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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.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$592K
$32K–$2.3M
ZIP median $403K
Price / sq ft
$290
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$195K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $592K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $32K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1900
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
6%
1 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
31%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$975
2 of 16 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-10%
value · tax −$873
5 years
-3%
value · tax −$228
10 years
+11%
value · tax +$840

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.

2027
  • 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 blockZIP 19102Philadelphia
Median home value$592K$403K$223K
Owner-occupied0%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.

Crimes · 12mo
501
57 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
403
70 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts316
Other Assaults41
All Other Offenses31
Fraud28
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief24
Motor Vehicle Theft15

Top 311 complaints

Street Light Outage74
Illegal Dumping40
Graffiti Removal39
Information Request35
Opioid Response Unit30
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection25

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$1.0M$2.0M$592K2016: $512K2017: $532K2018: $599K2019: $599K2020: $608K2021: $608K2022: $608K2023: $608K2024: $608K2025: $654K2026: $654K2027: $592K2016202020232027

▲ +16% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$8,2862016: $7,1672017: $7,4462018: $8,3812019: $8,3812020: $8,5142021: $8,5142022: $8,5142023: $8,5142024: $8,5142025: $9,1592026: $9,1592027: $8,2862016202020232027

▲ +16% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 116 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+1.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+16%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.2 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 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20042008201220162020
2arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 12Vacant: 2 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 12
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

6 parcels2 parcels2 parcels0 parcels3 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$32K$2.0M+

The block's largest owner, Centra Associates Lp, carries 12 open violations across 47 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Centra Associates Lp147$76Mphila.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

$0$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1417 SPRUCE ST Owner 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 sold $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 Bought 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)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.