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Who owns your block

300 block of Spruce St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 40% since 2016, now about $1.5M. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$1.5M
$350K–$2.6M
ZIP median $419K
Price / sq ft
$444
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
6.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$2.1M
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $1.5M
Tax / yr
$20K
typical · up to $35K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1830
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
81%
25 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
6%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 6% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$240
5 years
+9%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+40%
value · tax +$6K

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 $1.5M — about 6.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19106 median of $419K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19106 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19106Philadelphia
Median home value$1.5M$419K$223K
Owner-occupied52%33%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 47 reported crimes (3 violent) and 273 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
47
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
273
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts24
Fraud5
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Burglary Residential4
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Theft from Vehicle3

Top 311 complaints

Graffiti Removal35
Street Light Outage32
Salting31
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Shoveling21
Street Defect21

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
General George A Mccall
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$1.5M2016: $1.1M2017: $1.1M2018: $1.1M2019: $1.3M2020: $1.4M2021: $1.4M2022: $1.4M2023: $1.4M2024: $1.4M2025: $1.5M2026: $1.5M2027: $1.5M2016202020232027

▲ +40% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$12,500$25,000$20,0822016: $13,6692017: $14,4672018: $14,4682019: $17,8642020: $18,4092021: $18,4092022: $18,4092023: $18,8682024: $18,8682025: $19,8422026: $19,8422027: $20,0822016202020232027

▲ +47% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 140 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $140 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+40%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.4 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 35 arm's-length sales since 1996. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M19982004201020162022
35arm's-length sales since 1996
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 25Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 5 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 25
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

5 parcels3 parcels2 parcels4 parcels8 parcels3 parcels6 parcels
$350K$2.3M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Savoir Llc14$5.5Mphila.gov ↗
338 Spruce Llc11$2.3Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 31 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
300 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.7M 3/3 3,444 1980 1
302 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.5M —/— 3,444 1980 1
303 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.0M in 2005 → $1.4M in 2015 (+35%). Absentee individual $1.9M 4/— 3,577 1982 2
304 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $725K in 1999 → $1.3M in 2013 (+79%). Owner-occupied $1.3M —/— 3,444 1980 3
306 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.3M in 2005 → $1.3M in 2012 (-1%). Owner-occupied $1.4M 4/3 3,444 1980 2
308 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $625K in 1996 → $1.3M in 2022 (+110%). Owner-occupied $1.4M 3/3 3,444 1980 3
309 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $1.1M in 2015 → $2.0M in 2025 (+78%). Owner-occupied $1.1M 5/3 2,380 1813 3
310 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.7M 5/3 3,640 1980 1
311 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $830K in 2013 → $2.0M in 2020 (+138%). Owner-occupied $1.9M 4/3 3,649 1813 3
313 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.4M —/— 3,765 1813 1
315 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $995K in 2001 → $1.5M in 2021 (+54%). Owner-occupied $2.0M 5/3 3,960 1813 3
317 SPRUCE ST sold $400K (2018); Appeal withdrawn (2025). Owner-occupied $1.6M —/— 3,300 1813 1
319-21 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $2.6M 5/3 4,249 1813 0
323 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.5M —/— 2,993 1813 0
324 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.6M 4/4 3,704 1830 1
325 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $702K —/— 3,772 1800 0 rented
326 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.8M in 2014 → $2.2M in 2021 (+24%). Owner-occupied $2.3M 6/4 4,946 1830 2
327 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.6M —/— 3,510 1813 0
328 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $450K 2/2 1,245 1900 0
328 SPRUCE ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $527K 2/2 1,525 1900 0
328 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $505K 2/2 1,470 1900 0
328 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $622K 2/2 1,805 1900 0
328 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $350K 1/1 895 1900 0
329 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 4,400 1800 0 rented
330 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.5M —/— 4,299 1830 1 tax lien
332 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.0M in 2012 → $2.0M in 2013 (+101%). Owner-occupied $2.1M 5/4 4,299 1830 2
334 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $2.1M —/— 4,299 1830 1
336 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.7M in 2021 → $515K in 2021 (-69%). Absentee individual $2.0M 2/1 4,164 1830 2
338 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $1.4M in 2017 → $2.3M in 2019 (+64%). Owner-occupied $2.3M 5/3 4,005 1765 2
340 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $640K 2/2 1,800 1900 0
340 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $640K 2/2 1,800 1900 0

Neighborhood

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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.