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Who owns your block

1800 block of Spruce St

A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 18% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $236 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 31% since 2016, now about $1.1M. 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
$1.1M
$288K–$3.4M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$473
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
5.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$1.6M
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $1.1M
Tax / yr
$16K
typical · up to $48K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 61
$42K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
38%
23 of 61
city 41%
Rentals
33%
20 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$236
2 of 61 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-6%
value · tax −$878
5 years
+13%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+24%
value · tax +$4K

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 $1.1M — about 5.1× 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$1.1M$608K$223K
Owner-occupied20%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 95 reported crimes (24 violent) and 333 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
95
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
333
30 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts24
Other Assaults18
All Other Offenses10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Fraud6
Motor Vehicle Theft5

Top 311 complaints

Street Defect49
Graffiti Removal42
Street Light Outage36
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Sanitation Violation27
Information Request20

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$1.1M2016: $869K2017: $919K2018: $956K2019: $1.0M2020: $1.0M2021: $1.0M2022: $1.0M2023: $1.2M2024: $1.2M2025: $1.2M2026: $1.2M2027: $1.1M2016202020232027

▲ +31% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$15,7252016: $11,5622017: $11,5622018: $12,9552019: $13,6132020: $13,5432021: $13,5432022: $13,5432023: $15,8892024: $16,6742025: $16,6032026: $16,6032027: $15,7252016202020232027

▲ +36% 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 $41,820 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%
$6,454pays now $15,965at the full rate

1839-41 Spruce St is assessed at $1.1M but pays $6,454 a year — about 40% of the $15,965 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 +2.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 131 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $131 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+31%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 43 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$10M$20M2004201020162022
28arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
43homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 61 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 29 61parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 29

Value distribution today

12 parcels4 parcels3 parcels23 parcels8 parcels7 parcels4 parcels
$288K$2.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ald Realty Lp15$5.8Mphila.gov ↗
Nokatz Llc14$6.8Mphila.gov ↗
Savant Llc13$4.1Mphila.gov ↗
1810 Spruce Inc11$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Levine Family Trust11$296Kphila.gov ↗
1814 Associates Lp11$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
1820 Spruce Associates Lp11$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Spruce Wsh Llc11$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
1824 Spruce Associates L11$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
1826 Spruce Street Llc11$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
L&Y Investment Llc11$1.0Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 61 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1800-04 SPRUCE ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $1.1M —/— 17,160 0 abated
1801 SPRUCE ST Bought for $2.1M in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Absentee individual $2.4M —/— 2,160 1800 2
1805 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M —/— 3,280 1800 1
1806 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.3M —/— 6,055 1890 0 rented
1807 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.0M —/— 4,545 1890 0 rented
1808 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $231K in 2000 → $1.2M in 2012 (+419%). Absentee individual $3.4M 5/6 8,404 1900 2 3 viol
1809-11 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.6M —/— 8,820 1910 0 rented
1810 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.3M —/— 6,881 1890 0 rented
1812 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $444K 2/1 760 1900 0
1812 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $504K 1/1 985 1900 0
1812 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/2 2,375 1900 0
1812 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $494K 1/1 900 1900 0
1812 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $888K 3/3 2,000 1900 0
1813 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $336K 1/1 597 1900 0
1813 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $649K 3/2 1,297 1900 0
1813 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $494K 2/1 1,010 1900 0
1813 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $322K 1/1 566 1900 0 rented
1813 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $296K 1/1 505 1900 0
1813 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $431K 2/1 901 1900 0
1813 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $545K 2/2 1,151 1900 0
1814 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.4M in 2005 → $1.6M in 2005 (+17%). Investor / LLC $1.7M —/— 11,440 1890 2 rented
1815 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.1M —/— 4,418 1890 0
1816 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.5M —/— 7,120 1890 0 rented
1817 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 4,600 1890 0 rented
1818 SPRUCE ST Appeal moot (2010); sold $378K (2012). Investor / LLC $1.3M —/— 8,404 1860 1 rented
1819 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.3M —/— 4,750 1890 1 rented
1820 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $1.5M —/— 6,055 1890 1 rented
1821 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $330K 1/1 694 1900 0
1821 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $639K 2/2 1,213 1900 0
1821 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $595K 2/1 1,430 1900 0
1821 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $288K 1/1 500 1900 0
1821 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $399K 1/1 777 1900 0
1822 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $2.6M 8/2 7,357 1800 1
1823 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $725K in 2012 → $2.4M in 2018 (+236%). Investor / LLC $1.5M —/— 4,760 1890 2 rented
1824 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.4M —/— 6,276 1890 1 rented
1825 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.0M —/— 4,496 1890 1 rented
1826 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $784K in 2002 → $1.9M in 2018 (+142%). Investor / LLC $1.3M —/— 7,816 1890 3 rented
1827 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.4M —/— 5,666 1890 0
1828 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $925K in 2002 → $2.1M in 2013 (+132%). Investor / LLC $2.0M —/— 9,237 1800 3 rented
1829 SPRUCE ST Bought for $1.5M in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 4,483 1890 1 rented
1830 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.6M —/— 8,216 1890 0 rented
1831 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $720K in 2006 → $1.3M in 2018 (+83%). Absentee individual $880K 4/3 2,448 1800 2 rented
1833 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $849K 2/— 2,448 1800 1
1835 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $590K in 2000 → $1.2M in 2007 (+103%). Owner-occupied $1.4M —/2 2,592 1800 2
1837 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $1.5M 4/3 3,600 1800 1 rented
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.2M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.2M 2/2 2,100 1900 0 tax lien
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.1M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.2M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.2M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.2M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $488K —/— 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/2 2,100 1900 0 abated
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.1M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.2M 2/2 2,100 1900 0
1839-41 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 2/2 2,100 1900 0

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