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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

8700 block of Alicia St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $15,855 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $389K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$389K
$356K–$542K
ZIP median $383K
Price / sq ft
$296
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1965
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
10 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$16K
1 of 10 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$442
5 years
+48%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$1K

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 $389K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19115 median of $383K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19115 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19115Philadelphia
Median home value$389K$383K$223K
Owner-occupied100%66%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 6 reported crimes (3 violent) and 27 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
6
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
27
3 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
All Other Offenses1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Salting6
License Complaint3
Sanitation Violation2
Construction Complaints1
Maintenance Complaint1

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 Greenberg
600 Sharon Ln · 1048 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$389K2016: $218K2017: $218K2018: $218K2019: $251K2020: $262K2021: $262K2022: $262K2023: $301K2024: $301K2025: $357K2026: $357K2027: $389K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,0442016: $2,6342017: $2,6322018: $2,6322019: $3,2222020: $3,2092021: $3,0382022: $3,0382023: $3,0482024: $3,0482025: $3,6022026: $3,6022027: $4,0442016202020232027

▲ +54% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2007201020132016
7arm's-length sales since 2006
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10

Value distribution today

2 parcels4 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$356K$541K+

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

House by house

All 10 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
8700 ALICIA ST Owner-occupied $541K —/— 3,016 1965 0
8702 ALICIA ST 2 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $447K —/— 2,048 1965 0
8704 ALICIA ST Owner-occupied $383K —/— 1,210 1965 0
8706 ALICIA ST Owner-occupied $417K —/— 1,596 1965 1
8708 ALICIA ST Traded 2×: $195K in 2017 → $195K in 2017 (+0%). Owner-occupied $370K —/— 1,037 1965 2
8710 ALICIA ST Bought for $315K in 2006. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $394K —/— 1,296 1965 2
8712 ALICIA ST Owner-occupied $356K —/— 1,037 1965 0
8714 ALICIA ST Owner-occupied $384K —/— 1,296 1965 1
8716 ALICIA ST Owner-occupied $384K —/— 1,296 1965 0
8718 ALICIA ST Bought for $162K in 2013. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $542K 3/2 1,849 1965 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.