Who owns your block
800 block of South St
A mixed-ownership block: 32% owner-occupied, 24% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 44% since 2016, now about $630K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year.
- 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 $630K — about 2.8× 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 | $630K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 18% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 135 reported crimes (26 violent) and 300 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
- $630K typical home, up +44% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,689 to $8,203 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $21M assessed, $271,686/yr to the city, about $7,991 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +44% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +44% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
814 South St is assessed at $327K but pays $1,684 a year — about 37% of the $4,575 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 +3.4% 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 $144 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 34 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 12
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orvo Properties Lp | 1 | 7 | $6.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Phillyprop Lp | 1 | 2 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| South Street Ten Llc | 2 | 2 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| R Investment Two Lp | 2 | 2 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Northwoods Investment Gro | 1 | 1 | $510K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Taxi Talk Inc | 1 | 1 | $413K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 34 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 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $475K in 2002 → $650K in 2007 (+37%). | Owner-occupied | $510K | —/— | 2,025 | 1900 | 2 | rented |
| 801 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $465K in 2020 → $740K in 2026 (+59%). | Absentee individual | $627K | 4/2 | 1,533 | 1977 | 2 | |
| 801 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $623K | 3/2 | 1,428 | 1977 | 0 | |
| 801 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $627K | 3/2 | 1,533 | 1977 | 0 | rented |
| 801 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $627K | 3/2 | 1,533 | 1977 | 0 | |
| 801 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $627K | 3/2 | 1,533 | 1977 | 0 | |
| 801 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $634K | 3/2 | 1,428 | 1977 | 0 | |
| 801 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $618K | 3/2 | 1,419 | 1977 | 0 | |
| 801 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $645K | 3/2 | 1,455 | 1977 | 1 | |
| 802 SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $115K in 2000 → $535K in 2019 (+365%). | Owner-occupied | $510K | —/— | 2,025 | 1900 | 3 | rented |
| 804-06 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $922K | —/— | 3,840 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 808 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $390K in 2005 → $570K in 2014 (+46%). | Absentee individual | $634K | —/— | 2,643 | 1900 | 2 | rented |
| 810 SOUTH ST | Investor / LLC | $734K | —/— | 3,060 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 812 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $851K | —/— | 2,896 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 814 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $364K | 2/2 | 1,152 | 2004 | 0 | |
| 814 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $327K | 2/1 | 994 | 2004 | 0 | abated |
| 814 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $231K | —/— | 1,529 | 2004 | 0 | |
| 816 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $792K | 4/4 | 4,434 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 818 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $926K | —/— | 5,640 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 820 SOUTH ST TradedTraded 2×: $302K in 2003 → $500K in 2004 (+66%). | Owner-occupied | $806K | —/— | 3,360 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 822 SOUTH ST | Investor / LLC | $921K | —/— | 3,476 | 1986 | 1 | rented |
| 824 SOUTH ST | Investor / LLC | $921K | —/— | 3,476 | 1986 | 1 | rented |
| 826 SOUTH ST | Owner-occupied | $778K | —/— | 3,240 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 828 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $755K | —/— | 3,144 | 1900 | 0 | tax lien |
| 830 SOUTH ST ImprovedBought for $284K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $819K | —/— | 3,414 | 1900 | 2 | rented |
| 831-33 SOUTH ST | Vacant | $86K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 832 SOUTH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $511K in 2008 → $1.7M in 2026 (+233%). | Investor / LLC | $632K | —/— | 2,634 | 1900 | 3 | rented |
| 834 SOUTH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $511K in 2008, addition and/or alteration permit in 2021, sold for $1.7M in 2026 (+233%). | Investor / LLC | $814K | —/— | 3,390 | 1900 | 3 | rented |
| 835 SOUTH ST | Vacant | $60K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 836 SOUTH ST | Investor / LLC | $413K | —/— | 1,638 | 1900 | 1 | tax lien |
| 837 SOUTH ST | Vacant | $227K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 838 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $504K | —/— | 2,001 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 839 SOUTH ST | Vacant | $141K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 841-47 SOUTH ST | Absentee individual | $1.0M | —/— | 2,632 | 1800 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)