Who owns your block
8900 block of Sylvia Ln
A mostly owner-occupied block: 89% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 86% since 2016, now about $398K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $398K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19115 median of $383K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19115 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19115 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $398K | $383K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 72% | 66% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 17 reported crimes (1 violent) and 62 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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
- $398K typical home, up +86% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,596 to $4,234 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $162,426/yr to the city, about $4,512 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +86% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +63% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.8% 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 $186 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 61 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 36 parcels
- Owner-occupied 32
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 36 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8900 SYLVIA LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $130K in 2001 → $240K in 2017 (+85%). | Owner-occupied | $398K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 3 | |
| 8901 SYLVIA LN Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $169K in 2002 → $288K in 2020 (+70%). | Owner-occupied | $432K | 4/2 | 1,848 | 1967 | 4 | |
| 8902 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $180K in 2015 → $240K in 2021 (+33%). | Absentee individual | $391K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 2 | rented |
| 8903 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $165K in 2003 → $240K in 2010 (+45%). | Owner-occupied | $403K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 2 | |
| 8904 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $248K in 2006 → $315K in 2023 (+27%). | Absentee individual | $403K | 3/2 | 1,892 | 1967 | 2 | rented |
| 8905 SYLVIA LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $243K in 2005 → $187K in 2016 (-23%). | Owner-occupied | $385K | 4/1 | 1,584 | 1967 | 3 | 3 viol |
| 8906 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $400K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8907 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $403K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 0 | |
| 8908 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $393K | 4/1 | 1,628 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8909 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $248K in 2005 → $260K in 2018 (+5%). | Owner-occupied | $403K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 2 | rented |
| 8910 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $388K | 4/1 | 1,628 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8911 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $403K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8912 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $398K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8913 SYLVIA LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $165K in 2002 → $225K in 2008 (+36%). | Owner-occupied | $385K | 4/1 | 1,628 | 1967 | 3 | |
| 8914 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $398K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 0 | |
| 8915 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $385K | 4/1 | 1,584 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8916 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $238K in 2007 → $272K in 2020 (+14%). | Owner-occupied | $401K | 4/2 | 1,848 | 1976 | 2 | |
| 8917 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $403K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8918 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $391K | 4/1 | 1,892 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8919 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2000 → $239K in 2005 (+91%). | Owner-occupied | $378K | 4/1 | 1,584 | 1967 | 2 | |
| 8920 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $403K | 4/2 | 1,848 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8921-23 SYLVIA LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $221K in 2005 → $225K in 2012 (+2%). | Owner-occupied | $378K | 4/1 | 1,584 | 1967 | 3 | |
| 8922 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $401K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1976 | 1 | rented |
| 8924 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2001 → $238K in 2006 (+90%). | Owner-occupied | $383K | 4/1 | 1,584 | 1976 | 2 | |
| 8925 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $385K | 3/2 | 1,584 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8926 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $257K in 2018 → $425K in 2025 (+65%). | Owner-occupied | $410K | 4/1 | 1,904 | 1976 | 2 | |
| 8927 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $135K in 2000 → $270K in 2006 (+100%). | Owner-occupied | $403K | 4/2 | 1,848 | 1967 | 2 | |
| 8928 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $385K | 4/1 | 1,584 | 1967 | 0 | |
| 8929 SYLVIA LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $235K in 2005 → $385K in 2021 (+64%). | Owner-occupied | $403K | 4/3 | 1,848 | 1967 | 3 | rented |
| 8930 SYLVIA LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $167K in 2003 → $375K in 2026 (+125%). | Owner-occupied | $385K | 4/1 | 1,584 | 1967 | 3 | |
| 8932 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $380K | —/2 | 1,584 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8934 SYLVIA LN | Absentee individual | $380K | 3/2 | 1,584 | 1967 | 1 | rented1 viol |
| 8936 SYLVIA LN Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $40K in 2003 → $355K in 2021 (+788%). | Owner-occupied | $380K | 3/3 | 1,584 | 1967 | 3 | |
| 8938 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $99K in 1999 → $275K in 2018 (+178%). | Absentee individual | $382K | 3/3 | 1,584 | 1967 | 2 | |
| 8940 SYLVIA LN | Owner-occupied | $403K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 8942 SYLVIA LN TradedTraded 2×: $134K in 2001 → $262K in 2019 (+96%). | Owner-occupied | $405K | 4/1 | 1,848 | 1967 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)