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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

8400 block of Bayard St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 homes behind $20,867 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 61% since 2016, now about $202K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$202K
$198K–$294K
ZIP median $234K
Price / sq ft
$176
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$180K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $202K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
89%
32 of 36
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$21K
4 of 36 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-4%
value · tax −$89
5 years
+68%
value · tax +$562
10 years
+61%
value · tax +$275

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 $202K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below 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$202K$234K$223K
Owner-occupied72%67%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (21 violent) and 91 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
59
21 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
91
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults16
Thefts11
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
All Other Offenses4
Fraud3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection21
Maintenance Complaint9
Abandoned Vehicle8
Other (Streets)8
Street Light Outage7
Traffic Signal Emergency5

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
John F Mccloskey
8500 Pickering St · 217 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$125K$250K$202K2016: $126K2017: $126K2018: $126K2019: $126K2020: $120K2021: $120K2022: $120K2023: $173K2024: $173K2025: $211K2026: $211K2027: $202K2016202020232027

▲ +61% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6572016: $1,3822017: $1,3822018: $1,3822019: $1,2402020: $1,0952021: $1,0952022: $1,0952023: $1,3862024: $1,4172025: $1,7462026: $1,7462027: $1,6572016202020232027

▲ +20% since 2016 · ~+2%/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 +4.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 161 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $161 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+61%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.1 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
28arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 36 parcels

Owner-occupied: 32Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 3 36parcels
  • Owner-occupied 32
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

22 parcels6 parcels3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$198K$270K+

The block's largest owner, Wilmington Savings Fund Society Fsb, carries 16 open violations across 12 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Wilmington Savings Fund Society Fsb112$2.4Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 36 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
8412 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,132 1950 1
8413 BAYARD ST sold $75K (2001); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,170 1950 1
8414 BAYARD ST Bought for $180K in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Absentee individual $198K 3/1 1,120 1950 1
8415 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,170 1950 0 tax lien
8416 BAYARD ST sold $52K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2020). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,132 1950 1
8417 BAYARD ST Bought for $187K in 2023. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,158 1950 1
8418 BAYARD ST Absentee individual $198K 3/1 1,126 1950 0
8419 BAYARD ST Bought for $111K in 2004, addition and/or alteration permit in 2019, sold for $250K in 2021 (+126%). Owner-occupied $270K 3/1 1,170 1950 2
8420 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,126 1950 0
8421 BAYARD ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,158 1950 0
8422 BAYARD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,126 1950 0
8423 BAYARD ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,176 1950 0
8424 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,126 1950 1
8425 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,158 1950 0
8426 BAYARD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,126 1950 0
8427 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,164 1950 0
8428 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,132 1950 0
8429 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,158 1950 0
8430 BAYARD ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2019 → $198K in 2020 (+120%). Owner-occupied $293K 3/2 1,126 1950 2
8431 BAYARD ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,166 1950 0
8432 BAYARD ST Traded 2×: $72K in 2004 → $128K in 2009 (+79%). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,132 1950 2
8433 BAYARD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,164 1950 0
8434 BAYARD ST Bought for $75K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,126 1950 1
8435 BAYARD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,164 1950 0
8436 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,138 1950 1
8437 BAYARD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,158 1950 0
8438 BAYARD ST 2 L&I violations (2018). Absentee individual $198K 3/1 1,126 1950 0
8439 BAYARD ST Traded 2×: $190K in 2022 → $230K in 2024 (+21%). Owner-occupied $250K 3/— 1,164 1950 2
8440 BAYARD ST Traded 2×: $76K in 2005 → $125K in 2005 (+65%). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,132 1950 2
8441 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,170 1950 0
8442 BAYARD ST Traded 3×: $95K in 2004 → $225K in 2023 (+137%). Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,120 1950 3
8443 BAYARD ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,164 1950 0
8444 BAYARD ST Traded 4×: $90K in 2004 → $270K in 2026 (+202%). Owner-occupied $216K 3/1 1,132 1950 4
8445 BAYARD ST Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,160 1950 0
8446 BAYARD ST 3 L&I violations (2011). Investor / LLC $216K 3/1 1,120 1950 0
8447 BAYARD ST Traded 3×: $73K in 2002 → $200K in 2017 (+176%). Owner-occupied $294K 3/2 1,170 1950 3

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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