Who owns your block
8200 block of Germantown Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 28% investor-held, with 6 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 244% since 2016, now about $1.4M. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Turnover
27 of 29 homes have never sold, indicating long-term ownership in a market where values are 6.1x the city median.
- 02Rentals
28% investor ownership but only 3% rentals with 1 licensed, suggesting investors are holding properties without renting.
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 $1.4M — about 6.1× the citywide median, and above 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 | $1.4M | $756K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 56% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 24 reported crimes (6 violent) and 39 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
- $1.4M typical home, up +244% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,564 to $2,352 a year, -8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $55M assessed, $291,533/yr to the city, about $10,053 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +244% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -58% since 2016 · ~-8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
8200 Germantown Ave is assessed at $8.3M but pays $23,204 a year — about 20% of the $116,018 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +11.9% 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 $344 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2023. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 27 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 12
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Bowman Properties Limited, carries 16 open violations across 36 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman Properties Limited | 1 | 36 | $28M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 8200 Commercial Lp | 2 | 2 | $10M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 8200 Commerical Lp | 1 | 1 | $2.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Clayton Ow Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Db Garden Terrace Llc | 1 | 1 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Glengarry Properties Lp | 1 | 1 | $8.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Vp 8226 Germantown Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.4M | 2/2 | 2,162 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.1M | 2/2 | 1,936 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Owner-occupied | $2.3M | 3/3 | 3,453 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Owner-occupied | $2.0M | 3/3 | 2,537 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Owner-occupied | $1.7M | 2/2 | 2,604 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Owner-occupied | $1.3M | 3/2 | 1,964 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $8.3M | —/— | 46,046 | 2016 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $2.1M | —/— | 11,452 | 2016 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Investor / LLC | $2.2M | 4/4 | 3,006 | 2017 | 0 | |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Absentee individual | $1.6M | 2/2 | 1,923 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Absentee individual | $1.1M | 2/2 | 1,968 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Owner-occupied | $1.9M | 2/2 | 2,377 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.7M | 2/3 | 2,182 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | 2/3 | 2,045 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Absentee individual | $1.9M | 3/3 | 2,297 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Absentee individual | $874K | 1/1 | 1,330 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Investor / LLC | $2.5M | 2/2 | 2,869 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 2/2 | 2,031 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $960K | 1/2 | 1,355 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 2/3 | 2,080 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 3/2 | 1,997 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8200 GERMANTOWN AVE | Absentee individual | $927K | 2/2 | 1,395 | 2017 | 0 | abated |
| 8201-03 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a lawful occupancy (lo) only permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $1.3M | —/— | 5,188 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 8217-19 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $276K | —/— | 7,650 | 1856 | 0 | abated4 viol |
| 8220-22 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2008. | Absentee individual | $665K | —/— | 1,700 | 1987 | 0 | |
| 8221-35 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $8.0M | —/— | 35,052 | 1894 | 0 | rented2 viol |
| 8224 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedBought for $435K in 2023. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $476K | 2/— | 1,584 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 8226 GERMANTOWN AVE New constructionbuilt new, sold for $1.3M in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | 3/1 | 2,584 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 8236 GERMANTOWN AVE ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2017. | Owner-occupied | $1.9M | —/— | 8,072 | 2011 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)