1500 block of Spruce St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $181K — about 0.8× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19102 median of $403K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19102 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 359 reported crimes (27 violent) and 339 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $181K typical home, up +30% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,958 to $2,539 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $180M assessed, $2,512,110/yr to the city, about $8,236 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 1512-14 Spruce Sttax-abated new construction0.58%$991/yr on $170K
• 1512-14 Spruce Sttax-abated new construction0.61%$2,427/yr on $401K

The starkest example: 1512-14 Spruce St is assessed at $401K but pays $2,427 a year — about 43% of the $5,609 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.4% 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 $130 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 296 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 305 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

Improved

1520-28 Spruce St

$36M · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023.

Improved

1501 Spruce St

$31M · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025.

Improved

1530-32 Spruce St

$9.1M · Bought for $2.8M in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2017.

Improved

1523-25 Spruce St

$6.5M · Bought for $6.8M in 2015.

Improved

1500-04 Spruce St

$4.9M · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020.

Improved

1518 Spruce St

$2.7M · Bought for $970K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.