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Who owns your block

2200 block of Spruce St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 35% investor-held, with 8 open code violations and 2 homes behind $39,350 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 41% since 2016, now about $1.3M. 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
$1.3M
$702K–$7.5M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$373
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
5.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$1.8M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $1.3M
Tax / yr
$18K
typical · up to $105K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 20
$60K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
40%
8 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
55%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▲ block 15% · city 5%
Back taxes
$39K
2 of 20 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
6
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$4K
5 years
+24%
value · tax +$4K
10 years
+41%
value · tax +$5K

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 $1.3M — about 5.9× 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 blockZIP 19103Philadelphia
Median home value$1.3M$608K$223K
Owner-occupied15%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 58 reported crimes (5 violent) and 433 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
58
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
433
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Theft from Vehicle8
Burglary Non-Residential3
Burglary Residential3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection99
Salting46
Illegal Dumping38
Traffic Signal Emergency35
Sanitation Violation32
Graffiti Removal25

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 · K-8
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$1.0M$2.0M$1.3M2016: $933K2017: $933K2018: $963K2019: $1.1M2020: $1.1M2021: $1.1M2022: $1.1M2023: $1.2M2024: $1.2M2025: $1.2M2026: $1.2M2027: $1.3M2016202020232027

▲ +41% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$15,9212016: $11,3402017: $11,3402018: $11,4442019: $13,8662020: $13,1552021: $13,1552022: $12,0612023: $12,9472024: $12,9472025: $12,1472026: $12,1472027: $15,9212016202020232027

▲ +40% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

5
5 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 $60,127 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

15 homes pay the full 1.40%5 pay less
$9,659pays now $21,147at the full rate

The starkest example: 2221 Spruce St is assessed at $1.5M but pays $9,659 a year — about 46% of the $21,147 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 141 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $141 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+41%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.3 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$10M$20M200020052010201520202025
17arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 7Absentee individual: 5 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 7
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

2 parcels3 parcels3 parcels2 parcels3 parcels4 parcels3 parcels
$702K$1.8M+

The block's largest owner, Centra Associates LP, carries 12 open violations across 47 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Centra Associates LP147$76Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Wizard Way LLC24$7.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Dkn Associates INC33$2.8Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
2205 Spruce Street LLC11$1.8Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 20 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2200-14 SPRUCE ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $1.3M —/— 17,656 0 abated
2201 SPRUCE ST sold $383K (2002); Appeal granted with conditions (2008). Absentee individual $702K —/— 2,300 1800 1 4 viol
2203 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M —/— 3,472 1850 0 abated
2205-07 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $395K in 2000 → $1.0M in 2012 (+153%). Investor / LLC $1.8M —/— 4,538 1900 2 rented
2209 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.1M in 2016 → $1.8M in 2025 (+67%). Owner-occupied $1.5M 5/3 2,790 1800 2 2 viol
2211 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.1M in 2002 → $1.7M in 2004 (+55%). Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 2,330 1890 2 rented
2213 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.1M in 2002 → $1.7M in 2004 (+55%). Investor / LLC $811K —/— 2,685 1890 2 rented
2215 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.1M in 2002 → $1.7M in 2004 (+55%). Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 2,625 1890 2 rented
2216-22 SPRUCE ST Appeal complete (2025); Appeal withdrawn (2025). Absentee individual $7.5M —/— 24,900 1910 0 rented
2217 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/2 2,649 1850 0
2219 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.6M —/— 3,632 1800 0
2221 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.5M —/— 2,559 1850 0 abated
2223 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $1.3M —/— 1 rented
2224 SPRUCE ST Bought for $930K in 2012. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Absentee individual $1.4M —/— 3,762 1850 1 rented
2225 SPRUCE ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $2.3M in 2015. Investor / LLC $1.1M —/— 1 rentedabated
2226 SPRUCE ST Bought for $1.1M in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Absentee individual $1.4M —/— 3,762 1890 2 rented
2227 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $950K —/— 3,116 1850 0 abated
2228 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.8M —/— 3,762 1850 1
2229 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.3M —/— 3,600 1850 0 rented2 viol
2230 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $1.5M —/— 4,671 1890 0 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.