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Who owns your block

800 block of S 8th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $45,047 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 69% since 2016, now about $601K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$601K
$193K–$1.1M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$299
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $15K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
4 of 24
$27K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
63%
15 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
21%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$45K
2 of 24 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
7
6 homes · ZBA & boards
block 25% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax −$179
5 years
+27%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+69%
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 $601K — about 2.7× 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$601K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied25%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 65 reported crimes (12 violent) and 336 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
65
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
336
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft19
Theft from Vehicle10
Fraud8
Other Assaults8
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection84
Illegal Dumping43
Street Defect33
Salting26
Sanitation Violation21
Maintenance Complaint19

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$601K2016: $356K2017: $356K2018: $349K2019: $455K2020: $475K2021: $475K2022: $475K2023: $514K2024: $514K2025: $576K2026: $576K2027: $601K2016202020232027

▲ +69% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,1632016: $3,8962017: $4,0852018: $4,3732019: $5,7062020: $5,9722021: $5,7632022: $6,1262023: $6,6262024: $6,6262025: $7,3422026: $7,3422027: $7,1632016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

4
4 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 $27,007 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%
$5,842pays now $12,406at the full rate

804 S 8th St is assessed at $886K but pays $5,842 a year — about 47% of the $12,406 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 +4.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 169 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $169 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+69%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.6 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2005201020152020
32arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 15Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 1 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 15
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels5 parcels4 parcels3 parcels4 parcels6 parcels
$193K$835K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Thomas J Kelly (individual)24$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Turtleneck Llc13$763Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 24 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
800 S 8TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Absentee individual $633K —/— 3,246 1920 0 rented
801 S 8TH ST built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $565K in 2020. Owner-occupied $761K 3/3 1,980 1989 1
802 S 8TH ST Owner-occupied $415K —/— 1,176 1920 0 tax lien
803 S 8TH ST 2 L&I violations (2011). Vacant $193K —/— 0
804 S 8TH ST Bought for $375K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $850K in 2021. Owner-occupied $886K 4/2 2,262 1920 2 abated
805 S 8TH ST Owner-occupied $453K —/— 2,211 1920 0 abated
806 S 8TH ST Bought for $257K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $590K in 2020 (+130%). Owner-occupied $715K 3/3 1,842 1920 4
807 S 8TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $491K —/— 2,516 1920 0 tax lien
808 S 8TH ST Traded 3×: $225K in 2002 → $508K in 2014 (+126%). Absentee individual $626K 3/3 2,091 1920 3 rented
809 S 8TH ST Absentee individual $708K 3/3 2,562 1920 0 rented
810 S 8TH ST Bought for $165K in 2006, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $590K in 2014. Owner-occupied $835K 4/3 2,244 2007 3
811 S 8TH ST 4 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $387K —/— 1,890 1920 0
812 S 8TH ST Owner-occupied $671K —/— 2,067 1920 1
813 S 8TH ST Bought for $290K in 2016, built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $699K in 2021. Owner-occupied $829K 3/2 1,772 1920 2 abated
814 S 8TH ST Bought for $575K in 2009, mechanical permit in 2009, sold for $575K in 2009 (+174%). Owner-occupied $788K 5/5 2,292 1920 2
815 S 8TH ST 4 L&I violations (2018). Owner-occupied $310K —/— 1,512 1920 0
816 S 8TH ST Bought for $279K in 2004, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $722K in 2021. Owner-occupied $730K 4/3 2,240 1920 2 rented
817 S 8TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. Absentee individual $577K —/— 2,268 1920 0
818 S 8TH ST Bought for $590K in 2024. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $475K —/— 2,318 1920 1 rented
819 S 8TH ST Bought for $100K in 2001. Owner pulled a sign permit in 2024. Absentee individual $524K —/— 2,688 1920 3
820 S 8TH ST Traded 6×: $92K in 2001 → $470K in 2021 (+411%). Owner-occupied $468K 3/1 1,224 1920 6
822 S 8TH ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $467K 3/1 1,224 1920 0 abated
824-26 S 8TH ST built new under a 2012 permit. Absentee individual $1.1M —/— 5,728 1920 0
828 S 8TH ST Traded 2×: $975K in 2006 → $1.6M in 2016 (+69%). Absentee individual $499K —/— 2,128 1920 2

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

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