Who owns your block
300 block of Sparks St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $14,285 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $164K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% 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 $164K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19120 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $164K | $171K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 57% | 48% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 68 reported crimes (21 violent) and 154 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
- $164K typical home, up +80% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,103 to $1,061 a year, 0%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.5M assessed, $41,107/yr to the city, about $1,468 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +80% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -4% since 2016 · ~0%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
303 Sparks St is assessed at $104K but pays $52 a year — about 4% of the $1,452 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 +5.5% 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 $180 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 35 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
Who owns it
Ownership of 28 parcels
- Owner-occupied 24
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acuapa Investments Llc | 1 | 1 | $165K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $175K | 3/1 | 1,368 | 1928 | 1 | |
| 301 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $162K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1928 | 0 | |
| 302 SPARKS ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $62K in 2003 → $165K in 2023 (+168%). | Owner-occupied | $177K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 303 SPARKS ST New constructionBought for $40K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $52K in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $104K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 3 | abated |
| 304 SPARKS ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $25K in 2001 → $180K in 2022 (+620%). | Owner-occupied | $191K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 305 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 1 | |
| 306 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 307 SPARKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $40K in 2001 → $65K in 2004 (+62%). | Absentee individual | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 2 | tax lien |
| 308 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 309 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 0 | |
| 310 SPARKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $62K in 2004 → $92K in 2016 (+49%). | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 311 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 1 | rented |
| 312 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 313 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 1 | tax lien |
| 314 SPARKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $65K in 2005 → $120K in 2015 (+85%). | Owner-occupied | $202K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 315 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 0 | |
| 316 SPARKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2002 → $111K in 2007 (+85%). | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 317 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 1 | |
| 318 SPARKS ST | Absentee individual | $167K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 319 SPARKS ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $64K in 2003 → $71K in 2015 (+12%). | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 3 | |
| 320 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 321 SPARKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $19K in 2000 → $56K in 2001 (+194%). | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 2 | |
| 322 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 323 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 1 | |
| 324 SPARKS ST | Absentee individual | $167K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 0 | |
| 325 SPARKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2002 → $65K in 2002 (+73%). | Owner-occupied | $154K | 3/1 | 1,092 | 1928 | 2 | |
| 326 SPARKS ST TradedTraded 2×: $145K in 2006 → $200K in 2024 (+38%). | Investor / LLC | $165K | 2/1 | 1,216 | 1928 | 2 | |
| 327 SPARKS ST | Owner-occupied | $162K | 3/1 | 1,152 | 1928 | 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)