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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19104 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $807K | $211K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 21% | 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.
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
- $807K typical home, up +83% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,705 to $10,813 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $37M assessed, $244,642/yr to the city, about $10,193 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +83% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +90% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 13
- Absentee individual 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Campus Realty Properties, carries 4 open violations across 32 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campus Realty Properties | 1 | 32 | $21M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Buda-Levin Holdings Llc | 3 | 8 | $5.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Buda Levin Property Manag | 3 | 4 | $3.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| A & B@205 Llc | 1 | 4 | $2.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Uc West Lp | 1 | 3 | $2.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Univ City Assoc Inc | 1 | 1 | $17M | phila.gov ↗ |
| A & B @ 4228 Llc | 1 | 1 | $841K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Kingston Alliance Llc | 1 | 1 | $965K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 4236 Spruce St Llc | 1 | 1 | $807K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 4238 Spruce Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 4242 Spruce Llc | 1 | 1 | $730K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4200 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $939K | —/— | 5,575 | 1870 | 1 | rented |
| 4201 SPRUCE ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2015 and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $19M in 2002. | Investor / LLC | $17M | —/— | 31,434 | 1900 | 1 | abated17 viol |
| 4206 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 2×: $249K in 2001 → $775K in 2019 (+211%). | Investor / LLC | $719K | —/— | 3,780 | 1887 | 2 | rented |
| 4212 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 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 Historysold $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 ImprovedBought for $485K in 2013. | Investor / LLC | $841K | 8/5 | 4,724 | 1899 | 1 | rented |
| 4230 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 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 TradedTraded 2×: $750K in 2007 → $720K in 2013 (-4%). | Investor / LLC | $965K | 7/4 | 4,835 | 1915 | 2 | 2 viol |
| 4236 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $225K in 2003 → $1.0M in 2019 (+349%). | Investor / LLC | $807K | —/— | 3,616 | 1900 | 2 | rented |
| 4238 SPRUCE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $550K in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | 5/2 | 3,840 | 1915 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 4240 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $380K in 2005 → $400K in 2010 (+5%). | Owner-occupied | $872K | 8/3 | 3,360 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 4242 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $350K in 2002 → $790K in 2015 (+126%). | Investor / LLC | $730K | 7/5 | 2,956 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 4244 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 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 ImprovedOwner 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)