Who owns your block
8500 block of Thouron Ave
A mostly owner-occupied block: 97% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 83% since 2016, now about $241K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $241K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19150 median of $234K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19150 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19150 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $241K | $234K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 74% | 67% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 29 reported crimes (7 violent) and 46 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
- $241K typical home, up +83% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,529 to $1,984 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.1M assessed, $74,919/yr to the city, about $2,203 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +83% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +30% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
8535 Thouron Ave is assessed at $276K but pays $2,167 a year — about 56% of the $3,859 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% 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 $183 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 34 parcels
- Owner-occupied 33
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 34 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8501 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $272K | 3/2 | 1,320 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 8503 THOURON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2011 → $156K in 2012 (+108%). | Owner-occupied | $243K | 3/1 | 1,166 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 8505 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8507 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $221K | 3/2 | 1,152 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8509 THOURON AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $75K in 2006 → $147K in 2007 (+96%). | Owner-occupied | $243K | 3/2 | 1,166 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 8511 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/2 | 1,166 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8513 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $221K | 3/2 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 8515 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $243K | 3/2 | 1,166 | 1950 | 0 | tax lien |
| 8517 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8519 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $222K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | rented |
| 8521 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $243K | 3/2 | 1,166 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8523 THOURON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2025 → $169K in 2025 (+69%). | Absentee individual | $222K | 3/— | 1,160 | 1950 | 2 | |
| 8525 THOURON AVE Historysold $114K (2014); Appeal complete (2026). | Owner-occupied | $210K | 3/2 | 1,034 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 8527 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $222K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8529 THOURON AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $70K in 2006 → $140K in 2017 (+100%). | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1950 | 3 | |
| 8531 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8533 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $268K | 3/2 | 1,320 | 1950 | 0 | abated |
| 8535 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $276K | 3/2 | 1,320 | 1950 | 0 | abated |
| 8537 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/2 | 1,166 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 8539 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $241K | 3/2 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 8541 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8543 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $221K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 8545 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $241K | 3/2 | 1,152 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8547 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/2 | 1,166 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8549 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $222K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8551 THOURON AVE TradedTraded 2×: $88K in 2017 → $214K in 2018 (+143%). | Owner-occupied | $334K | 4/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 2 | rented |
| 8553 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/2 | 1,166 | 1950 | 0 | tax lien |
| 8555 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $221K | 3/2 | 1,152 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8557 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $222K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8559 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $222K | 3/1 | 1,160 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 8561 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $222K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8563 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/2 | 1,160 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8565 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $243K | 3/2 | 1,174 | 1950 | 0 | |
| 8567 THOURON AVE | Owner-occupied | $250K | 3/2 | 1,320 | 1950 | 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)