Philadelphia property report
0 block of W Spencer St
A block with a strong owner-occupancy signal: 75% of homes have a Homestead field or matching Philadelphia tax-mailing address, with 1 parcel listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($1,530 recorded then).
The median home assessment is up 77% from 2016 through the 2026 billed-year roll, ending near $172K. The median assessment-based tax estimate changed about 0% a year over its recorded billed-year series and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupancy signal
- Entity-held
- Individual · other/unknown mail
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
Assessment change through 2026
Median assessed-home-value change through the billed-year roll. Tax deltas use the same endpoint and each year’s taxable-assessment median; exemptions can make the tax path differ from the full assessed-value path.
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.
- Owner-occupancy signal
- Entity-held
- Individual, other/unknown mail
- 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 $172K — about 0.7× the citywide median home, and in line with the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19120 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $172K | $171K | $230K |
| Homes with Homestead exemption | 70% | 51% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 77 police incident reports, about 6 a month, and 196 resident 311 requests to the city. These are raw nearby counts, not population-adjusted rates. A busy commercial corridor can record more activity than a residential block.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. The breakdown preserves the source's reported offense types. Reported location is 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.
Assessment trend
The median home assessment on this block has lagged Philadelphia's residential assessment trend, changing +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed assessment change · this block vs. Philadelphia residential assessments
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $177 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
This compares City assessments, not sale prices or investment returns. Reassessment years are lumpy, and construction, demolition, subdivision, or classification changes can move a block median.
How often it changes hands
The fetched deed history contains 7 non-nominal recorded transfers for homes on this block since 2020. The median home has 0 such transfers in that window, while 15 have none. Consideration above $100 is not proof of an arm's-length market sale.
Non-nominal home deed transfers · consideration & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupancy signal 15
- Individual, other or unknown mailing address 5
Value distribution · 2027 published roll
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block; every home has its own owner.
Parcel by parcel
All 20 parcels on the block, including 20 OPA single- or multi-family homes. Values are assessments, ownership labels are OPA-record signals, and each row links to its property report and official sources. Download the roster (CSV).
Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home; final year is the latest published roll
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership signal | Assessment & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Non-nominal transfers | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 W SPENCER AVE Permit on recordElectrical permit recorded in 2008. | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 81 W SPENCER AVE Permit on recordUse permit recorded in 2015. | Owner-occupancy signal | $170K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,280 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 82 W SPENCER AVE HistoryL&I violation (2014); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2014); 2 L&I violations (2019); recorded transfer $140K (2020). | Individual, other or unknown mailing address | $163K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 83 W SPENCER AVE HistoryL&I: 3 failed, 2 passed (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2011); L&I violation (2016); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2016); L&I violation (2017); recorded transfer $120K (2020); L&I violation (2022); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2022). | Individual, other or unknown mailing address | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 84 W SPENCER AVE HistoryL&I violation (2014); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2014); L&I violation (2023); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2023). | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | $2K tax · Jun ’22 |
| 85 W SPENCER AVE History2 L&I violations (2017). | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 86 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 87 W SPENCER AVE History2 L&I violations (2010); Inspection failed (2010); Inspection passed (2011); recorded transfer $20K (2025). | Individual, other or unknown mailing address | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 88 W SPENCER AVE | Individual, other or unknown mailing address | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 89 W SPENCER AVE Permit on recordPlumbing permit recorded in 2012. | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 90 W SPENCER AVE Permit on recordPlumbing permit recorded in 2013. | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 91 W SPENCER AVE Permit on recordFast form building permit recorded in 2008. | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 92 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 93 W SPENCER AVE Recorded transfers2 non-nominal transfers recorded: $130K in 2022 → $130K in 2022 (+0% between recorded amounts). | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 94 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 95 W SPENCER AVE Recorded transfers2 non-nominal transfers recorded: $60K in 2020 → $200K in 2021 (+232% between recorded amounts). | Owner-occupancy signal | $247K20162027 | 3/2 | 1,140 | 1935 | 2 | |
| 96 W SPENCER AVE History2 L&I violations (2019). | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 97 W SPENCER AVE History6 L&I violations (2010); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2010). | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 98 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupancy signal | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 | |
| 99 W SPENCER AVE | Individual, other or unknown mailing address | $172K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,140 | 1935 | 0 |
Neighborhood
US Census 2023 ACS 5-year estimates for the surrounding block group, not a measurement of this hundred-block or its current residents.
Generated 2026-07-11 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)