Who owns your block
800 block of Union St
A mixed-ownership block: 14% owner-occupied, 31% investor-held, with 4 open code violations and 5 homes behind $18,388 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 487% since 2016, now about $42K. Property taxes are climbing about 17% 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 $42K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $42K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 8% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 113 reported crimes (36 violent) and 163 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
- $42K typical home, up +487% since 2016
- Tax bill $94 to $548 a year, +17%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.9M assessed, $29,235/yr to the city, about $812 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +487% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +483% since 2016 · ~+17%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
810 Union St is assessed at $197K but pays $769 a year — about 28% of the $2,753 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +17.5% 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 $587 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 36 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 25
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Geena Llc, carries 36 open violations across 178 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geena Llc | 3 | 178 | $8.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philadelphia Lotus 20 Llc | 1 | 35 | $6.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Top Tier Real Estate Llc | 1 | 10 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Dmb Investment Llc | 2 | 8 | $813K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Zion 149 Llc | 1 | 4 | $325K | phila.gov ↗ |
| J & V Real Estate Investments Llc | 1 | 3 | $112K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Anunnaki Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $68K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Redemption Time Llc | 1 | 1 | $68K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 UNION ST | Vacant | $71K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 803 UNION ST | Vacant | $45K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 805 UNION ST | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 807 UNION ST | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 808 UNION ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $18K in 2007 → $110K in 2019 (+529%). | Owner-occupied | $133K | 2/1 | 1,128 | 1925 | 6 | rented |
| 809 UNION ST TradedTraded 2×: $26K in 2015 → $110K in 2025 (+323%). | Investor / LLC | $197K | —/— | 1,995 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 810 UNION ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $80K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,128 | 1925 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 811 UNION ST | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 812 UNION ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $23K in 2007 → $160K in 2024 (+608%). | Investor / LLC | $169K | 3/1 | 1,128 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 813 UNION ST | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 814 UNION ST | Absentee individual | $92K | 3/1 | 1,128 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 815 UNION ST | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 816 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $132K | 3/1 | 1,128 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 817 UNION ST | Vacant | $41K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 818 UNION ST TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2022 → $210K in 2023 (+740%). | Owner-occupied | $218K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 819 UNION ST | Vacant | $44K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 820 UNION ST | Vacant | $38K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 822 UNION ST | Owner-occupied | $141K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 824 UNION ST | Absentee individual | $141K | 3/1 | 1,254 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 826 UNION ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $4K in 2003 → $110K in 2022 (+2650%). | Absentee individual | $325K | 2/2 | 1,254 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 836 UNION ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 838 UNION ST | Vacant | $34K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 840 UNION ST | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 842 UNION ST | Vacant | $69K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 844 UNION ST ImprovedBought for $65K in 2020. | Vacant | $68K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 846 UNION ST Historysold $65K (2020); Appeal granted (2024). | Vacant | $68K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 848 UNION ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $14K in 2017 → $97K in 2023 (+593%). | Investor / LLC | $68K | 3/1 | 1,208 | 1925 | 5 | tax lien |
| 850 UNION ST Improved | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 852 UNION ST Improved | Vacant | $35K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 854 UNION ST ImprovedBought for $65K in 2020. | Vacant | $36K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 856 UNION ST ImprovedBought for $19K in 2019. | Vacant | $44K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 858 UNION ST | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 860 UNION ST | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 2 viol |
| 862 UNION ST | Vacant | $37K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 2 violtax lien |
| 864 UNION ST | Vacant | $36K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 866 UNION ST TradedTraded 2×: $17K in 2019 → $34K in 2020 (+100%). | Vacant | $36K | —/— | — | — | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)