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Who owns your block

8300 block of Stenton Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 20 open code violations and 2 homes behind $9,284 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 37% since 2016, now about $551K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$551K
$173K–$777K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$310
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$8K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1951
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
40%
4 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
20
L&I code
▲ block 50% · city 5%
Back taxes
$9K
2 of 10 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax −$169
5 years
+12%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+37%
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 $551K — about 2.5× 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$551K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied30%67%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 38 reported crimes (8 violent) and 43 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
38
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
43
9 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft9
Theft from Vehicle8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Other Assaults5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3
Thefts3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint16
Traffic Signal Emergency5
Street Defect4
Fire Safety Complaint3
Street Light Outage3
Information Request2

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
Henry E Houston
7300 Rural Ln · 473 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$500K$1.0M$551K2016: $403K2017: $403K2018: $403K2019: $513K2020: $492K2021: $492K2022: $492K2023: $571K2024: $571K2025: $549K2026: $549K2027: $551K2016202020232027

▲ +37% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,5162016: $5,3162017: $5,3162018: $5,3162019: $6,8432020: $6,4622021: $6,4622022: $6,4622023: $7,4322024: $7,4322025: $7,6852026: $7,6852027: $7,5162016202020232027

▲ +41% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 +2.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 137 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $137 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+37%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.6 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20012004200720102013
9arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 4 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 4

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$173K$764K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Craig Childred Llc11$558Kphila.gov ↗
Stenton Avenue Realty Llc11$544Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 10 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
8300-02 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $630K 4/2 1,872 1961 0
8301-07 STENTON AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $558K —/— 1,800 1980 0 8 viol
8304 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $764K 4/2 2,319 1951 1
8306 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $753K 3/2 2,196 1951 1
8308 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $777K 4/2 2,319 1951 1
8309-11 STENTON AVE Absentee individual $371K —/— 1,766 1940 0 3 violtax lien
8313 STENTON AVE Traded 2×: $120K in 2005 → $120K in 2006 (+0%). Absentee individual $173K —/— 846 1940 2 3 violtax lien
8315 STENTON AVE Traded 2×: $75K in 2000 → $150K in 2013 (+100%). Absentee individual $173K —/— 846 1940 2 3 viol
8317 STENTON AVE Traded 2×: $75K in 2000 → $150K in 2013 (+100%). Absentee individual $206K —/— 980 1940 2 3 viol
8319-25 STENTON AVE Appeal withdrawn (2017); Appeal denied (2018). Investor / LLC $544K —/— 4,500 1958 0

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.