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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

8400 block of State Rd

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 6 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 9% since 2016, now about $38M. Property taxes are climbing about 18% 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.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    This block is worth 172.8x the city median but appreciated only 0.8% per year since 2016 versus the city average of 6.5%.

  2. 02
    Abatements

    One home receives $1.1M in annual tax abatement while the block faces an 18% tax increase year-over-year.

  3. 03
    Ownership

    Zero owner-occupied, zero investor-owned, and zero licensed rentals exist on a block with 6 open violations across 2 homes.

By the Numbers

Median value
$38M
$1.7M–$75M
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$790
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
172.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$24K
typical · up to $24K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 2
$1.1M/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 2
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 50% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 50% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+1%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+9%
value · tax +$10K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $38M — about 172.8× 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 blockZIP 19136Philadelphia
Median home value$38M$251K$223K
Owner-occupied0%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 3 reported crimes (2 violent) and 1 resident 311 request to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
3
2 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
1
to the city

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults2
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE1

Top 311 complaints

Information Request1

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
Joseph H Brown
1946 E Sergeant St · 319 students
High · 9-12
Abraham Lincoln
3201 Ryan Ave · 2332 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$50M$100M$38M2016: $35M2017: $35M2018: $38M2019: $38M2020: $38M2021: $38M2022: $38M2023: $38M2024: $38M2025: $38M2026: $38M2027: $38M2016202020232027

▲ +9% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$12,0492016: $2,0292017: $2,0292018: $2,0292019: $9,1322020: $9,1322021: $9,1322022: $9,1322023: $10,6772024: $10,6772025: $11,0162026: $11,0162027: $12,0492016202020232027

▲ +494% since 2016 · ~+18%/yr

1
1 property on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $1,053,533 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +0.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 109 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $109 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+0.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+9%
since 2016
Net rental yield
-20783.4%
est., after tax carry
Total return
-20782.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-20785.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.7 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 2 parcels

Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 1 2parcels
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels
$1.7M$1.7M+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 2 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$50M$100M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
8400 STATE RD Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. Vacant $1.7M 0
8401 STATE RD demolished in 2023 and rebuilt (2023). Absentee individual $75M 95,280 1927 0 abated6 viol

Neighborhood

Median income
$-667M
household
Own vs. rent
owner-occupied
Median age
-666666666
residents
Median rent
$-667M
gross monthly

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.