Who owns your block
500 block of Spruce St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $19,006 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 38% since 2016, now about $1.1M. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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 $1.1M — about 4.8× 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 block | ZIP 19106 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.1M | $419K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 49% | 33% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 136 reported crimes (8 violent) and 165 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
- $1.1M typical home, up +38% since 2016
- Tax bill $10,430 to $13,981 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $46M assessed, $591,038/yr to the city, about $15,974 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +38% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +34% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
530 Spruce St is assessed at $3.1M but pays $17,883 a year — about 41% of the $43,388 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 +3% 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 $138 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 41 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 37 parcels
- Owner-occupied 24
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 7
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockwood Associates Lp | 1 | 8 | $12M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 522 Partners Llc | 2 | 2 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 510 Spruce Street Partner | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 520 Spruce St Llc | 1 | 1 | $914K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $1.2M in 2007 → $1.2M in 2012 (+3%). | Owner-occupied | $1.7M | 4/4 | 3,720 | 1970 | 2 | |
| 501 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $712K | 2/2 | 1,602 | 1971 | 0 | rented |
| 502 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/— | 3,973 | 1850 | 0 | abated |
| 503 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $712K | 2/2 | 1,602 | 1971 | 0 | |
| 504 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | —/— | 2,188 | 1850 | 1 | |
| 506 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.3M | —/— | 2,724 | 1850 | 0 | |
| 507 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $545K in 2004 → $720K in 2006 (+32%). | Absentee individual | $866K | —/— | 1,713 | 1850 | 2 | |
| 508 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $955K | —/— | 2,106 | 1850 | 0 | |
| 509 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $336K in 2000 → $660K in 2010 (+96%). | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/— | 1,815 | 1850 | 3 | |
| 510 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | —/— | 3,732 | 1850 | 0 | rented |
| 511 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $826K | —/— | 1,754 | 1850 | 1 | |
| 512 SPRUCE ST Historysold $535K (2000); Appeal granted (2011). | Owner-occupied | $1.6M | —/— | 2,472 | 1850 | 1 | |
| 513 SPRUCE ST Historysold $740K (2007); Appeal granted (2014). | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/3 | 1,971 | 1850 | 1 | |
| 514 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $2.1M | —/— | 3,597 | 1850 | 1 | |
| 515 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | —/— | 2,490 | 1850 | 0 | |
| 516 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $1.8M in 2008 → $2.8M in 2021 (+53%). | Owner-occupied | $2.7M | 6/6 | 4,261 | 1850 | 3 | |
| 517 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $708K in 2004 → $1.3M in 2021 (+84%). | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 4/2 | 2,535 | 1850 | 3 | |
| 518 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $985K in 2001 → $2.7M in 2024 (+172%). | Absentee individual | $1.9M | —/— | 3,118 | 1850 | 5 | |
| 519 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $391K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 520 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $914K | 8/5 | 2,508 | 1850 | 1 | rented |
| 521 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | —/— | 1,910 | 1850 | 1 | |
| 522 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $956K | —/— | 6,019 | 1890 | 1 | rented |
| 523 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $415K in 2002 → $625K in 2017 (+51%). | Owner-occupied | $849K | 3/— | 1,390 | 1850 | 4 | |
| 524 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | —/— | 5,519 | 1890 | 1 | rented |
| 525 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $712K | 2/2 | 1,602 | 1971 | 0 | |
| 525 1/2 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $700K | 2/2 | 1,566 | 1971 | 0 | |
| 526 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $1.2M | —/— | 6,020 | 1890 | 0 | rented |
| 527 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $700K | 2/2 | 1,566 | 1971 | 0 | |
| 528 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $1.9M in 2014 → $1.7M in 2020 (-14%). | Owner-occupied | $1.8M | 4/4 | 3,843 | 1850 | 3 | |
| 529 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $712K | 2/2 | 1,602 | 1971 | 0 | |
| 530 SPRUCE ST New constructionBought for $1.8M in 2012, built new (tax-abated), sold for $3.0M in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $3.1M | 4/4 | 5,132 | 1850 | 3 | abated |
| 531 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $700K | 2/2 | 1,566 | 1971 | 0 | |
| 532-36 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $2.1M | —/— | 17,832 | 1928 | 1 | rented |
| 533 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $712K | 2/2 | 1,602 | 1971 | 0 | |
| 535 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $898K | —/— | 3,183 | 1850 | 1 | rented |
| 537-41 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $2.4M | —/— | 4,941 | 1970 | 1 | |
| 538-40 SPRUCE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.7M | 4/3 | 3,915 | 1850 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)