Who owns your block
2000 block of W Spencer St
A mixed-ownership block: 56% owner-occupied, 12% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 7 homes behind $66,828 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 52% since 2016, now about $145K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $145K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19138 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $145K | $187K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 49% | 53% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 73 reported crimes (31 violent) and 206 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
- $145K typical home, up +52% since 2016
- Tax bill $921 to $1,281 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.0M assessed, $54,858/yr to the city, about $1,276 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +52% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +39% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2028 W Spencer Ave is assessed at $96K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,341 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 +3.9% 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 $152 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2020. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 32 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 43 parcels
- Owner-occupied 24
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 15
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Bengemini Consultants Inc, carries 4 open violations across 15 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengemini Consultants Inc | 1 | 15 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Alpha Capital Investments | 1 | 9 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ajt & Associates Llc | 1 | 9 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Uzi Properties Llc | 1 | 5 | $751K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cvi Cgs Mortgage Loan Trust I | 1 | 1 | $145K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $168K | 3/1 | 1,635 | 1929 | 0 | rented |
| 2001 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $116K | —/— | 1,678 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2002 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2003 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $139K | 3/1 | 1,292 | 1929 | 1 | tax lien |
| 2004 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $61K in 2020 → $205K in 2021 (+236%). | Owner-occupied | $197K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 2 | |
| 2005 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $141K | 3/1 | 1,292 | 1929 | 0 | rented |
| 2006 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $147K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 2007 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $92K | 3/1 | 1,292 | 1929 | 0 | rented |
| 2008 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $96K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 1 | 2 violtax lien |
| 2009 W SPENCER AVE HistoryAppeal city affirmed (2017). | Absentee individual | $141K | 3/1 | 1,292 | 1929 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2010 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 1 | |
| 2011 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2012 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2013 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $144K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2014 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | rented |
| 2015 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $144K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2016 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2017 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2018 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2019 W SPENCER AVE | Vacant | $7K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 2020 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2021 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $144K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2022 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $55K in 2022 → $107K in 2025 (+96%). | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 2023 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2024 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2025 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $144K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2026 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $105K in 2023 → $203K in 2024 (+93%). | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 2 | |
| 2027 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $144K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2028 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $96K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2029 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2030 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2031 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2032 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2024 → $247K in 2025 (+174%). | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 2 | |
| 2033 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $180K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2034 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 1 | |
| 2035 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $147K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2036 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2037 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2038 W SPENCER AVE Historysold $65K (2024); Appeal complete (2024). | Absentee individual | $147K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 1 | |
| 2039 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | |
| 2040 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $147K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 1 | |
| 2041 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2043 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $149K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1929 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)