 2013 (+211%). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,120 1920 2
7802 COTTAGE ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 3 L&I violations (2017); sold $206K (2021). Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,120 1920 1
7804 COTTAGE ST Traded 2×: $100K in 2005 → $132K in 2006 (+32%). Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,120 1920 2
7805 COTTAGE ST Traded 2×: $115K in 2002 → $115K in 2002 (+0%). Owner-occupied $322K —/— 1,260 1920 2
7806 COTTAGE ST Traded 3×: $50K in 2004 → $170K in 2019 (+240%). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,014 1920 3
7808 COTTAGE ST Traded 2×: $122K in 2010 → $129K in 2017 (+6%). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,120 1920 2
7810 COTTAGE ST Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,120 1920 1
7811 COTTAGE ST Owner-occupied $350K —/— 2,004 1920 1
7812 COTTAGE ST Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,120 1920 1
7814 COTTAGE ST Bought for $20K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,120 1920 1 tax lien
7816 COTTAGE ST Bought for $70K in 2019. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Absentee individual $204K 3/1 1,120 1920 1
7818 COTTAGE ST Traded 2×: $130K in 2022 → $225K in 2024 (+73%). Owner-occupied $207K 3/1 1,120 1920 2 tax lien
7820 COTTAGE ST Bought for $120K in 2016. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,120 1920 1
7821 COTTAGE ST Absentee individual $50K —/— 1945 1
7822 COTTAGE ST Traded 2×: $68K in 2001 → $79K in 2017 (+16%). Absentee individual $204K 3/1 1,120 1920 2 rented
7824 COTTAGE ST Bought for $125K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,120 1920 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.