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Who owns your block

1600 block of Spruce St

A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 18% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $10,559 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $637K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$637K
$247K–$2.2M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$414
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$432K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $637K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $31K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 66
$49K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
56%
37 of 66
city 41%
Rentals
20%
13 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
1 of 66 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
14
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax −$225
5 years
+33%
value · tax +$492
10 years
+55%
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 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 $637K — about 2.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19103Philadelphia
Median home value$637K$608K$223K
Owner-occupied36%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 129 reported crimes (26 violent) and 414 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
129
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
414
59 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts44
Other Assaults16
Fraud11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
All Other Offenses8
Theft from Vehicle7

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal59
Street Light Outage59
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection51
Illegal Dumping35
Information Request24
Maintenance Complaint19

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$637K2016: $372K2017: $411K2018: $411K2019: $454K2020: $479K2021: $479K2022: $479K2023: $502K2024: $502K2025: $633K2026: $633K2027: $637K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,1942016: $5,0592017: $5,5362018: $5,5362019: $6,3502020: $6,7022021: $6,7022022: $6,7022023: $6,7272024: $6,7272025: $7,4192026: $7,4192027: $7,1942016202020232027

▲ +42% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $49,275 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$18,530pays now $25,075at the full rate

1629 Spruce St is assessed at $1.8M but pays $18,530 a year — about 74% of the $25,075 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 54 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20002005201020152020
26arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
54homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 66 parcels

Owner-occupied: 37Investor / LLC: 11Absentee individual: 18 66parcels
  • Owner-occupied 37
  • Investor / LLC 11
  • Absentee individual 18

Value distribution today

29 parcels6 parcels7 parcels7 parcels6 parcels2 parcels9 parcels
$247K$1.9M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Savina Llc12$2.7Mphila.gov ↗
1600 Spruce Street Llc11$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
1602 Spruce Llc11$2.0Mphila.gov ↗
1604 Spruce Multi Llc11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
1608 Spruce Street Llc11$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Shtub Llc11$2.1Mphila.gov ↗
Hirschhope Partners Lp11$964Kphila.gov ↗
1616-18 Spruce Street Llc11$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
1629 Partners Llc11$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Ina Eleanor Allen Llc11$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
1634 Associates Lp11$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
1635 Spruce Street Llc11$1.9Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 66 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1600 SPRUCE ST Bought for $1.3M in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $1.5M —/— 4,254 1800 2 rented
1602 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $614K in 2002 → $1.7M in 2012 (+181%). Investor / LLC $2.0M —/— 5,897 1890 2 2 viol
1604 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $400K in 2000 → $1.4M in 2014 (+250%). Investor / LLC $1.2M —/— 3,710 1880 3 rented
1606 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.2M —/— 3,861 1890 0 abated
1608 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $475K in 2001 → $1.0M in 2007 (+111%). Investor / LLC $1.4M —/— 4,526 1800 3
1610 SPRUCE ST Bought for $500K in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $2.1M —/— 7,084 1880 5
1613 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $629K in 2001 → $1.3M in 2013 (+102%). Investor / LLC $1.7M —/— 4,896 1880 2 rented
1614 SPRUCE ST Bought for $1.1M in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $964K —/— 3,162 1800 2
1615-17 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $865K 2/2 1,765 1900 0
1615-17 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $741K 2/1 1,425 1900 0
1615-17 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $903K 2/2 1,874 1900 0
1615-17 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $956K 2/2 2,027 1900 0
1615-17 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.3M 3/2 3,300 1900 0
1615-17 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $865K 2/2 1,765 1900 0
1616-18 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $1.9M —/— 5,432 1886 0 rented
1619 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $247K 1/1 600 1900 0
1619 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $328K 2/2 900 1900 0
1619 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $247K 1/1 600 1900 0
1619 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $256K 1/1 600 1900 0 rented
1619 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $354K 2/2 1,000 1900 0
1619 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $341K 2/2 950 1900 0
1620 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.3M —/— 7,253 1890 1 rented1 viol
1621 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $794K 2/2 1,760 1900 0
1621 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $946K 3/2 2,340 1900 0
1621 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $998K 3/2 2,430 1900 0
1622 SPRUCE ST Bought for $650K in 2001, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $1.6M in 2011. Owner-occupied $2.2M —/— 7,542 2005 2
1623 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.4M —/— 6,172 1890 0 rented
1624 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $322K 1/1 637 1900 0
1624 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $264K 1/1 525 1900 0
1624 SPRUCE ST Appeal withdrawn (2012). Absentee individual $332K 1/1 664 1900 0
1624 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $342K 1/1 691 1900 0
1624 SPRUCE ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $559K 2/2 1,242 1900 0
1624 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $354K 1/1 722 1900 0
1625 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $255K 1/1 564 1900 0
1625 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $358K 1/1 890 1900 0
1625 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $603K 2/1 1,705 1900 0 rented
1625 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $290K 1/1 670 1900 0
1625 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $284K 1/1 592 1900 0
1625 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $284K —/— 607 1900 0
1626 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $670K 4/3 2,459 1900 0
1626 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $339K 1/1 702 1900 0
1626 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $314K 1/1 574 1900 0
1626 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $314K 1/1 574 1900 0
1626 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $414K 2/1 941 1900 0
1626 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $316K 1/1 578 1900 0
1627 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $498K 2/2 1,350 1900 0
1627 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $359K 1/1 806 1900 0
1627 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $305K 1/1 648 1900 0
1627 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $486K 3/3 1,305 1900 0
1627 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $429K 2/2 1,007 1900 0
1627 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $305K 1/1 648 1900 0
1628 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $348K 1/1 830 1900 0
1628 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $356K 1/1 860 1900 0
1628 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $442K —/— 1,450 1900 0
1628 SPRUCE ST Appeal approved (2019); Appeal moot (2019). Absentee individual $694K 2/2 1,256 1900 0
1628 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $338K 2/1 800 1900 0 rented
1629 SPRUCE ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $1.6M in 2017. Investor / LLC $1.8M —/— 5,980 1890 1 rentedabated
1630 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.4M —/— 7,332 1890 0
1631 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.1M —/— 5,980 1890 1 rented
1632 SPRUCE ST Appeal moot (2008). Investor / LLC $1.4M 3/3 2,999 1900 0
1632 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.0M 3/2 1,971 1900 0
1632 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.1M 3/2 2,046 1900 0 rented
1633 SPRUCE ST Appeal dismissed (2009); Appeal granted (2010). Owner-occupied $1.1M —/— 6,560 1890 0 rented
1634 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.8M —/— 8,000 1875 0
1635 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $1.9M —/— 6,572 1800 0
1636 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.4M in 2003 → $1.4M in 2003 (+0%). Owner-occupied $2.1M —/— 7,245 1890 2

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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