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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.

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
$790K
$92K–$1.3M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$275
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$799K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $790K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $16K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2006
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
88%
21 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
8%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$34
1 of 24 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$420
5 years
+2%
value · tax +$477
10 years
+23%
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 $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 blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$790K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied67%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.

Crimes · 12mo
33
4 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
103
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle12
Thefts5
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Other Assaults3
All Other Offenses2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Information Request10
Abandoned Vehicle7
Illegal Dumping7
Graffiti Removal6
Other (Streets)6

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
William M Meredith
725 S 5th St · 579 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$790K2016: $641K2017: $641K2018: $641K2019: $714K2020: $774K2021: $774K2022: $774K2023: $763K2024: $763K2025: $790K2026: $790K2027: $790K2016202020232027

▲ +23% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,7542016: $1,5982017: $7,3222018: $8,1662019: $8,8462020: $10,1342021: $10,2772022: $10,2772023: $10,5362024: $10,5362025: $10,8512026: $10,3342027: $10,7542016202020232027

▲ +573% since 2016 · ~+19%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 123 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+1.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+23%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.6 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 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

$0$2.5M$5.0M2005201020152020
54arm's-length sales since 2001
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels14 parcels0 parcels7 parcels
$92K$1.1M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Shelley Rosenfeld Living Trust11$790Kphila.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
808 S SWANSON ST Traded 2×: $465K in 2009 → $735K in 2017 (+58%). Owner-occupied $747K 3/— 1,854 2009 4
810 S SWANSON ST Traded 2×: $475K in 2009 → $695K in 2019 (+46%). Owner-occupied $820K 4/2 2,025 2009 4
812 S SWANSON ST Traded 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 Traded 3×: $850K in 2006 → $1.2M in 2021 (+41%). Owner-occupied $1.1M 4/3 2,882 2005 5
816 S SWANSON ST Traded 2×: $565K in 2009 → $725K in 2013 (+28%). Owner-occupied $1.2M 3/2 2,882 2005 4
818 S SWANSON ST Traded 4×: $1.1M in 2001 → $1.1M in 2018 (+9%). Owner-occupied $1.3M 2/1 2,882 1960 4
820 S SWANSON ST Vacant land, last sold for $1.3M in 2003. Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/1 2,882 2006 3
822 S SWANSON ST Traded 2×: $487K in 2016 → $478K in 2017 (-2%). Owner-occupied $626K 3/2 2,835 1915 2 rentedtax lien
824 S SWANSON ST Traded 2×: $390K in 2004 → $405K in 2011 (+4%). Owner-occupied $674K —/— 2,482 1920 2 rented
826 S SWANSON ST Vacant 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 Vacant land, last sold for $3.8M in 2004. Owner-occupied $790K 3/3 2,873 2008 2
832 S SWANSON ST Vacant 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 Traded 3×: $695K in 2006 → $621K in 2016 (-11%). Owner-occupied $790K —/— 3,096 2006 3
846 S SWANSON ST Vacant land, last sold for $761K in 2005. Owner-occupied $790K —/— 2,873 2006 1
848 S SWANSON ST Traded 2×: $600K in 2013 → $610K in 2016 (+2%). Owner-occupied $790K —/— 2,873 2006 3
850 S SWANSON ST Traded 2×: $643K in 2022 → $685K in 2023 (+7%). Absentee individual $790K —/— 2,873 2006 2
852 S SWANSON ST Vacant land, last sold for $650K in 2006. Owner-occupied $790K —/— 2,873 2007 1
854 S SWANSON ST Traded 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)

Where this comes from

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