Who owns your block
2100 block of W Spencer St
An investor-heavy block: 41% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 4 open code violations and 6 homes behind $126,184 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 49% since 2016, now about $118K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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 $118K — about 0.5× 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 | $118K | $187K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 38% | 53% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 74 reported crimes (36 violent) and 205 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
- $118K typical home, up +49% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,001 to $1,149 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.2M assessed, $29,786/yr to the city, about $1,027 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +49% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +15% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2128 W Spencer Ave is assessed at $124K but pays $330 a year — about 19% of the $1,730 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 +3.7% 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 $149 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 2017. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 29 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Investor / LLC 9
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Home Rentals Llc, carries 18 open violations across 199 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Home Rentals Llc | 1 | 199 | $24M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ddh Fund Lp | 1 | 52 | $8.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Agl Capital Investments L | 1 | 35 | $4.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Urban Trust Lp | 1 | 13 | $1.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Elisra Llc | 1 | 10 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Danpar Group Llc | 1 | 7 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Cmc Home Builders Llc | 1 | 5 | $960K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Corinthian Educational Co | 2 | 2 | $12K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ntp Holding Llc | 1 | 2 | $238K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Alpha Trust | 1 | 1 | $127K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 2130 West Spencer Llc | 1 | 1 | $125K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2112 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $134K | 3/1 | 1,176 | 1905 | 0 | |
| 2113 W SPENCER AVE | Vacant | $6K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2114 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $155K | 3/1 | 1,198 | 1905 | 1 | |
| 2115 W SPENCER AVE | Vacant | $6K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2116 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $82K | 3/1 | 1,188 | 1905 | 1 | |
| 2117 W SPENCER AVE | Vacant | $6K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2118 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $127K | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1905 | 1 | rented |
| 2119 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $88K | 3/1 | 704 | 1905 | 0 | rented |
| 2120 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $88K | —/— | 1,172 | 1905 | 0 | rented |
| 2121 W SPENCER AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $95K | 3/1 | 704 | 1905 | 1 | abated |
| 2122 W SPENCER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $18K in 2017 → $85K in 2024 (+372%). | Absentee individual | $126K | 3/1 | 1,038 | 1905 | 3 | rentedtax lien |
| 2123 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $229K | 3/2 | 1,244 | 1905 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 2124 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $124K | 3/1 | 990 | 1905 | 0 | |
| 2125 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $32K in 2018 → $45K in 2018 (+40%). | Investor / LLC | $120K | 3/2 | 942 | 1905 | 2 | rented |
| 2126 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $124K | 3/1 | 990 | 1905 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2127 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $118K | 3/1 | 994 | 1905 | 0 | abated |
| 2128 W SPENCER AVE New constructionBought for $60K in 2021, built new (tax-abated), sold for $236K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $124K | 3/2 | 990 | 1905 | 2 | abatedtax lien |
| 2129 W SPENCER AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $118K | 3/1 | 992 | 1905 | 0 | abated4 viol |
| 2130 W SPENCER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $58K in 2019 → $135K in 2023 (+133%). | Owner-occupied | $125K | 3/2 | 986 | 1905 | 2 | |
| 2131 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $123K | 3/1 | 908 | 1905 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 2132 W SPENCER AVE | Absentee individual | $129K | 3/1 | 1,074 | 1905 | 0 | |
| 2133 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $113K | 3/1 | 910 | 1905 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2134 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $113K | 3/1 | 990 | 1905 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2135 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $145K | 3/1 | 1,536 | 1905 | 0 | |
| 2136 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $113K | 3/1 | 990 | 1905 | 0 | |
| 2138 W SPENCER AVE | Owner-occupied | $113K | 3/1 | 990 | 1905 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2140 W SPENCER AVE New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $113K | 3/1 | 990 | 1905 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 2142 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $113K | 3/1 | 990 | 1905 | 0 | rented |
| 2144 W SPENCER AVE | Investor / LLC | $161K | 3/— | 1,120 | 1905 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)