Who owns your block
800 block of Adams Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 183% since 2016, now about $980K. 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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $980K — about 4.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19124 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $980K | $170K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 40% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 163 reported crimes (21 violent) and 35 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
- $980K typical home, up +183% since 2016
- Tax bill $4,842 to $5,749 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $10M assessed, $97,397/yr to the city, about $19,479 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +183% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +19% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.9% 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 $283 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 4 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 5 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Kfc U S Properties Inc, carries 3 open violations across 10 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kfc U S Properties Inc | 1 | 10 | $8.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 5 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 | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 ADAMS AVE ImprovedBought for $242K in 1999. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $372K | 2,124 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 811 ADAMS AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $5.6M | 37,660 | 1950 | 0 | abated |
| 815 ADAMS AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $411K | 1,187 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 853 ADAMS AVE Historysold $327K (2002); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2017); L&I violation (2020). | Vacant | $980K | — | — | 1 | |
| 898 ADAMS AVE HistoryL&I violation (2025). | Owner-occupied | $2.7M | 11,280 | — | 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)