Who owns your block
8000 block of Germantown Ave
An investor-heavy block: 46% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 8 open code violations and 1 home behind $104 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $693K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Appreciation
The block gained 66% since 2016 but trailed the city by 1.8 percentage points per year, reaching only 4.7% annually.
- 02Ownership
Owner-occupied and investor shares are each 46%, creating a perfectly split ownership structure across 24 homes.
- 03Turnover
Eleven of 24 homes have never sold since 2001, while four others show recent renovation-driven resale activity.
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 $693K — about 3.1× 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 | $693K | $756K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 4% | 56% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 10 reported crimes (4 violent) and 49 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
- $693K typical home, up +66% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,848 to $9,704 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $19M assessed, $264,775/yr to the city, about $11,032 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +66% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +66% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 +4.7% 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 $166 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, George Woodward Inc, carries 1 open violation across 87 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Woodward Inc | 2 | 87 | $76M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bowman Properties Ltd | 2 | 36 | $24M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bowman Properties Limited | 2 | 36 | $28M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tajim Investments Llc | 1 | 2 | $666K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Summer Classics Properties One Llc | 2 | 2 | $2.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 8000 Germantown Avenue Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 8020 Germantown Llc | 1 | 1 | $731K | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000 GERMANTOWN AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $1.7M in 2026, zoning/use permit in 2009, sold for $1.7M in 2026 (+51%). | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 5,478 | 1940 | 2 | 3 viol |
| 8001-07 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit. | Investor / LLC | $1.5M | —/— | 14,829 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 8002-06 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedBought for $1.2M in 2014. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $1.3M | —/— | 4,760 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 8009 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $657K | —/— | 2,244 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 8010 GERMANTOWN AVE Historysold $249K (2001); L&I violation (2007); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2007). | Absentee individual | $613K | —/— | 2,502 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 8011 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedBought for $530K in 2021. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $544K | —/— | 2,220 | 1930 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 8012 GERMANTOWN AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $410K in 2008, major alteration permit in 2008, sold for $643K in 2022 (+57%). | Investor / LLC | $729K | —/— | 2,976 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 8013 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a sign permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $555K | —/— | 1,500 | 1930 | 0 | 4 viol |
| 8014 GERMANTOWN AVE | Owner-occupied | $921K | —/— | 6,000 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 8016 GERMANTOWN AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $665K in 2004 → $895K in 2018 (+35%). | Vacant | $145K | —/— | — | — | 3 | |
| 8018 GERMANTOWN AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $665K in 2004, alteration permit in 2011, sold for $895K in 2018 (+35%). | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 5/2 | 3,710 | 1823 | 3 | |
| 8018R GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedBought for $205K in 2008. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $399K | —/1 | 1,016 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 8020 GERMANTOWN AVE Renovated & sold onBought for $697K in 2022, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $697K in 2022 (+72%). | Owner-occupied | $731K | —/— | 2,468 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 8022 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedBought for $505K in 2023. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2015. | Owner-occupied | $442K | —/— | 1,718 | 1940 | 1 | rented |
| 8024 GERMANTOWN AVE Historysold $150K (2005); L&I violation (2007); Inspection passed (2007); L&I violation (2025); Inspection failed (2025); Inspection passed (2026). | Absentee individual | $438K | —/— | 1,704 | 1940 | 1 | tax lien |
| 8026 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedBought for $358K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $490K | —/— | 1,908 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 8030 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $1.7M | —/— | 11,510 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 8031 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a demolition permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $751K | —/— | 4,950 | 1762 | 0 | |
| 8033 GERMANTOWN AVE HistoryL&I violation (2025); Inspection failed (2025); Inspection passed (2026). | Vacant | $85K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 8034 GERMANTOWN AVE | Owner-occupied | $473K | —/— | 1,665 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 8035-39 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedBought for $1.3M in 2010. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. | Absentee individual | $1.2M | —/— | 7,744 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 8036R GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $322K | —/— | 1,306 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 8040 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $1.8M | —/— | 8,184 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 8042-44 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $949K | —/— | 10,784 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)