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Who owns your block

8600 block of Cathedral Cir

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

The typical home here is up 84% since 2016, now about $499K. 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
$499K
$447K–$641K
ZIP median $368K
Price / sq ft
$266
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1980
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
11 of 11
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
+14%
value · tax +$882
5 years
+61%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+84%
value · tax +$2K

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 $499K — about 2.2× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19128 median of $368K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$499K$368K$223K
Owner-occupied100%58%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 7 reported crimes (1 violent) and 9 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
7
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
9
to the city

Most reported crimes

Thefts2
Fraud1
Other Assaults1
Other Sex Offenses (Not Commercialized)1
Theft from Vehicle1
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief1

Top 311 complaints

Street Light Outage4
Maintenance Complaint2
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection2
Complaint (Streets)1

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
Shawmont
535 Shawmont Ave · 457 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$499K2016: $272K2017: $272K2018: $272K2019: $305K2020: $311K2021: $311K2022: $311K2023: $361K2024: $361K2025: $436K2026: $436K2027: $499K2016202020232027

▲ +84% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,5872016: $3,3862017: $3,4352018: $3,4352019: $3,7122020: $3,7162021: $3,7162022: $3,7162023: $3,9292024: $3,9292025: $4,7052026: $4,7052027: $5,5872016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

0 homes pay the full 1.40%11 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 184 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $184 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+84%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20042007201020132016
6arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels3 parcels3 parcels2 parcels
$447K$530K+

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

House by house

All 11 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
8600 CATHEDRAL CIR Bought for $268K in 2003. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $496K 3/2 1,848 1980 1
8601 CATHEDRAL CIR Traded 2×: $316K in 2007 → $345K in 2016 (+9%). Owner-occupied $498K 3/2 1,848 1980 2
8604 CATHEDRAL CIR Owner-occupied $447K 3/2 1,680 1980 0
8605 CATHEDRAL CIR Owner-occupied $490K 3/2 1,848 1980 0
8608 CATHEDRAL CIR Bought for $104K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $511K 4/2 2,016 1980 2
8609 CATHEDRAL CIR Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $490K 3/2 1,848 1980 0
8612 CATHEDRAL CIR Owner-occupied $515K 4/2 2,388 1980 0
8613 CATHEDRAL CIR Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $641K 4/— 2,800 1980 0
8616 CATHEDRAL CIR Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $499K 3/2 1,862 1980 0
8620 CATHEDRAL CIR Owner-occupied $515K 3/2 1,848 1980 0
8621 CATHEDRAL CIR Owner-occupied $530K 4/— 1,900 1980 1

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.