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Who owns your block

8200 block of Algon Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $36,054 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $352K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$352K
$44K–$473K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$288
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
82%
14 of 17
city 41%
Rentals
6%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$36K
1 of 17 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$269
5 years
+58%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+71%
value · tax +$2K

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 $352K — about 1.6× 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$352K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied59%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 12 reported crimes (0 violent) and 54 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
12
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
54
8 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft8
Thefts3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Street Defect7
Abandoned Vehicle6
Other (Streets)5
Salting4
Maintenance Complaint3

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$352K2016: $206K2017: $206K2018: $206K2019: $203K2020: $223K2021: $223K2022: $223K2023: $275K2024: $275K2025: $343K2026: $343K2027: $352K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,1692016: $2,5272017: $2,5272018: $2,5272019: $2,6862020: $2,9202021: $2,9202022: $2,9512023: $3,0212024: $3,2522025: $4,1112026: $3,9002027: $4,1692016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2007. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2008201220162020
10arm's-length sales since 2007
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 17 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 17parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels9 parcels6 parcels
$44K$439K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Mikvah Association Northeas (individual)33$561Kphila.gov ↗

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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
8204 ALGON AVE Vacant $44K —/— 1
8205 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $398K —/— 1,379 1960 0
8206 ALGON AVE Vacant $44K —/— 1
8208 ALGON AVE Bought for $755K in 2022. Owner pulled a lot line relocation permit in 2024. Absentee individual $473K —/— 1,512 1960 1
8209 ALGON AVE Bought for $234K in 2017. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $439K —/— 1,691 1960 1
8210 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $386K —/— 1,274 1960 1
8240 ALGON AVE Bought for $230K in 2014. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $403K —/— 1,436 1960 2
8242 ALGON AVE built new under a 2023 permit. Owner-occupied $347K —/— 1,080 1960 0
8243 ALGON AVE Bought for $220K in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $352K 3/2 1,516 1960 1
8244 ALGON AVE L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $328K —/— 1,080 1960 0 rented
8244 ALGON AVE L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $362K —/— 1,080 1960 0
8245 ALGON AVE Bought for $270K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $345K 3/1 1,620 1960 1
8246 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $328K —/— 1,080 1960 0
8246 ALGON AVE Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $328K —/— 1,080 1960 0
8247 ALGON AVE Bought for $445K in 2023. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $342K 4/1 1,620 1980 1
8248 ALGON AVE 2 L&I violations (2018). Owner-occupied $423K —/— 1,734 1960 0 tax lien
8250 ALGON AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $361K —/— 1,301 1960 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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.