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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 8, 2026

Who owns your block

1900 block of W Spencer St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 64% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations and 7 homes behind $34,638 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 61% since 2016, now about $163K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$163K
$106K–$240K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$133
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$98K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $163K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
64%
45 of 70
city 41%
Rentals
4%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$35K
7 of 70 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 1% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax +$174
5 years
+75%
value · tax +$711
10 years
+61%
value · tax +$387

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 $163K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$163K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied61%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 80 reported crimes (23 violent) and 284 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
80
23 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
284
75 still open

Most reported crimes

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Other Assaults13
Thefts10
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Theft from Vehicle6
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint84
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection64
Abandoned Vehicle34
Illegal Dumping22
Salting11
Traffic (Other)11

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 · K-5
Joseph Pennell
1800 Nedro Ave · 249 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$100K$200K$163K2016: $101K2017: $101K2018: $101K2019: $97K2020: $93K2021: $93K2022: $93K2023: $130K2024: $130K2025: $168K2026: $168K2027: $163K2016202020232027

▲ +61% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3862016: $9992017: $9992018: $9992019: $8022020: $6752021: $6752022: $6752023: $7012024: $7012025: $9532026: $1,2122027: $1,3862016202020232027

▲ +39% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 +4.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9210025020162019202220252027This block 161 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $161 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+61%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.1 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 29 arm's-length sales since 2017. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 51 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20182020202220242026
29arm's-length sales since 2017
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
51homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 70 parcels

Owner-occupied: 45Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 23 70parcels
  • Owner-occupied 45
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 23

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels55 parcels0 parcels13 parcels
$106K$200K+

The block's largest owner, Broad St Llc, carries 2 open violations across 7 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Broad St Llc17$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
St Joseph Properties Llc16$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Almonte Corporation Inc11$163Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 70 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

Traded
1932 W Spencer Ave
$240K · Traded 2×: $60K in 2017 → $165K in 2018 (+175%).
Traded
1959 W Spencer Ave
$235K · Traded 2×: $115K in 2021 → $240K in 2023 (+109%).
Traded
1915 W Spencer Ave
$230K · Traded 2×: $105K in 2022 → $213K in 2022 (+102%).
Traded
1917 W Spencer Ave
$222K · Traded 2×: $38K in 2020 → $249K in 2023 (+564%).
Traded
1943 W Spencer Ave
$200K · Traded 2×: $162K in 2017 → $225K in 2021 (+39%).
Traded
1945 W Spencer Ave
$200K · Traded 2×: $50K in 2017 → $179K in 2018 (+258%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1914 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0 3 violtax lien
1915 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2022 → $213K in 2022 (+102%). Owner-occupied $230K 3/1 1,330 1925 2
1916 W SPENCER AVE HistoryAppeal denied (2016); Appeal filed (2019). Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1917 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2020 → $249K in 2023 (+564%). Owner-occupied $222K 4/2 1,230 1925 2
1918 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2019 → $150K in 2023 (+58%). Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 2 tax lien
1919 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1920 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2026 → $110K in 2026 (+22%). Investor / LLC $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 2
1921 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0 3 viol
1922 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1923 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0 tax lien
1924 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1925 W SPENCER AVE Investor / LLC $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 1
1926 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1927 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/2 1,230 1925 0
1928 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1929 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $106K 3/1 1,230 1925 0 rented
1930 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1929 0
1931 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1932 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2017 → $165K in 2018 (+175%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,218 1925 2
1933 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1934 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1935 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1936 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1937 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1938 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0 tax lien
1939 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1940 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1941 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1942 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1943 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $162K in 2017 → $225K in 2021 (+39%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,230 1925 2
1944 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1945 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2017 → $179K in 2018 (+258%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,230 1925 2 rented
1946 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1947 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1948 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1949 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1950 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1951 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 1
1952 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1953 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1954 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1955 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1956 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0 1 viol
1957 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1958 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1959 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $115K in 2021 → $240K in 2023 (+109%). Owner-occupied $235K 3/2 1,230 1925 2
1960 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1961 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $200K 3/1 1,230 1925 1
1962 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1963 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2025 → $275K in 2026 (+244%). Absentee individual $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 2
1964 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1965 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0 2 viol
1966 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $125K in 2020 → $210K in 2021 (+68%). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,218 1925 2
1967 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1968 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,218 1925 1
1969 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,230 1925 1
1970 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1971 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1972 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $199K 3/1 1,218 1925 1
1973 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1974 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 1
1975 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,230 1925 0
1976 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1977 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $163K 3/1 1,230 1925 0 tax lien
1978 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $165K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1979 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $166K 3/1 1,230 1925 1 tax lien
1980 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $165K 3/1 1,218 1925 0
1981 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $168K 3/1 1,230 1925 1 tax lien
1982 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $147K —/— 2,133 1925 0 tax lien
1983 W SPENCER AVE Absentee individual $169K 3/1 1,290 1925 0 rented

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

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