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.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 block | ZIP 19118 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $512K | $756K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 89% | 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.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $512K typical home, up +142% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,966 to $5,769 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.0M assessed, $59,060/yr to the city, about $6,562 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +142% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +95% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 9 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
Value distribution today
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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8500 ARDLEIGH ST | Owner-occupied | $498K | 3/2 | 1,433 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 8502 ARDLEIGH ST TradedTraded 2×: $175K in 2003 → $360K in 2019 (+106%). | Owner-occupied | $664K | 3/2 | 2,976 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 8504 ARDLEIGH ST ImprovedBought 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 Renovated & sold onBought 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 Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $205K in 2002 → $390K in 2016 (+90%). | Owner-occupied | $617K | 2/2 | 1,532 | 1924 | 3 | |
| 8510 ARDLEIGH ST Renovated & sold onBought 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 Renovated & sold onBought 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 ImprovedBought 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 ImprovedBought 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)