Who owns your block
1400 block of Spruce St
A mixed-ownership block: 6% owner-occupied, 6% investor-held, with 5 open code violations and 2 homes behind $975 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 16% since 2016, now about $592K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $592K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19102 median of $403K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19102 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19102 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $592K | $403K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 23% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 501 reported crimes (57 violent) and 403 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
- $592K typical home, up +16% since 2016
- Tax bill $7,167 to $8,286 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $13M assessed, $187,608/yr to the city, about $11,726 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +16% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +16% since 2016 · ~+1%/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 +1.3% 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 $116 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 12
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Centra Associates Lp, carries 12 open violations across 47 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centra Associates Lp | 1 | 47 | $76M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1417 SPRUCE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $2.3M | —/— | 7,976 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 1419 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $1.3M | —/— | 5,852 | 1865 | 0 | rented |
| 1421 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $2.0M | —/— | 6,858 | 1890 | 0 | 5 violtax lien |
| 1423 SPRUCE ST Historysold $1.4M (2023); Appeal complete (2024). | Owner-occupied | $825K | —/— | 3,034 | 1981 | 1 | |
| 1425 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $700K | —/— | 3,034 | 1981 | 0 | |
| 1427 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $770K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $1.9M | —/— | 6,545 | 1890 | 1 | |
| 1429 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 5,590 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 1431 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $484K | 2/2 | 1,350 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1431 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $357K | 2/1 | 831 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1431 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $207K | —/1 | 478 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 1431 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $258K | —/1 | 607 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1431 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $32K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1431 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $241K | —/1 | 557 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1431 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $260K | 1/1 | 617 | 1900 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1431 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $32K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1433 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $1.3M | —/— | 5,050 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)