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Who owns your block

8300 block of Alma St

A mixed-ownership block: 36% owner-occupied, 9% investor-held, with 1 home behind $126 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 114% since 2016, now about $366K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$366K
$340K–$382K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$248
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1954
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
36%
8 of 22
city 41%
Rentals
36%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$126
1 of 22 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$21
5 years
+95%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+114%
value · tax +$3K

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 $366K — 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$366K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied18%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 44 reported crimes (11 violent) and 89 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
44
11 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
89
24 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses6
Other Assaults6
Fraud5
Thefts5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Motor Vehicle Theft4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint21
Abandoned Vehicle12
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Other (Streets)8
Sanitation Violation7
Traffic Signal Emergency6

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$366K2016: $171K2017: $171K2018: $171K2019: $176K2020: $188K2021: $188K2022: $188K2023: $288K2024: $288K2025: $351K2026: $351K2027: $366K2016202020232027

▲ +114% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,9272016: $2,3682017: $2,3682018: $2,3682019: $2,4642020: $2,6302021: $2,6302022: $2,6302023: $4,0292024: $4,0292025: $4,9062026: $4,9062027: $4,9272016202020232027

▲ +108% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

18 homes pay the full 1.40%4 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 214 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $214 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+114%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.7 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 30 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
30arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 22 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 12 22parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 12

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels8 parcels0 parcels9 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$340K$382K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Panos Ag LLC12$719Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Creative Property Solutions 4u11$382Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 22 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
8300 ALMA ST sold $183K (2006); L&I violation (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2026). Absentee individual $352K 3/2 1,480 1954 1 rented
8302 ALMA ST sold $133K (2003); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $368K 3/2 1,480 1954 1
8304 ALMA ST sold $150K (2005); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $368K 3/2 1,480 1954 1
8306 ALMA ST sold $90K (1999); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $340K 3/2 1,480 1954 1
8308 ALMA ST Traded 3×: $188K in 2009 → $280K in 2025 (+49%). Owner-occupied $352K 3/— 1,480 1954 3
8310 ALMA ST Traded 2×: $187K in 2005 → $160K in 2016 (-14%). Absentee individual $368K 3/2 1,480 1954 2
8312 ALMA ST Traded 2×: $110K in 2002 → $225K in 2005 (+105%). Owner-occupied $368K 3/2 1,480 1954 2
8314 ALMA ST Absentee individual $369K 3/2 1,480 1954 1 rented
8316 ALMA ST 2 L&I violations (2018); sold $315K (2024); L&I violation (2024); L&I violation (2026). Investor / LLC $352K 3/2 1,480 1954 1
8318 ALMA ST sold $224K (2018); L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $352K 3/2 1,480 1954 1
8320 ALMA ST sold $80K (2001); 6 L&I violations (2012); 3 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $365K 3/2 1,480 1954 1
8322 ALMA ST 3 L&I violations (2013); sold $220K (2018); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $352K 3/2 1,480 1954 1
8324 ALMA ST Bought for $163K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Absentee individual $352K 3/2 1,480 1954 1 rented
8326 ALMA ST Bought for $170K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Absentee individual $368K 3/2 1,480 1954 1 rented
8328 ALMA ST Bought for $135K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $382K 3/2 1,480 1954 2
8330 ALMA ST Owner-occupied $352K 3/2 1,480 1954 1 rented
8332 ALMA ST L&I violation (2025); L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $352K 3/2 1,480 1954 0
8334 ALMA ST Traded 2×: $135K in 2003 → $315K in 2021 (+134%). Owner-occupied $382K 3/3 1,480 1954 2
8336 ALMA ST Traded 3×: $135K in 2003 → $233K in 2018 (+72%). Absentee individual $368K 3/2 1,480 1954 3 rented
8338 ALMA ST Absentee individual $343K 3/2 1,480 1954 1 rented
8340 ALMA ST 2 L&I violations (2015); sold $85K (2020); L&I violation (2025); L&I violation (2026). Investor / LLC $382K 3/2 1,480 1954 1 rented
8342 ALMA ST Traded 2×: $70K in 2002 → $300K in 2021 (+328%). Absentee individual $368K 3/2 1,480 1954 2

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.