8300 block of Williams Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $237K — about 1.0× the citywide median home, and in line with the ZIP 19150 median of $233K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19150 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 46 reported crimes (about 4 a month, 28% of them violent) and 100 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

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

• $237K typical home, up +73% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,580 to $2,493 a year through 2027, +4%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $115,587/yr from taxable assessments, or $2,569 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 8314 Williams Avelower taxable assessment0.75%$1,631/yr on $217K
• 8330 Williams Avelower taxable assessment0.77%$1,704/yr on $222K
• 8332 Williams Avelower taxable assessment0.77%$1,704/yr on $222K
• 8335 Williams Avelower taxable assessment0.77%$1,718/yr on $223K
• 8317 Williams Avelower taxable assessment0.77%$1,722/yr on $223K
• …and 25 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 8324 Williams Ave has a $3,932/year assessment-based estimate on $315K assessed value — about 89% of the $4,402 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.1% 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 $173 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 37 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Blue Fox Partnership LLC, carries 2 open violations across 17 properties it owns around the city.

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 45 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

8324 Williams Ave

$333K · built new under a 2015 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $154K in 2013.

New construction

8328 Williams Ave

$237K · built new under a 2020 permit.

New construction

8319 Williams Ave

$221K · built new under a 2020 permit.

Renovated & sold on

8342 Williams Ave

$307K · Bought for $127K in 2019, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $257K in 2020 (+103%).

Improved

8301 Williams Ave

$313K · Bought for $150K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009.

Improved

8323 Williams Ave

$310K · Bought for $120K in 2014. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014.

Neighborhood