4000 block of Spruce St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $831K — about 3.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19104 median of $211K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19104 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 84 reported crimes (10 violent) and 87 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $831K typical home, up +101% since 2016
• Tax bill $5,528 to $11,316 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $36M assessed, $485,899/yr to the city, about $11,300 per home

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:

• 4032 Spruce Sttax-abated new construction0.35%$1,997/yr on $571K
• 4034 Spruce Sttax-abated new construction0.70%$7,223/yr on $1.0M

The starkest example: 4034 Spruce St is assessed at $1.0M but pays $7,223 a year — about 50% of the $14,446 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% 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 $201 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 35 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Campus Realty Properties, carries 4 open violations across 32 properties it owns around the city.

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 43 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

Torn down & rebuilt

4034 Spruce St

$1.0M · demolished in 2008, then sold for $850K in 2005.

New construction

4032 Spruce St

$571K · built new (tax-abated).

Improved

4030 Spruce St

$1.3M · Bought for $870K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024.

Improved

4000 Spruce St

$1.1M · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023.

Improved

4004 Spruce St

$643K · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025.

Traded

4040 Spruce St

$1.0M · Traded 2×: $800K in 2011 → $1.1M in 2014 (+38%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.