Philadelphia property report

9800 block of Woodfern Rd

A mostly owner-occupied block: 96% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $436K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year.

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By the Numbers

Median home value
$436K
24 homes of 24 parcels
ZIP median $383K
Price / sq ft
$233
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
1.9×
the city median
city $230K
Recent sale
$381K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $436K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1955
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
96%
23 of 24
city 48%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Tax delinquency · Jun 2022
No match
no parcels listed in snapshot
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+5%
value · tax +$286
5 years
+56%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+87%
value · tax +$2K

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 a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Assessment exemption
  • 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 $436K — about 1.9× the citywide median home, and above 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$436K$383K$230K
Owner-occupied88%69%48%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 4 reported crimes (about 0 a month, 25% of them violent) and 33 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
4
about 0/month · 25% violent
311 requests · 12mo
33
about 3/month · 2 open

Most reported crimes

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief2
Other Assaults1
Thefts1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection9
Salting8
Street Light Outage4
Information Request2
Maintenance Complaint2
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance2

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 · K-8
Anne Frank
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 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$436K2016: $233K2017: $233K2018: $233K2019: $268K2020: $280K2021: $280K2022: $280K2023: $365K2024: $365K2025: $416K2026: $416K2027: $436K2016202020232027

▲ +87% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,7502016: $2,8602017: $2,8602018: $2,9852019: $3,3062020: $3,3532021: $3,3312022: $3,3312023: $4,0352024: $4,0092025: $4,4852026: $4,4642027: $4,7502016202020232027

▲ +66% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

3 homes pay the full 1.40%21 pay less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 187 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+87%
since 2016
Net rental yield
-1833601.8%
est., after tax carry
Total return
-1833595.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1833598.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.6 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 25 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
25arm's-length sales since 2003
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Absentee individual: 1 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

5 parcels11 parcels3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$408K$528K+

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

House by house

All 24 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
9800 WOODFERN RD Bought for $180K in 2017. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $408K —/— 1,566 1955 1
9801 WOODFERN RD Bought for $255K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $607K 3/2 2,088 1955 3
9802 WOODFERN RD sold $165K (2004); L&I violation (2016); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2016). Owner-occupied $435K —/— 1,869 1955 1
9803 WOODFERN RD Owner-occupied $414K —/— 1,566 1955 1
9804 WOODFERN RD Bought for $445K in 2021, addition and/or alteration permit in 2021, sold for $445K in 2021 (+178%). Owner-occupied $528K 4/3 2,034 1955 2 lien in pre-2017 ledger
9805 WOODFERN RD Owner-occupied $414K —/— 1,566 1955 1
9806 WOODFERN RD Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $426K —/— 1,797 1955 0
9807 WOODFERN RD Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $431K —/— 1,866 1955 0 2 viol
9808 WOODFERN RD Traded 2×: $190K in 2005 → $221K in 2006 (+16%). Owner-occupied $432K —/— 1,889 1955 2
9809 WOODFERN RD Owner-occupied $440K —/— 1,943 1955 1
9810 WOODFERN RD Traded 2×: $202K in 2004 → $385K in 2025 (+91%). Owner-occupied $435K —/— 1,876 1955 2
9811 WOODFERN RD Owner-occupied $437K —/— 1,908 1955 1
9812 WOODFERN RD Owner-occupied $454K —/— 2,250 1955 1
9813 WOODFERN RD Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $427K —/— 1,746 1955 0
9814 WOODFERN RD Traded 3×: $174K in 2006 → $189K in 2016 (+9%). Owner-occupied $441K —/— 2,033 1955 3
9815 WOODFERN RD Bought for $285K in 2011. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $495K —/— 1,926 1955 1
9816 WOODFERN RD Traded 2×: $190K in 2014 → $250K in 2020 (+32%). Owner-occupied $415K 3/1 1,044 1955 2
9817 WOODFERN RD built new under a 2013 permit. Owner-occupied $457K —/— 1,926 1955 0
9818 WOODFERN RD Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $481K —/— 2,088 1955 0
9819 WOODFERN RD Owner pulled a tank install/removal permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $432K —/— 1,827 1955 0
9820 WOODFERN RD Traded 2×: $230K in 2008 → $377K in 2024 (+64%). Owner-occupied $442K 5/2 1,977 1955 2
9821 WOODFERN RD Owner-occupied $451K —/— 1,972 1955 0
9822 WOODFERN RD Owner-occupied $421K —/— 1,566 1955 1
9823 WOODFERN RD Absentee individual $557K 4/— 2,720 1955 0

Neighborhood

Median income
$-667M
household
Own vs. rent
100%
owner-occupied
Median age
50.6
residents
Median rent
$-667M
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, 3:36 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.