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Who owns your block

8000 block of Stenton Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $997 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 54% since 2016, now about $314K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$314K
$81K–$997K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$196
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$550K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $314K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 17
$29K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
100%
16 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$997
1 of 17 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$235
5 years
+46%
value · tax +$339
10 years
+54%
value · tax +$592

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 $314K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19150 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19150 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19150Philadelphia
Median home value$314K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied65%67%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 31 reported crimes (3 violent) and 82 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
31
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
82
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud6
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Other Assaults3
Other Sex Offenses (Not Commercialized)2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint20
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Abandoned Vehicle11
Graffiti Removal6
Street Light Outage5
Other (Streets)4

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
John S Jenks
8301 Germantown Ave · 380 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$314K2016: $204K2017: $204K2018: $204K2019: $224K2020: $215K2021: $215K2022: $215K2023: $259K2024: $259K2025: $304K2026: $304K2027: $314K2016202020232027

▲ +54% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1862016: $2,5942017: $2,5942018: $2,5942019: $2,9722020: $2,8472021: $2,8472022: $2,8472023: $2,7492024: $2,7492025: $2,9512026: $2,9512027: $3,1862016202020232027

▲ +23% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $28,658 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $13,956at the full rate

8040 Stenton Ave is assessed at $997K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $13,956 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 +4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 154 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $154 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+54%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.5 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 26 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
26arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Vacant: 1 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels3 parcels2 parcels5 parcels1 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$81K$604K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 17 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
8000 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $190K in 2011 → $395K in 2022 (+108%). Owner-occupied $565K 3/2 1,360 1950 3
8004 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $490K 3/2 1,360 1950 1
8007 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $313K 3/2 1,846 1950 0
8008 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $591K 2/2 1,360 1950 1
8009 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $311K 3/2 1,846 1950 0
8011 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $207K 2/1 960 1950 1
8012 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $230K in 2005 → $210K in 2010 (-9%). Owner-occupied $604K 3/2 1,360 1957 3
8013 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $63K in 2000 → $200K in 2006 (+220%). Owner-occupied $210K 3/— 960 1950 3
8017 STENTON AVE Traded 4×: $19K in 2008 → $45K in 2009 (+134%). Vacant $81K —/— 4
8019 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $263K 3/2 1,652 1950 1
8021 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $228K 3/2 1,652 1950 0
8023 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $179K in 2005 → $225K in 2016 (+26%). Owner-occupied $333K 4/3 1,652 1950 3
8025-27 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $314K 3/2 1,628 1950 0 tax lien
8029 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $362K 3/2 1,846 1950 1
8031 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $286K 3/2 1,996 1950 1 tax lien
8033 STENTON AVE Bought for $165K in 2005, built new (tax-abated), sold for $270K in 2018. Owner-occupied $387K 4/3 1,996 1950 4 abated
8040 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $997K —/— 8,444 1953 0 abated

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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