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Who owns your block

8400 block of Walker St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 69% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 107% since 2016, now about $258K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$258K
$256K–$336K
ZIP median $251K
Price / sq ft
$224
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
69%
18 of 26
city 41%
Rentals
12%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$298
5 years
+79%
value · tax +$896
10 years
+107%
value · tax +$952

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 $258K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and in line with 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$258K$251K$223K
Owner-occupied62%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 89 reported crimes (7 violent) and 108 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
89
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
108
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts56
All Other Offenses13
Other Assaults7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Theft from Vehicle3

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle28
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection11
Maintenance Complaint9
Salting9
Street Defect8
Sanitation Violation7

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$250K$500K$258K2016: $125K2017: $125K2018: $125K2019: $135K2020: $144K2021: $144K2022: $144K2023: $182K2024: $182K2025: $239K2026: $239K2027: $258K2016202020232027

▲ +107% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,2862016: $1,3342017: $1,3342018: $1,3342019: $1,3422020: $1,5312021: $1,3902022: $1,3902023: $1,4432024: $2,1152025: $1,9882026: $1,9882027: $2,2862016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016 · ~+5%/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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 207 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $207 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+107%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.3 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2005201020152020
30arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 26 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 7 26parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

21 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$256K$291K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Shun Fa Holding Llc11$267Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 26 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
8411 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $294K 4/1 1,600 1965 0
8413 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 0
8415 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 1
8417 WALKER ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2017 → $230K in 2021 (+91%). Owner-occupied $291K 3/1 1,152 1965 2
8419 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 1
8421 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,152 1965 1
8423 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 1
8425 WALKER ST Traded 3×: $52K in 2002 → $113K in 2004 (+117%). Absentee individual $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 3 3 viol
8427 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 0
8429 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 0
8431 WALKER ST Traded 3×: $70K in 2001 → $145K in 2008 (+107%). Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 3
8433 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 0
8435 WALKER ST Absentee individual $256K 3/1 1,152 1965 1
8437 WALKER ST Traded 2×: $83K in 2003 → $110K in 2005 (+33%). Absentee individual $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 2 rented
8439 WALKER ST Traded 3×: $80K in 2005 → $134K in 2012 (+68%). Absentee individual $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 3
8441 WALKER ST Traded 4×: $70K in 2001 → $125K in 2012 (+79%). Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 4
8443 WALKER ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2011 → $112K in 2018 (+24%). Absentee individual $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 2
8445 WALKER ST Absentee individual $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 1 rented1 viol
8447 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 1
8449 WALKER ST Investor / LLC $267K 3/1 1,152 1965 1 rented
8451 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $267K 3/2 1,152 1965 1
8453 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $258K 3/1 1,152 1965 0
8455 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $260K 3/1 1,152 1965 0
8457 WALKER ST Absentee individual $260K 3/1 1,152 1965 0 tax lien
8459 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $260K 3/1 1,152 1965 1
8461 WALKER ST Owner-occupied $336K —/— 1,600 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)

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.