Who owns your block
4100 block of Spruce St
An investor-heavy block: 50% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.
The typical home here is up 72% since 2016, now about $962K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $962K — about 4.3× 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.
| This block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $962K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 18% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 55 reported crimes (6 violent) and 135 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
- $962K typical home, up +72% since 2016
- Tax bill $7,823 to $13,471 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $23M assessed, $315,814/yr to the city, about $26,318 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +72% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +72% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
4106 Spruce St is assessed at $788K but pays $4,517 a year — about 41% of the $11,032 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 +5.1% 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 $172 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 10 arm's-length sales since 1985. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buda Levin Property Manag | 1 | 4 | $3.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Buda-Levin Property Manag | 2 | 2 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| University City Assoc Inc | 1 | 2 | $5.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 4102 Spruce Llc | 1 | 1 | $907K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Better Living Property Ma | 1 | 1 | $798K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4100 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $751K | 4,190 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 4101-03 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $6.3M | 44,900 | 1930 | 0 | rented |
| 4102 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $907K | 4,244 | 1930 | 1 | rented |
| 4104 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $798K | 12,060 | 1870 | 1 | rented |
| 4105-07 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $3.4M | 18,720 | 1961 | 0 | rented |
| 4106 SPRUCE ST New constructionBought for $75K in 1985, built new (tax-abated), sold for $1.2M in 2014. | Absentee individual | $788K | 4,020 | 1870 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 4108 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $779K | 5,280 | 1867 | 0 | rented |
| 4110 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | 5,280 | 1867 | 1 | rented |
| 4112 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.6M | 11,049 | 1867 | 1 | rented |
| 4114 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $948K | 5,480 | 1850 | 0 | rented |
| 4116 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $504K in 2002 → $908K in 2009 (+80%). | Investor / LLC | $976K | 5,760 | 1880 | 3 | rented |
| 4141 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $1.0M in 2001. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $4.6M | 33,504 | 1930 | 1 | 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)