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Who owns your block

7800 block of Devon St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 18 open code violations and 1 home behind $12,571 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 128% since 2016, now about $414K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Taxes

    Taxes on this block rose 7% annually while the citywide appreciation rate was 6.5%, outpacing broader market growth.

  2. 02
    Abatements

    Only 1 of 33 homes carried back taxes totaling $13K, indicating near-universal compliance with the tax roll.

  3. 03
    Turnover

    5 of 33 homes have never sold since 1999, yet this block commands 1.9x the citywide median value.

By the Numbers

Median value
$414K
$32K–$525K
ZIP median $756K
Price / sq ft
$426
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$463K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $414K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
82%
27 of 33
city 41%
Rentals
6%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
18
L&I code
▲ block 27% · city 5%
Back taxes
$13K
1 of 33 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
9
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 21% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+17%
value · tax +$515
5 years
+78%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+128%
value · tax +$3K

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 $414K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19118 median of $756K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19118Philadelphia
Median home value$414K$756K$223K
Owner-occupied55%56%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 9 reported crimes (6 violent) and 49 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
9
6 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
49
6 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults5
Theft from Vehicle2
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
Motor Vehicle Theft1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
License Complaint6
Street Defect6
Traffic (Other)4
Abandoned Vehicle3
Construction Complaints3

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
John S Jenks
8301 Germantown Ave · 380 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$414K2016: $181K2017: $181K2018: $181K2019: $243K2020: $233K2021: $233K2022: $233K2023: $305K2024: $305K2025: $353K2026: $353K2027: $414K2016202020232027

▲ +128% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,2912016: $2,4722017: $2,4482018: $2,4482019: $3,3572020: $3,1792021: $3,1792022: $3,1932023: $4,1672024: $4,1622025: $4,7872026: $4,7762027: $5,2912016202020232027

▲ +114% 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
2.9%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.7%/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 57 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
57arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 33 parcels

Owner-occupied: 27Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 2 33parcels
  • Owner-occupied 27
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels20 parcels11 parcels
$32K$485K+

The block's largest owner, George Woodward Inc, carries 1 open violation across 87 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
George Woodward Inc187$76Mphila.gov ↗
Cin Cin Inc23$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
Ee Revocable Trust12$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
107 E Moreland Llc11$98Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 33 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7811 DEVON ST built new under a 2021 permit. Vacant $98K —/— 0
7814 DEVON ST Bought for $147K in 2002, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $335K in 2019. Owner-occupied $460K 3/1 960 1925 3 2 viol
7815 DEVON ST Bought for $268K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $525K 3/2 960 1925 3
7816 DEVON ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $404K 3/1 960 1925 0 2 viol
7817 DEVON ST Bought for $95K in 1999, zoning permit in 2015, sold for $465K in 2024 (+389%). Owner-occupied $471K 3/2 960 1925 5
7818 DEVON ST sold $175K (2004); 2 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7 (2017); Inspection failed ×2 (2017); Inspection failed (2018); Appeal continued (2018); Inspection failed (2021). Owner-occupied $404K 3/1 960 1925 1 2 viol
7819 DEVON ST Bought for $105K in 2001, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $375K in 2022 (+257%). Owner-occupied $392K 3/1 960 1925 2 rented
7820 DEVON ST Traded 4×: $230K in 2008 → $435K in 2023 (+89%). Owner-occupied $485K 3/1 960 1925 4 2 viol
7821 DEVON ST Bought for $101K in 2000, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $360K in 2021 (+258%). Owner-occupied $427K 3/1 1,088 1925 3
7822 DEVON ST sold $218K (2016); 4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2017); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2017); L&I violation (2021); Inspection failed ×2 (2021); L&I violation (2022); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2022); L&I violation (2023); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2023). Absentee individual $404K 3/1 960 1925 1 2 viol
7823 DEVON ST Owner-occupied $412K 3/1 960 1925 0
7824 DEVON ST Bought for $338K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $399K 3/1 960 1925 1 2 viol
7825 DEVON ST Traded 2×: $253K in 2017 → $438K in 2024 (+73%). Owner-occupied $415K 3/1 976 1925 2
7826 DEVON ST Bought for $375K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $388K 3/1 960 1925 2 2 viol
7827 DEVON ST Bought for $360K in 2022. Owner pulled a family daycare permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $414K 3/1 960 1925 1
7828 DEVON ST Traded 2×: $238K in 2007 → $370K in 2020 (+56%). Owner-occupied $504K 3/1 960 1925 2 3 viol
7829 DEVON ST Bought for $333K in 2021. Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $414K 3/1 960 1925 1 1 viol
7831 DEVON ST Absentee individual $415K 3/1 960 1925 1
7832 DEVON ST Vacant $32K —/— 0
7833 DEVON ST Owner-occupied $415K 3/1 960 1925 0
7835 DEVON ST Owner-occupied $415K 3/1 960 1925 1 rented
7837 DEVON ST Bought for $35K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $330K in 2020 (+843%). Owner-occupied $478K 3/1 960 1925 4
7839 DEVON ST Bought for $123K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $245K in 2017 (+99%). Owner-occupied $415K 3/1 960 1925 3
7841 DEVON ST Investor / LLC $426K 3/1 1,060 1925 1
7852 DEVON ST Bought for $165K in 2009. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Absentee individual $433K 3/1 960 1925 2
7854 DEVON ST Bought for $83K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $273K in 2018 (+230%). Owner-occupied $403K 3/1 954 1925 3
7856 DEVON ST Owner-occupied $404K 3/1 960 1925 1
7858 DEVON ST Bought for $355K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $404K 3/1 960 1925 1
7860 DEVON ST Bought for $145K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $242K in 2012 (+67%). Owner-occupied $465K 3/1 960 1925 3
7862 DEVON ST Traded 3×: $190K in 2004 → $395K in 2024 (+108%). Owner-occupied $431K 3/1 1,160 1925 3
7864 DEVON ST Bought for $110K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $404K 3/1 960 1925 1
7866 DEVON ST Owner-occupied $404K 3/1 960 1925 1
7868 DEVON ST Bought for $103K in 2001. Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $404K 3/1 960 1925 1

Neighborhood

Median income
$67K
household
Own vs. rent
54%
owner-occupied
Median age
46.1
residents
Median rent
$1K
gross monthly

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.