7900 block of Summerdale Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $386K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 23 reported crimes (2 violent) and 77 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $386K typical home, up +96% since 2016
• Tax bill $2,714 to $5,391 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $13M assessed, $163,361/yr to the city, about $5,270 per home

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:

• 7970 Summerdale Aveexemption0.89%$2,480/yr on $277K
• 7974 Summerdale Aveexemption0.90%$2,513/yr on $280K
• 7968 Summerdale Aveexemption0.96%$3,042/yr on $317K
• 7964-66 Summerdale Aveexemption1.01%$3,604/yr on $358K
• 7942 Summerdale Aveexemption1.04%$4,008/yr on $386K
• …and 5 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% 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 $196 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 45 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Gus And Son Real Estate LLC, carries 5 open violations across 4 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 31 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

Worth a look

Frequently traded

7973 Summerdale Ave

$392K · Traded 3×: $185K in 2004 → $330K in 2025 (+78%).

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7947 Summerdale Ave

$391K · Traded 4×: $145K in 2003 → $360K in 2022 (+148%).

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7942 Summerdale Ave

$386K · Traded 4×: $75K in 2001 → $247K in 2018 (+229%).

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7968 Summerdale Ave

$317K · Traded 6×: $185K in 2009 → $338K in 2022 (+83%).

Traded

7938 Summerdale Ave

$404K · Traded 2×: $190K in 2004 → $210K in 2016 (+11%).

Traded

7971 Summerdale Ave

$399K · Traded 2×: $229K in 2006 → $175K in 2012 (-24%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.