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Who owns your block

8700 block of Stenton Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 75% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $17,181 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 143% since 2016, now about $1.1M. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$1.1M
$821K–$1.7M
ZIP median $756K
Price / sq ft
$388
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
4.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$16K
typical · up to $23K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1943
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
75%
3 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$17K
1 of 4 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+32%
value · tax +$3K
5 years
+107%
value · tax +$6K
10 years
+143%
value · tax +$7K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $1.1M — about 4.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19118 median of $756K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19118 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19118Philadelphia
Median home value$1.1M$756K$223K
Owner-occupied75%56%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 3 reported crimes (0 violent) and 16 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
3
0 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
16
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Fraud1
Theft from Vehicle1
Thefts1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle4
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection4
Line Striping3
Dead Animal in Street1
Salting1
Shoveling1

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
John S Jenks
8301 Germantown Ave · 380 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$1.0M$2.0M$1.1M2016: $435K2017: $435K2018: $435K2019: $532K2020: $510K2021: $510K2022: $510K2023: $744K2024: $744K2025: $799K2026: $799K2027: $1.1M2016202020232027

▲ +143% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$13,3722016: $6,0892017: $6,0892018: $6,0892019: $7,4472020: $7,1352021: $7,1352022: $7,1352023: $9,2902024: $9,2902025: $10,4882026: $10,4882027: $13,3722016202020232027

▲ +120% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 243 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $243 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+143%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.9 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 2007. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20082012201620202024
7arm's-length sales since 2007
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 3Absentee individual: 1 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 3
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$821K$1.3M+

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

House by house

All 4 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
8720 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $433K in 2007 → $556K in 2019 (+28%). Owner-occupied $821K 4/2 2,072 1964 3
8730 STENTON AVE Traded 3×: $345K in 2007 → $695K in 2021 (+101%). Owner-occupied $837K 4/3 2,221 1961 3
8740 STENTON AVE Owner-occupied $1.3M 4/2 3,282 1920 0 tax lien
8760 STENTON AVE Absentee individual $1.7M 9/6 7,119 1925 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.