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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.

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
$118K
$6K–$229K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$122
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$85K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $118K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 29
$15K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
41%
12 of 29
city 41%
Rentals
28%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$126K
6 of 29 behind
▲ block 21% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$256
5 years
+85%
value · tax +$421
10 years
+49%
value · tax +$148

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 $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 blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$118K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied38%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.

Crimes · 12mo
74
36 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
205
76 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults20
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
All Other Offenses6
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint73
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Abandoned Vehicle26
Illegal Dumping21
Salting10
Smoke Detector9

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
Mastery Charter School At Pastorius
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$118K2016: $79K2017: $79K2018: $77K2019: $65K2020: $64K2021: $64K2022: $64K2023: $91K2024: $91K2025: $116K2026: $116K2027: $118K2016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1492016: $1,0012017: $1,0012018: $1,0722019: $6052020: $7282021: $7052022: $7282023: $9982024: $8932025: $1,1092026: $8932027: $1,1492016202020232027

▲ +15% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

8
8 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 $15,415 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%
$330pays now $1,730at the full rate

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

8110025020162019202220252027This block 149 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+3.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+49%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.8 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 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

$0$250K$500K2018202020222024
15arm's-length sales since 2017
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 29 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 3 29parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels1 parcels17 parcels5 parcels
$6K$155K+

The block's largest owner, Philadelphia Home Rentals Llc, carries 18 open violations across 199 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Home Rentals Llc1199$24Mphila.gov ↗
Ddh Fund Lp152$8.2Mphila.gov ↗
Agl Capital Investments L135$4.9Mphila.gov ↗
Urban Trust Lp113$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Elisra Llc110$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Danpar Group Llc17$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Cmc Home Builders Llc15$960Kphila.gov ↗
Corinthian Educational Co22$12Kphila.gov ↗
Ntp Holding Llc12$238Kphila.gov ↗
Alpha Trust11$127Kphila.gov ↗
2130 West Spencer Llc11$125Kphila.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

$0$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
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 built new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2023. Owner-occupied $95K 3/1 704 1905 1 abated
2122 W SPENCER AVE Traded 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 Traded 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 Bought 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 built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $118K 3/1 992 1905 0 abated4 viol
2130 W SPENCER AVE Traded 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 built 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)

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