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Who owns your block

800 block of N 27th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 91% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 57% since 2016, now about $571K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$571K
$334K–$1.3M
ZIP median $457K
Price / sq ft
$373
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$550K
5 sold in 2yr
assessed $571K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $16K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
14 of 70
$117K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
91%
64 of 70
city 41%
Rentals
3%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$123
5 years
+24%
value · tax +$728
10 years
+55%
value · tax +$2K

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 $571K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19130Philadelphia
Median home value$571K$457K$223K
Owner-occupied60%37%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 57 reported crimes (8 violent) and 228 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
57
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
228
47 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts15
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Theft from Vehicle11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Other Assaults2
Robbery Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection46
Salting25
Abandoned Vehicle23
Illegal Dumping17
Sanitation Violation17
Shoveling15

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
Robert Morris
2600 W Thompson St · 216 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$500K$1.0M$571K2016: $364K2017: $367K2018: $373K2019: $446K2020: $459K2021: $461K2022: $461K2023: $488K2024: $488K2025: $560K2026: $560K2027: $571K2016202020232027

▲ +57% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,5622016: $4,6622017: $4,7842018: $4,8132019: $5,7692020: $5,8342021: $5,8342022: $5,8342023: $5,6362024: $5,6362025: $6,4032026: $6,4392027: $6,5622016202020232027

▲ +41% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

14
14 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $116,921 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$5,840pays now $11,205at the full rate

842 N 27th St is assessed at $801K but pays $5,840 a year — about 52% of the $11,205 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 +4.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 157 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $157 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+57%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.3 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 130 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M19982004201020162022
130arm's-length sales since 1998
2times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 70 parcels

Owner-occupied: 64Absentee individual: 6 70parcels
  • Owner-occupied 64
  • Absentee individual 6

