Who owns your block
8300 block of Walker St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 92% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $7,635 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 125% since 2016, now about $344K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 $344K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19136 median of $251K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19136 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19136 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $344K | $251K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 49% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (4 violent) and 73 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
- $344K typical home, up +125% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,720 to $3,705 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.0M assessed, $44,151/yr to the city, about $3,679 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +125% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +115% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.7% 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 $225 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 10
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 12 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8331 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $340K | —/— | 1,562 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 8332 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $537K | —/— | 2,800 | 2006 | 1 | |
| 8333 WALKER ST | Vacant | $43K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 8334 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $379K in 2005 → $355K in 2013 (-6%). | Owner-occupied | $519K | —/— | 5,400 | 2005 | 2 | 2 viol |
| 8335 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $283K | —/— | 897 | 1965 | 1 | rented |
| 8336 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $425K in 2006 → $280K in 2009 (-34%). | Owner-occupied | $522K | —/— | 5,040 | 2005 | 2 | |
| 8337 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $24K in 2004 → $320K in 2026 (+1233%). | Owner-occupied | $349K | —/— | 2,000 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 8338 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $275K | —/— | 1,504 | 1905 | 1 | |
| 8339 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $138K in 2019 → $138K in 2023 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $349K | —/— | 2,000 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 8340 WALKER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $165K in 2006 → $280K in 2024 (+70%). | Owner-occupied | $272K | 3/1 | 1,770 | 1905 | 3 | |
| 8341 WALKER ST TradedTraded 2×: $138K in 2019 → $138K in 2023 (+0%). | Vacant | $76K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 8343 WALKER ST | Owner-occupied | $389K | —/— | 1,780 | 1965 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)