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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19150 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $314K | $234K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 65% | 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.
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
- $314K typical home, up +54% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,594 to $3,186 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.5M assessed, $62,913/yr to the city, about $3,701 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +54% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +23% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 17 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000 STENTON AVE Frequently tradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $230K in 2005 → $210K in 2010 (-9%). | Owner-occupied | $604K | 3/2 | 1,360 | 1957 | 3 | |
| 8013 STENTON AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $63K in 2000 → $200K in 2006 (+220%). | Owner-occupied | $210K | 3/— | 960 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 8017 STENTON AVE Frequently tradedTraded 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 New constructionBought 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)