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Who owns your block

800 block of S 7th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 85% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 62% since 2016, now about $586K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
    Appreciation

    Owner-occupied at 85% with zero investor homes, yet this block appreciates 4.5% annually against the city average of 6.5%, trailing by 2 percentage points per year.

  2. 02
    Taxes

    One home captures a $20K annual tax abatement while property taxes across the block rise 4% per year.

  3. 03
    Turnover

    Two addresses—808 and 801 S 7TH ST—traded frequently at 133% and 121% value changes while seven of 13 homes have never sold since 2000.

By the Numbers

Median value
$586K
$439K–$971K
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$382
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$708K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $586K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 13
$20K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
85%
11 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+15%
value · tax +$331
10 years
+62%
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 $586K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$586K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied69%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 74 reported crimes (15 violent) and 364 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
74
15 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
364
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft19
Theft from Vehicle13
Other Assaults10
Fraud8
Thefts6
All Other Offenses5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection112
Illegal Dumping40
Salting34
Other (Streets)28
Sanitation Violation23
Construction Complaints19

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
George W Nebinger
601 Carpenter St · 399 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$500K$1.0M$586K2016: $362K2017: $362K2018: $362K2019: $453K2020: $507K2021: $507K2022: $507K2023: $558K2024: $558K2025: $586K2026: $586K2027: $586K2016202020232027

▲ +62% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$6,8022016: $4,5402017: $4,7662018: $4,7662019: $5,7812020: $6,4712021: $6,4712022: $6,4712023: $6,6912024: $6,6912025: $6,8022026: $6,8022027: $6,8022016202020232027

▲ +50% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

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1 property 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 $19,932 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%
$2,482pays now $9,815at the full rate

806 S 7th St is assessed at $701K but pays $2,482 a year — about 25% of the $9,815 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 +4.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 162 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $162 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+62%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2 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 14 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20002005201020152020
14arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Absentee individual: 2 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels4 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$439K$966K+

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

House by house

All 13 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
801 S 7TH ST Bought for $325K in 2000, built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $718K in 2016. Owner-occupied $935K —/— 2,400 1960 3
805 S 7TH ST Bought for $756K in 2017, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $965K in 2024. Absentee individual $966K 3/2 2,216 1990 4
806 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $701K —/— 2,605 1915 0 abated
808 S 7TH ST Bought for $637K in 2014, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $804K in 2021. Owner-occupied $866K 4/4 2,400 1915 3
810 S 7TH ST Bought for $310K in 2011, electrical permit in 2011, sold for $450K in 2016 (+45%). Owner-occupied $670K —/— 2,304 1915 2
812 S 7TH ST Bought for $500K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $971K 6/2 2,304 1915 1 2 viol
814 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $500K 3/1 1,424 1915 1
815 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $539K 3/2 1,410 1990 0
815 S 7TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $586K 3/2 1,733 1990 0
815 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $439K 2/2 1,053 1990 0
815 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $439K 2/2 1,053 1990 0
815 S 7TH ST Owner-occupied $586K 3/2 1,733 1990 0
815 S 7TH ST Absentee individual $539K 3/2 1,410 1990 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)

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.