8700 block of Gillespie St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $259K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19136 median of $251K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19136 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 48 reported crimes (18 violent) and 111 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $259K typical home, up +102% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,396 to $2,297 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $12M assessed, $132,705/yr to the city, about $2,949 per home

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:

• 8735 Gillespie Stexemption0.85%$2,189/yr on $256K
• 8731 Gillespie Stexemption0.85%$2,191/yr on $257K
• 8737 Gillespie Stexemption0.85%$2,191/yr on $257K
• 8732 Gillespie Stexemption0.86%$2,200/yr on $257K
• 8734 Gillespie Stexemption0.86%$2,200/yr on $257K
• …and 22 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% 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 $202 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 52 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Hill Oxford Two LLC, carries 2 open violations across 9 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 45 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

Renovated & sold on

8766 Gillespie St

$378K · Bought for $55K in 2000, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $400K in 2024 (+627%).

Improved

8739 Gillespie St

$264K · Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013.

Improved

8722 Gillespie St

$262K · Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008.

Improved

8720 Gillespie St

$262K · Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016.

Improved

8718 Gillespie St

$262K · Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024.

Improved

8729 Gillespie St

$262K · Bought for $73K in 2001. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2010.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.