Philadelphia property report

8800 block of Wissahickon Ave

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

The typical home here is up 264% since 2016, now about $790K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$790K
5 homes of 6 parcels
ZIP median $370K
Price / sq ft
$282
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
3.4×
the city median
city $230K
Recent sale
$808K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $790K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Major assessment exemptions
2 of 5
$18K/yr estimated reduction
Owner-occupied
100%
5 of 5
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$418
5 years
+26%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+191%
value · tax +$2K

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 $790K — about 3.4× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19128 median of $370K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$790K$370K$230K
Owner-occupied20%62%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 5 reported crimes (about 0 a month, 0% of them violent) and 9 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Crimes · 12mo
5
about 0/month · 0% violent
311 requests · 12mo
9
about 1/month · 2 open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft2
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
All Other Offenses1

Top 311 complaints

Salting2
Street Trees2
Abandoned Vehicle1
Dead Animal in Street1
Maintenance Complaint1
Other (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$790K2016: $217K2017: $271K2018: $210K2019: $629K2020: $629K2021: $629K2022: $629K2023: $679K2024: $679K2025: $772K2026: $772K2027: $790K2016202020232027

▲ +264% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,0992016: $2,8282017: $2,9342018: $1,1722019: $1,3262020: $1,3422021: $1,3422022: $1,3422023: $2,3302024: $2,3302025: $2,6942026: $4,6812027: $5,0992016202020232027

▲ +80% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

2
2 properties on this block show a material assessment exemption. At the current rate, the difference between full and taxable assessments reduces the block's annual estimate by about $17,619. OPA's numeric split does not establish whether any row is Homestead, an abatement, another program, or when treatment changes.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 364 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $364 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+264%
since 2016
Net rental yield
2%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+14.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+11.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2015. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20152016
2arm's-length sales since 2015
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$191K$790K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ralph O Morgan (individual)22$699Kphila.gov ↗

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 6 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — 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
8800-02 WISSAHICKON AVE demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2016). Owner-occupied $790K 4/2 2,798 2018 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified
8801 WISSAHICKON AVE Owner-occupied $364K 4/— 1,200 1967 0
8804-06 WISSAHICKON AVE built new under a 2017 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). Owner-occupied $790K 4/2 2,798 2018 0 assessment exemption · basis unverified
8805 WISSAHICKON AVE Vacant lot Vacant $191K —/— 0
8809 WISSAHICKON AVE Owner-occupied $508K —/— 2,000 1954 0
8810 WISSAHICKON AVE Bought for $150K in 2015, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $650K in 2016. Owner-occupied $882K 4/1 3,300 2016 2

Neighborhood

Median income
$111K
household
Own vs. rent
67%
owner-occupied
Median age
42.6
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:31 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.