Who owns your block
800 block of S Swanson St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $34 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 23% since 2016, now about $790K. Property taxes are climbing about 19% 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.
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 $790K — about 3.5× 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 | $790K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 33 reported crimes (4 violent) and 103 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
- $790K typical home, up +23% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,598 to $10,754 a year, +19%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $20M assessed, $259,635/yr to the city, about $10,818 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +23% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +573% since 2016 · ~+19%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.9% 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 $123 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 54 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 21
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelley Rosenfeld Living Trust | 1 | 1 | $790K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 808 S SWANSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $465K in 2009 → $735K in 2017 (+58%). | Owner-occupied | $747K | 3/— | 1,854 | 2009 | 4 | |
| 810 S SWANSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $475K in 2009 → $695K in 2019 (+46%). | Owner-occupied | $820K | 4/2 | 2,025 | 2009 | 4 | |
| 812 S SWANSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2006 → $1.1M in 2016 (+2000%). | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 2/1 | 2,882 | 2005 | 5 | |
| 813 S SWANSON ST | Vacant | $92K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 814 S SWANSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $850K in 2006 → $1.2M in 2021 (+41%). | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 4/3 | 2,882 | 2005 | 5 | |
| 816 S SWANSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $565K in 2009 → $725K in 2013 (+28%). | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | 3/2 | 2,882 | 2005 | 4 | |
| 818 S SWANSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $1.1M in 2001 → $1.1M in 2018 (+9%). | Owner-occupied | $1.3M | 2/1 | 2,882 | 1960 | 4 | |
| 820 S SWANSON ST LandVacant land, last sold for $1.3M in 2003. | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 2/1 | 2,882 | 2006 | 3 | |
| 822 S SWANSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $487K in 2016 → $478K in 2017 (-2%). | Owner-occupied | $626K | 3/2 | 2,835 | 1915 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 824 S SWANSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $390K in 2004 → $405K in 2011 (+4%). | Owner-occupied | $674K | —/— | 2,482 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 826 S SWANSON ST LandVacant land, last sold for $3.8M in 2004. | Investor / LLC | $790K | 3/3 | 2,637 | 2008 | 1 | |
| 828 S SWANSON ST | Owner-occupied | $790K | 3/— | 2,873 | 2008 | 0 | |
| 830 S SWANSON ST LandVacant land, last sold for $3.8M in 2004. | Owner-occupied | $790K | 3/3 | 2,873 | 2008 | 2 | |
| 832 S SWANSON ST LandVacant land, last sold for $3.8M in 2004. | Owner-occupied | $790K | 3/3 | 2,873 | 2006 | 1 | |
| 834 S SWANSON ST | Owner-occupied | $790K | 3/3 | 2,873 | 2006 | 0 | |
| 836 S SWANSON ST | Owner-occupied | $790K | 3/— | 2,637 | 2008 | 0 | |
| 840 S SWANSON ST | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 3/— | 2,637 | 2007 | 1 | |
| 842 S SWANSON ST | Owner-occupied | $974K | 3/— | 2,637 | 2007 | 1 | |
| 844 S SWANSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $695K in 2006 → $621K in 2016 (-11%). | Owner-occupied | $790K | —/— | 3,096 | 2006 | 3 | |
| 846 S SWANSON ST LandVacant land, last sold for $761K in 2005. | Owner-occupied | $790K | —/— | 2,873 | 2006 | 1 | |
| 848 S SWANSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $600K in 2013 → $610K in 2016 (+2%). | Owner-occupied | $790K | —/— | 2,873 | 2006 | 3 | |
| 850 S SWANSON ST TradedTraded 2×: $643K in 2022 → $685K in 2023 (+7%). | Absentee individual | $790K | —/— | 2,873 | 2006 | 2 | |
| 852 S SWANSON ST LandVacant land, last sold for $650K in 2006. | Owner-occupied | $790K | —/— | 2,873 | 2007 | 1 | |
| 854 S SWANSON ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $733K in 2007 → $700K in 2023 (-4%). | Owner-occupied | $790K | 3/2 | 3,097 | 2006 | 5 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)