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Who owns your block

8400 block of Summerdale Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 86% since 2016, now about $301K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$301K
$301K–$301K
ZIP median $330K
Price / sq ft
$282
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1955
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
6 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$280
5 years
+53%
value · tax +$685
10 years
+86%
value · tax +$973

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 $301K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19152 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19152 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19152Philadelphia
Median home value$301K$330K$223K
Owner-occupied100%59%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 21 reported crimes (1 violent) and 67 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
21
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
67
19 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud6
Motor Vehicle Theft4
All Other Offenses3
Thefts3
Theft from Vehicle2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint17
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Street Defect12
Abandoned Vehicle7
Graffiti Removal3
Illegal Dumping3

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
Louis H Farrell
8300 Castor Ave · 1255 students
High · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$250K$500K$301K2016: $162K2017: $162K2018: $162K2019: $180K2020: $197K2021: $197K2022: $197K2023: $227K2024: $227K2025: $281K2026: $281K2027: $301K2016202020232027

▲ +86% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,8152016: $1,8422017: $1,8422018: $1,8422019: $1,9532020: $2,1302021: $2,1302022: $2,1302023: $2,0592024: $2,0592025: $2,5352026: $2,5352027: $2,8152016202020232027

▲ +53% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 186 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $186 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+86%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.7 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.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 6 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20002002200420062008
6arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels
$301K$301K

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

House by house

All 6 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
8402 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $301K 1,066 1955 1
8404 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $301K 1,066 1955 1
8406 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $301K 1,066 1955 1
8408 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $301K 1,066 1955 1
8410 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $83K in 2000 → $175K in 2009 (+112%). Owner-occupied $301K 1,066 1955 2
8412 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $301K 1,066 1955 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.