Value distribution today

2 parcels6 parcels15 parcels16 parcels9 parcels12 parcels10 parcels
$334K$777K+

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

House by house

All 70 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
812 N 27TH ST Bought for $396K in 2004. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $808K 3/2 1,904 1920 2
814 N 27TH ST Bought for $588K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $630K 4/1 1,812 1920 1
816 N 27TH ST Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $640K —/— 1,860 1920 0
818 N 27TH ST Bought for $645K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $849K in 2016 (+304%). Owner-occupied $712K 2/2 1,919 1920 4
820 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $594K 3/2 1,812 1920 0 abated
822 N 27TH ST Bought for $233K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $495K in 2012 (+113%). Owner-occupied $688K 3/3 1,812 1920 5
824 N 27TH ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $797K 3/2 1,933 1920 0 abated
825 N 27TH ST Bought for $1.1M in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $1.3M 4/3 3,900 1920 1
826 N 27TH ST Bought for $370K in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2018. Absentee individual $544K 3/2 1,812 1920 1
827 N 27TH ST Traded 2×: $325K in 2004 → $420K in 2017 (+29%). Owner-occupied $523K 3/2 1,284 1920 2
828 N 27TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $757K —/— 1,812 1920 0 abated
829 N 27TH ST Bought for $300K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $414K 3/1 1,284 1920 1
830 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $542K —/— 1,812 1920 0
831 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $479K 3/1 1,284 1920 0 abated
832 N 27TH ST Bought for $400K in 2013, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $731K in 2024 (+83%). Owner-occupied $690K 4/— 1,812 1920 2
833 N 27TH ST Bought for $235K in 2013. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $523K 3/2 1,284 1943 2
834 N 27TH ST Bought for $233K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $575K in 2016 (+147%). Owner-occupied $694K 4/2 1,812 1920 4
835 N 27TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $337K in 2023. Owner-occupied $582K 3/1 1,284 1920 1 abatedtax lien
836 N 27TH ST Bought for $250K in 2005, zoning permit in 2007, sold for $427K in 2008 (+71%). Owner-occupied $580K —/— 1,823 1920 3
837 N 27TH ST Traded 4×: $150K in 2002 → $462K in 2021 (+208%). Owner-occupied $523K 3/1 1,284 1920 4
838 N 27TH ST Bought for $400K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $775K in 2024. Owner-occupied $702K 3/2 1,812 1920 2 abated
839 N 27TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $582K 3/1 1,284 1920 0 abated
840 N 27TH ST Bought for $350K in 2018, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $623K in 2019 (+78%). Owner-occupied $720K 4/2 1,812 1920 2
841 N 27TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $165K in 2016. Owner-occupied $523K 3/1 1,284 1920 1 abated
842 N 27TH ST Bought for $374K in 2017, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $635K in 2019. Owner-occupied $801K —/— 2,322 1920 2 abatedtax lien
843 N 27TH ST Bought for $205K in 2001. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $554K —/— 1,692 1920 1
845 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $479K 3/1 1,284 1920 0
846 N 27TH ST built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $665K in 2021. Absentee individual $544K —/— 1,280 1935 1 rented
847 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $490K 3/1 1,284 1920 0
848 N 27TH ST Bought for $85K in 2000. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $497K 3/1 1,272 1935 5
849 N 27TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $454K —/— 2,160 1920 0
850 N 27TH ST Bought for $194K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $559K 3/1 1,272 1935 2
851 N 27TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2009. Absentee individual $531K —/— 2,070 1920 0 rented
852 N 27TH ST Bought for $185K in 2002, major alteration permit in 2008, sold for $550K in 2025 (+197%). Owner-occupied $499K 3/1 1,272 1935 3
853 N 27TH ST Traded 3×: $145K in 2003 → $455K in 2014 (+214%). Owner-occupied $705K 3/2 1,864 1920 3
854 N 27TH ST Bought for $255K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $436K 3/1 1,272 1935 1
855 N 27TH ST Traded 5×: $145K in 2000 → $475K in 2016 (+228%). Owner-occupied $592K 3/2 1,864 1920 5
856 N 27TH ST Absentee individual $441K 3/1 1,272 1935 0 abated
857 N 27TH ST Bought for $15K in 2001, addition permit in 2007, sold for $455K in 2015 (+2933%). Owner-occupied $677K 3/2 1,864 1920 3
858 N 27TH ST Bought for $210K in 2006, alteration permit in 2007, sold for $353K in 2016 (+68%). Owner-occupied $557K 3/1 1,272 1935 2
859 N 27TH ST Bought for $315K in 2006, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $455K in 2015. Owner-occupied $665K 4/2 1,804 1920 3
860 N 27TH ST Traded 2×: $295K in 2022 → $383K in 2022 (+30%). Owner-occupied $334K 3/1 1,272 1935 2
861 N 27TH ST Traded 4×: $330K in 2006 → $58K in 2024 (-82%). Owner-occupied $571K —/— 1,606 1920 4
862 N 27TH ST Bought for $214K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $557K 3/1 1,272 1935 2
863 N 27TH ST Traded 2×: $290K in 2005 → $720K in 2023 (+148%). Owner-occupied $634K 4/2 1,964 1920 2
864 N 27TH ST Bought for $180K in 2012. Owner pulled a deck (exist. one-family dwellings) permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $441K 3/1 1,272 1920 1
865 N 27TH ST Bought for $260K in 2004, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $631K in 2019. Owner-occupied $700K 4/3 1,864 1920 3
866 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $502K 3/1 1,272 1935 0
867 N 27TH ST Traded 3×: $215K in 2004 → $655K in 2021 (+205%). Owner-occupied $706K 3/2 1,853 1920 3
868 N 27TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $502K 3/1 1,272 1935 0 tax lien
869 N 27TH ST Bought for $285K in 2013, zoning permit in 2014, sold for $898K in 2024 (+215%). Owner-occupied $716K 4/2 1,864 1920 3 tax lien
870 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $435K 3/1 1,272 1920 1
871 N 27TH ST Bought for $180K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $570K 4/2 1,864 1920 2
872 N 27TH ST Absentee individual $467K 3/1 1,380 1920 1 tax lien
873 N 27TH ST Bought for $104K in 1998. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $623K —/— 1,864 1920 4
874 N 27TH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $533K 3/1 1,380 1920 0 abated
875 N 27TH ST Traded 3×: $227K in 2002 → $450K in 2006 (+98%). Owner-occupied $570K —/— 1,864 1920 3
876 N 27TH ST Bought for $343K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $461K 3/1 1,380 1920 1
877 N 27TH ST Traded 5×: $70K in 1998 → $500K in 2019 (+614%). Absentee individual $751K 3/2 1,993 1920 5
878 N 27TH ST Traded 6×: $119K in 1999 → $443K in 2018 (+272%). Owner-occupied $559K 3/1 1,488 1920 6
879 N 27TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $663K —/— 1,864 1920 0
880 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $349K 3/1 1,380 1920 1
881 N 27TH ST Traded 4×: $150K in 2003 → $475K in 2010 (+217%). Owner-occupied $626K 3/— 1,864 1920 4
882 N 27TH ST Bought for $260K in 2013, major alteration permit in 2013, sold for $557K in 2022 (+114%). Owner-occupied $614K 3/1 1,504 1920 4
883 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $663K —/— 1,864 1920 0 abated
884 N 27TH ST Bought for $200K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $625K 3/1 1,548 1920 3
885 N 27TH ST Bought for $200K in 2003, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $500K in 2025. Owner-occupied $481K 4/3 1,604 1920 3
886 N 27TH ST Traded 3×: $136K in 2000 → $450K in 2024 (+231%). Owner-occupied $464K 3/1 1,380 1920 3
887 N 27TH ST Owner-occupied $717K —/— 2,084 1920 0 abated
889 N 27TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $777K 5/1 2,059 1920 0 abated

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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