Who owns your block
800 block of S Front St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 88% since 2016, now about $768K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Appreciation
Block appreciation of 5.9% per year trails the city average of 6.5% despite values already at 3.4x the city median.
- 02Abatements
Four homes receive $56K in annual tax abatements while the remaining 22 homes cover the full tax burden.
- 03Rentals
Rental share is 12% but only 3 of the estimated 3 rentals are licensed, suggesting compliance gaps.
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.
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.
- 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 $768K — about 3.4× 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 block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $768K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 54% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 41 reported crimes (3 violent) and 142 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
- $768K typical home, up +88% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,287 to $9,254 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $20M assessed, $222,886/yr to the city, about $8,573 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +88% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +75% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
838 S Front St is assessed at $1.2M but pays $3,224 a year — about 20% of the $16,121 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 +5.9% 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 $188 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 34 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 26 parcels
- Owner-occupied 24
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard House Llc | 1 | 1 | $951K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 26 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 S FRONT ST HistoryAppeal dismissed (2010). | Owner-occupied | $363K | 2/1 | 800 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 800 S FRONT ST | Owner-occupied | $388K | 2/1 | 1,000 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 802 S FRONT ST TradedTraded 2×: $631K in 2016 → $650K in 2021 (+3%). | Owner-occupied | $689K | 4/2 | 1,904 | 1978 | 2 | rented |
| 806 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $540K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $605K | 2/1 | 1,340 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 808 S FRONT ST New constructionBought for $362K in 2015, built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $729K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $836K | 3/2 | 1,725 | 1760 | 2 | |
| 810 S FRONT ST Historysold $465K (2024); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025). | Owner-occupied | $763K | 3/2 | 1,868 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 812 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $500K in 2022. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 5/2 | 2,080 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 814 S FRONT ST New constructionBought for $700K in 2019, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $895K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $759K | 3/2 | 2,068 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 824 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $870K in 2023. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $865K | —/— | 3,680 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 826 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $1.1M in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | 5/3 | 3,932 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 828 S FRONT ST | Owner-occupied | $917K | —/— | 3,528 | 1960 | 0 | abated |
| 830 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $610K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $670K | 3/2 | 2,184 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 832 S FRONT ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2024 and rebuilt (2023), then sold for $710K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $748K | —/— | 2,348 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 834 S FRONT ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit, sold for $875K in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $951K | 4/3 | 1,960 | 1925 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 836 S FRONT ST TradedTraded 2×: $650K in 2015 → $800K in 2025 (+23%). | Owner-occupied | $772K | 4/2 | 1,890 | 1813 | 2 | |
| 838 S FRONT ST New constructionBought for $420K in 2019, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.2M | 4/4 | 3,073 | 2022 | 1 | abated |
| 840 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $340K in 2013. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $503K | 4/3 | 2,016 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 842 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $380K in 2007, zoning permit in 2007, sold for $850K in 2013 (+124%). | Owner-occupied | $820K | 3/3 | 2,913 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 844 S FRONT ST | Owner-occupied | $842K | 4/2 | 2,814 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 846 S FRONT ST | Owner-occupied | $853K | —/— | 2,856 | 1960 | 0 | abated |
| 848 S FRONT ST HistoryL&I violation (2016); Inspection failed ×3 (2016); 2 L&I violations (2017); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2017); sold $560K (2025). | Owner-occupied | $682K | —/— | 2,292 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 850 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $430K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $782K | 3/2 | 2,292 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 852 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $340K in 2012. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $681K | 4/2 | 2,104 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 854 S FRONT ST New constructionBought for $425K in 2016, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $770K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $878K | 3/3 | 2,148 | 1960 | 4 | rentedabated |
| 856 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $524K in 2016. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $427K | —/— | 1,056 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 858 S FRONT ST TradedTraded 2×: $630K in 2021 → $630K in 2025 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $725K | 3/1 | 1,828 | 1960 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)