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Who owns your block

4200 block of Spruce St

An investor-heavy block: 63% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 19 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 83% since 2016, now about $807K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$807K
$642K–$17M
ZIP median $211K
Price / sq ft
$202
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$880K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $807K
Tax / yr
$11K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 24
$278K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
38%
9 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
58%
14 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
19
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
0%
value · tax −$362
5 years
+47%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+83%
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 $807K — about 3.6× 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 blockZIP 19104Philadelphia
Median home value$807K$211K$223K
Owner-occupied21%18%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 63 reported crimes (9 violent) and 219 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
63
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
219
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts23
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Other Assaults5
All Other Offenses4
Burglary Residential4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint36
Salting33
Graffiti Removal30
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Information Request17
Street Defect13

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
Penn Alexander
4209 Spruce St · 601 students
High · 9-12
West Philadelphia HS
4901 Chestnut St · 729 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$807K2016: $440K2017: $440K2018: $448K2019: $517K2020: $537K2021: $537K2022: $551K2023: $578K2024: $578K2025: $811K2026: $811K2027: $807K2016202020232027

▲ +83% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,8132016: $5,7052017: $5,7052018: $5,7052019: $7,1012020: $7,3782021: $7,3782022: $7,4102023: $7,2812024: $7,2812025: $11,2272026: $11,1752027: $10,8132016202020232027

▲ +90% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

3
3 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 $278,238 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $238,688at the full rate

4201 Spruce St is assessed at $17M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $238,688 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 +5.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 183 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $183 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+83%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.8 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$10M$20M20002005201020152020
28arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 13Absentee individual: 2 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 13
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels6 parcels5 parcels2 parcels2 parcels2 parcels5 parcels
$642K$1.1M+

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

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Campus Realty Properties132$21Mphila.gov ↗
Buda-Levin Holdings Llc38$5.4Mphila.gov ↗
Buda Levin Property Manag34$3.3Mphila.gov ↗
A & B@205 Llc14$2.8Mphila.gov ↗
Uc West Lp13$2.1Mphila.gov ↗
Univ City Assoc Inc11$17Mphila.gov ↗
A & B @ 4228 Llc11$841Kphila.gov ↗
Kingston Alliance Llc11$965Kphila.gov ↗
4236 Spruce St Llc11$807Kphila.gov ↗
4238 Spruce Street Llc11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
4242 Spruce Llc11$730Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 24 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$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4200 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $939K —/— 5,575 1870 1 rented
4201 SPRUCE ST demolished in 2015 and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $19M in 2002. Investor / LLC $17M —/— 31,434 1900 1 abated17 viol
4206 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $495K in 2005 → $732K in 2013 (+48%). Owner-occupied $1.1M 5/2 3,660 1850 2
4208 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $721K —/— 3,780 1887 0
4210 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $249K in 2001 → $775K in 2019 (+211%). Investor / LLC $719K —/— 3,780 1887 2 rented
4212 SPRUCE ST Traded 5×: $140K in 2001 → $763K in 2013 (+445%). Owner-occupied $1.0M 5/2 3,780 1915 5
4214 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $794K —/— 4,003 1887 1 rented
4216 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $776K —/— 3,780 1887 0 rented
4218 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $774K —/— 4,356 1887 0 rented
4220 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $995K —/— 4,296 1899 0
4222 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $807K —/— 4,296 1900 0 rented
4224 SPRUCE ST sold $349K (2011); Appeal granted (2011). Absentee individual $748K 10/3 4,296 1915 1
4226 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.8M —/— 4,650 1915 0 abated
4228 SPRUCE ST Bought for $485K in 2013. Investor / LLC $841K 8/5 4,724 1899 1 rented
4230 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $198K in 2000 → $880K in 2024 (+344%). Owner-occupied $747K 6/2 3,696 1899 2
4232 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $725K —/— 4,888 1915 0 rented
4234 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $750K in 2007 → $720K in 2013 (-4%). Investor / LLC $965K 7/4 4,835 1915 2 2 viol
4236 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $225K in 2003 → $1.0M in 2019 (+349%). Investor / LLC $807K —/— 3,616 1900 2 rented
4238 SPRUCE ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $550K in 2020. Investor / LLC $1.1M 5/2 3,840 1915 1 rentedabated
4240 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $380K in 2005 → $400K in 2010 (+5%). Owner-occupied $872K 8/3 3,360 1915 2
4242 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $350K in 2002 → $790K in 2015 (+126%). Investor / LLC $730K 7/5 2,956 1915 2 rented
4244 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $229K in 2001 → $365K in 2010 (+59%). Owner-occupied $698K —/— 3,360 1915 2 rented
4246 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $642K —/— 3,360 1915 1 rented
4248 SPRUCE ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Absentee individual $958K —/— 5,000 1900 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)

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