Who owns your block
8000 block of Anderson St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $7,633 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 109% since 2016, now about $607K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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 $607K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19118 median of $756K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19118 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $607K | $756K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 80% | 56% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 19 reported crimes (0 violent) and 28 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
- $607K typical home, up +109% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,716 to $7,124 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $12M assessed, $143,825/yr to the city, about $7,191 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +109% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +92% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
8016 Anderson St is assessed at $706K but pays $9,014 a year — about 91% of the $9,878 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% 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 $209 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Gillern (individual) | 2 | 2 | $826K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Watzke-Barron Joint Revocable Trust | 1 | 1 | $590K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000R ANDERSON ST | Vacant | $105K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 8000 ANDERSON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $694K | 3/2 | 1,924 | 1968 | 0 | |
| 8001 ANDERSON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $740K | —/— | 2,616 | 1968 | 0 | |
| 8002 ANDERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $599K | 3/2 | 1,572 | 1968 | 1 | |
| 8003 ANDERSON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $335K in 2005, roof covering replacement permit in 2020, sold for $565K in 2023 (+69%). | Owner-occupied | $563K | 3/2 | 1,404 | 1970 | 3 | |
| 8004 ANDERSON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $420K in 2025, addition and/or alteration permit in 2025, sold for $700K in 2025 (+67%). | Owner-occupied | $744K | 4/2 | 1,624 | 1968 | 2 | |
| 8005 ANDERSON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $578K | 2/2 | 1,352 | 1968 | 0 | |
| 8006 ANDERSON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $313K in 2013, roof covering replacement permit in 2020, sold for $500K in 2020 (+60%). | Owner-occupied | $610K | 3/2 | 1,624 | 1968 | 2 | |
| 8007 ANDERSON ST ImprovedBought for $375K in 2004. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $589K | 3/2 | 1,744 | 1971 | 2 | |
| 8008 ANDERSON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $608K | 3/2 | 1,404 | 1968 | 0 | |
| 8009 ANDERSON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $290K in 2010, alteration permit in 2014, sold for $613K in 2026 (+111%). | Investor / LLC | $590K | 3/2 | 1,404 | 1968 | 2 | |
| 8010 ANDERSON ST | Absentee individual | $607K | 3/2 | 1,404 | 1967 | 0 | abated |
| 8011 ANDERSON ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $325K in 2006. | Owner-occupied | $690K | 3/2 | 1,520 | 1968 | 1 | |
| 8012 ANDERSON ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $580K | 3/2 | 1,624 | 1974 | 0 | |
| 8013 ANDERSON ST Renovated & sold onBought for $266K in 2004, electrical permit in 2018, sold for $545K in 2023 (+105%). | Owner-occupied | $601K | 3/2 | 1,624 | 1968 | 2 | |
| 8014 ANDERSON ST | Vacant | $120K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 8016 ANDERSON ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $706K | 3/2 | 1,572 | 1960 | 0 | abated |
| 8017 ANDERSON ST | Owner-occupied | $981K | —/— | 2,646 | 1968 | 0 | |
| 8018 ANDERSON ST ImprovedBought for $565K in 2022. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $980K | 4/2 | 3,205 | 1968 | 1 | |
| 8019 ANDERSON ST New constructionBought for $170K in 2000, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $495K in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $760K | 2/2 | 1,562 | 1968 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)