Who owns your block
1900 block of Spruce St
A mixed-ownership block: 35% owner-occupied, 22% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 3 homes behind $48,423 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 100% since 2016, now about $875K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $875K — about 3.9× 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 block | ZIP 19103 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $875K | $608K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 21% | 28% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 89 reported crimes (19 violent) and 382 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
- $875K typical home, up +100% since 2016
- Tax bill $4,608 to $8,151 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $67M assessed, $823,249/yr to the city, about $13,067 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +100% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +77% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1920 Spruce St is assessed at $6.5M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $90,847 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.5% 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 $200 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 26 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 45 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 63 parcels
- Owner-occupied 20
- Investor / LLC 14
- Absentee individual 18
- Vacant 11
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, 1357 Ventures Llc, carries 1 open violation across 8 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1357 Ventures Llc | 1 | 8 | $2.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rid Properties Lp | 1 | 5 | $6.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Patty & Paul Llc | 1 | 5 | $5.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Savant Llc | 1 | 3 | $4.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Charles L Myers Revocable Trust | 1 | 2 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1905 Spruce Street Associates Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pmc Spruce Street Condo Partners Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Asa Associates Lp | 1 | 1 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1924-26 Spruce St Llc | 1 | 1 | $2.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1925 Spruce Associates Lp | 1 | 1 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Spruce1932 Llc | 1 | 1 | $936K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1933 Spruce Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 63 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $3.1M | —/— | 15,400 | 1905 | 1 | |
| 1901 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $681K in 2011. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $1.6M | —/— | 4,400 | 1890 | 1 | |
| 1903 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $555K | 2/2 | 1,737 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1903 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $351K | 1/1 | 809 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1903 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $335K | 1/1 | 751 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 1903 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $513K | 1/1 | 1,565 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1903 SPRUCE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $417K | 2/2 | 1,015 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 1903 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $550K | 2/2 | 1,716 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 1904 SPRUCE ST HistoryAppeal city affirmed (2010); sold $434K (2012). | Investor / LLC | $1.5M | —/— | 5,400 | 1870 | 1 | rented |
| 1905 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $1.6M in 2013. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $3.0M | 5/3 | 6,270 | 1750 | 2 | tax lien |
| 1907 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.6M | 5/4 | 5,228 | 1750 | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.8M | 3/3 | 1,881 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.8M | 3/3 | 1,881 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $50K | —/— | 299 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.8M | 3/3 | 1,880 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.7M | 3/3 | 3,447 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1908 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $50K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1909 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $1.1M | —/— | 5,480 | 1880 | 0 | rented |
| 1910 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $3.1M | —/— | 7,589 | 1800 | 0 | |
| 1911 SPRUCE ST Historysold $963K (2001); Appeal approved (2011). | Owner-occupied | $1.7M | 3/— | 5,171 | 1750 | 1 | |
| 1912 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.5M | —/— | 6,563 | 1900 | 1 | rented |
| 1913 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $1.1M in 2004 → $2.6M in 2021 (+144%). | Owner-occupied | $2.7M | 4/3 | 5,837 | 1750 | 2 | |
| 1914 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 7,644 | 1890 | 1 | rented |
| 1915 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $1.8M in 2016. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $1.8M | 7/5 | 5,770 | 1750 | 2 | |
| 1917 SPRUCE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $428K | 2/1 | 914 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1917 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $474K | 2/1 | 1,048 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1917 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $377K | 1/1 | 715 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1917 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $519K | 2/1 | 1,184 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1917 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $582K | 2/1 | 1,381 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1919 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 5,750 | 1890 | 1 | rented |
| 1920 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $6.5M | —/— | 40,878 | 1870 | 0 | abated |
| 1921 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $1.3M | —/— | 5,888 | 1890 | 0 | |
| 1922 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 7,384 | 1870 | 1 | rented |
| 1923 SPRUCE ST HistoryAppeal moot (2015). | Owner-occupied | $2.1M | —/— | 9,642 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 1924-26 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $1.7M in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $2.1M | —/— | 7,889 | 1890 | 3 | rented |
| 1925 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.5M | —/— | 6,121 | 1890 | 1 | rented |
| 1927 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $1.3M | —/— | 7,032 | 1890 | 1 | rented |
| 1928 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 5,920 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 1929 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $1.3M | —/— | 5,836 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 1930 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $1.1M in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | —/— | 5,190 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 1931 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $375K | 1/1 | 751 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1931 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $427K | 1/1 | 844 | 1900 | 0 | rented |
| 1931 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $249K | 1/1 | 746 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1931 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $411K | 1/1 | 768 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1931 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $431K | 1/1 | 882 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1931 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $417K | 1/1 | 786 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1931 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $443K | 2/1 | 973 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1931 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $431K | 1/1 | 880 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 1932 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $612K in 2001 → $1.6M in 2023 (+170%). | Investor / LLC | $936K | —/— | 4,001 | 1890 | 3 | rented1 violtax lien |
| 1933 SPRUCE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | —/— | 6,627 | 1860 | 0 | rented |
| 1934 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $769K in 2015. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | —/— | 4,406 | 1860 | 2 | |
| 1935 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $875K | —/— | 2,390 | 1860 | 0 | |
| 1936 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 6,426 | 1800 | 1 | 1 viol |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)