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Who owns your block

8000 block of Langdon St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $547 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 105% since 2016, now about $382K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year and the increases are speeding up.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    8025 LANGDON ST appreciation of 141% since 2016 exceeds the block average of 105%, and it is the most-traded home on the block.

  2. 02
    Delinquency

    Only 2 of 16 homes owe back taxes totaling $547, on a block where the median home value is $382K.

  3. 03
    Safety

    23 crimes occurred within 200 meters in 12 months, including 3 violent incidents, despite the block appreciating at 6.8% annually.

By the Numbers

Median value
$382K
$365K–$421K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$166
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$463K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $382K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
63%
10 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
31%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$547
2 of 16 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$147
5 years
+69%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+105%
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 $382K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19152Philadelphia
Median home value$382K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied44%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 23 reported crimes (3 violent) and 90 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
23
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
90
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts6
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Theft from Vehicle5
Other Assaults3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
All Other Offenses1

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint19
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection11
Street Light Outage10
Abandoned Vehicle8
Other (Streets)6
Salting6

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
Louis H Farrell
8300 Castor Ave · 1255 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$250K$500K$382K2016: $186K2017: $186K2018: $186K2019: $211K2020: $226K2021: $226K2022: $226K2023: $297K2024: $297K2025: $384K2026: $384K2027: $382K2016202020232027

▲ +105% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,1302016: $2,5172017: $2,4862018: $2,4862019: $2,8802020: $2,8072021: $2,8072022: $2,8072023: $3,1962024: $3,1962025: $4,7472026: $5,2772027: $5,1302016202020232027

▲ +104% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

9 homes pay the full 1.40%7 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 205 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $205 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+105%
since 2016
Net rental yield
1.8%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.3 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 23 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
23arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 5 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels4 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$365K$399K+

The block's largest owner, Gus And Son Real Estate LLC, carries 5 open violations across 4 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueTax bills mail toSource
Gus And Son Real Estate LLC14$1.6M901 Friendship St, Philadelphia PA, 19111phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 16 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
8010 LANGDON ST Bought for $167K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Absentee individual $393K 4/2 2,296 1960 3 rented
8011 LANGDON ST Traded 2×: $80K in 2001 → $90K in 2003 (+13%). Owner-occupied $399K 4/2 2,296 1960 2
8012 LANGDON ST Traded 2×: $225K in 2007 → $262K in 2019 (+16%). Owner-occupied $382K 4/2 2,296 1960 2
8013 LANGDON ST Bought for $168K in 2014. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $368K —/— 2,296 1960 1
8014 LANGDON ST Owner-occupied $382K —/— 2,296 1960 1
8015 LANGDON ST Owner-occupied $368K 4/2 2,296 1960 1
8016 LANGDON ST 2 L&I violations (2017); sold $463K (2024). Absentee individual $382K —/— 2,296 1960 1 rented
8017 LANGDON ST Traded 2×: $95K in 2001 → $198K in 2012 (+108%). Absentee individual $385K 5/3 2,296 1960 2 rented
8018 LANGDON ST Bought for $170K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $365K —/— 2,296 1960 1
8019 LANGDON ST Owner-occupied $368K —/— 2,296 1960 1
8020 LANGDON ST Absentee individual $385K —/— 2,296 1960 1 rented
8021 LANGDON ST Owner-occupied $370K —/— 2,296 1960 0
8022 LANGDON ST Traded 2×: $145K in 2004 → $232K in 2018 (+60%). Absentee individual $385K —/— 2,296 1960 2
8023 LANGDON ST Owner-occupied $385K —/— 2,296 1960 0
8024 LANGDON ST sold $299K (2019); L&I violation (2023); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2023); L&I violation (2024); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2024). Owner-occupied $421K 6/3 2,296 1960 1
8025 LANGDON ST Traded 4×: $146K in 2004 → $350K in 2022 (+141%). Investor / LLC $370K 5/2 2,296 1960 4 rented

Neighborhood

Median income
$47K
household
Own vs. rent
64%
owner-occupied
Median age
42.9
residents
Median rent
$982
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.