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Who owns your block

8200 block of Thouron Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 95% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 4 homes behind $119,304 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 62% since 2016, now about $242K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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
$242K
$192K–$408K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$196
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$310K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $242K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
95%
37 of 39
city 41%
Rentals
3%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$119K
4 of 39 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$20
5 years
+69%
value · tax +$610
10 years
+62%
value · tax +$248

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 $242K — about 1.1× 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$242K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied85%67%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 43 reported crimes (14 violent) and 121 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
43
14 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
121
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft10
Other Assaults10
Thefts6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Fraud4
Theft from Vehicle3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection39
Abandoned Vehicle20
Maintenance Complaint18
Street Defect11
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
Franklin S Edmonds
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$242K2016: $149K2017: $149K2018: $149K2019: $149K2020: $143K2021: $143K2022: $143K2023: $198K2024: $198K2025: $243K2026: $243K2027: $242K2016202020232027

▲ +62% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,9822016: $1,9642017: $1,7342018: $1,6692019: $1,5302020: $1,3722021: $1,3722022: $1,3722023: $1,6592024: $1,6592025: $2,0022026: $2,0022027: $1,9822016202020232027

▲ +1% since 2016 · ~+0%/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 +4.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 162 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $162 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+62%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 24 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
22arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
24homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 39 parcels

Owner-occupied: 37Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 39parcels
  • Owner-occupied 37
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels9 parcels10 parcels2 parcels1 parcels9 parcels6 parcels
$192K$327K+

The block's largest owner, Alpha Equities Group Llc, carries 4 open violations across 13 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Alpha Equities Group Llc113$3.5Mphila.gov ↗
Thouron Avenue Llc11$245Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 39 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
8216-20 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $408K 3/2 1,604 1950 0
8217 THOURON AVE Investor / LLC $331K 4/— 1,680 1950 1 rentedtax lien
8219 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $293K 3/— 1,500 1950 0
8221 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $269K 3/— 1,500 1950 0
8223 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $293K 3/— 1,500 1950 0
8224 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $192K 3/— 946 1950 1
8225 THOURON AVE Traded 2×: $139K in 2005 → $200K in 2006 (+44%). Owner-occupied $269K 3/— 1,500 1955 2
8226 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $209K 3/— 946 1950 0 2 violtax lien
8227 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $297K 3/— 1,500 1950 0 tax lien
8229 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $297K 3/— 1,500 1950 0
8230 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $302K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
8231 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $296K 3/— 1,500 1950 0
8232 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $313K 3/2 1,672 1950 0
8233 THOURON AVE Traded 2×: $215K in 2024 → $420K in 2025 (+95%). Owner-occupied $281K 3/— 1,500 1950 2
8235 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,216 1950 1
8237 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $221K 3/2 1,208 1950 0
8239 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $240K 3/2 1,200 1950 0
8241 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $221K 3/2 1,208 1950 0
8243 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $221K 3/2 1,208 1950 0
8245 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $327K 3/2 1,208 1950 1
8247 THOURON AVE Traded 3×: $110K in 2005 → $280K in 2021 (+155%). Absentee individual $304K 4/2 1,680 1950 3
8249 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $317K 4/4 1,680 1950 1
8251 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $242K 3/2 1,216 1950 0
8253 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $241K 3/2 1,208 1950 0
8255 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $237K 3/2 1,208 1950 0
8257 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $245K 3/2 1,216 1950 1
8259 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $242K 3/2 1,216 1950 1
8261 THOURON AVE Traded 2×: $111K in 2005 → $148K in 2015 (+33%). Owner-occupied $298K 3/2 1,208 1941 2
8263 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $240K 3/2 1,200 1950 0
8265 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $295K 3/1 1,208 1950 1 tax lien
8267 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $222K 3/2 1,216 1950 0
8269 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $240K 3/2 1,200 1950 1
8271 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $221K 3/2 1,208 1950 0
8273 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $220K 3/2 1,200 1950 0
8275 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $221K 3/2 1,208 1950 0
8277 THOURON AVE Traded 3×: $60K in 2006 → $165K in 2020 (+175%). Owner-occupied $242K 3/1 1,216 1950 3
8279 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $221K 3/2 1,208 1950 0
8281 THOURON AVE sold $110K (2017); Appeal complete (2024). Owner-occupied $221K 3/1 1,208 1950 1 tax lien
8283 THOURON AVE Owner-occupied $317K 4/— 1,680 1950 0 1 violtax lien

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

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.