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Who owns your block

8500 block of Ardleigh St

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

The typical home here is up 142% since 2016, now about $512K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$512K
$498K–$664K
ZIP median $756K
Price / sq ft
$343
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
9 of 9
city 41%
Rentals
11%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+22%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+83%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+142%
value · tax +$3K

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 $512K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19118 median of $756K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19118Philadelphia
Median home value$512K$756K$223K
Owner-occupied89%56%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 28 reported crimes (7 violent) and 118 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
28
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
118
6 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts8
Other Assaults6
Theft from Vehicle4
Burglary Residential3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect31
Information Request15
Traffic Signal Emergency13
Street Light Outage11
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8
Salting7

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 S Jenks
8301 Germantown Ave · 380 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$500K$1.0M$512K2016: $212K2017: $212K2018: $214K2019: $292K2020: $280K2021: $280K2022: $280K2023: $372K2024: $372K2025: $420K2026: $420K2027: $512K2016202020232027

▲ +142% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,7692016: $2,9662017: $2,9492018: $2,9492019: $4,0412020: $3,8722021: $3,8722022: $3,8722023: $4,0932024: $4,1342025: $4,4742026: $4,4742027: $5,7692016202020232027

▲ +95% since 2016 · ~+6%/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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 242 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $242 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+142%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.9 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M2005201020152020
24arm's-length sales since 2002
2times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 9 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9 9parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9

Value distribution today

5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$498K$632K+

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

House by house

All 9 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
8500 ARDLEIGH ST Owner-occupied $498K 3/2 1,433 1920 1
8502 ARDLEIGH ST Traded 2×: $175K in 2003 → $360K in 2019 (+106%). Owner-occupied $664K 3/2 2,976 1925 2
8504 ARDLEIGH ST Bought for $233K in 2004. Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $576K 3/1 1,472 1927 4
8506 ARDLEIGH ST Bought for $185K in 2008, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $585K in 2023 (+216%). Owner-occupied $508K 3/1 1,497 1925 5
8508 ARDLEIGH ST Traded 3×: $205K in 2002 → $390K in 2016 (+90%). Owner-occupied $617K 2/2 1,532 1924 3
8510 ARDLEIGH ST Bought for $210K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $385K in 2019 (+83%). Owner-occupied $504K 3/1 1,472 1925 2
8512 ARDLEIGH ST Bought for $135K in 2002, alteration permit in 2013, sold for $375K in 2014 (+178%). Owner-occupied $632K 3/1 1,616 1922 4
8514 ARDLEIGH ST Bought for $248K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $512K 3/1 1,522 1925 1 rented
8516 ARDLEIGH ST Bought for $203K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $508K 3/1 1,497 1925 2

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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.