Who owns your block
5100 block of Spruce St
A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 31% investor-held, with 8 open code violations and 5 homes behind $54,141 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 113% since 2016, now about $394K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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 $394K — about 1.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19139 median of $133K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19139 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19139 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $394K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 25% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 115 reported crimes (55 violent) and 252 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
- $394K typical home, up +113% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,270 to $4,790 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $13M assessed, $139,668/yr to the city, about $4,365 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +113% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +111% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5116 Spruce St is assessed at $526K but pays $1,757 a year — about 24% of the $7,362 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.1% 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 $213 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 43 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 32 parcels
- Owner-occupied 13
- Investor / LLC 9
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do 2 Win Re Group Llc | 1 | 76 | $16M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3027 Darien St Llc | 4 | 27 | $5.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 884 N 50th Llc | 1 | 2 | $382K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tugboat Investments Llc | 1 | 2 | $206K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5044 Hazel Ave Llc | 1 | 2 | $736K | phila.gov ↗ |
| West Spruce Llc | 1 | 1 | $506K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 5134 Spruce Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $397K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5100 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $256K | —/— | 3,456 | 1925 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 5102 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $27K in 2003 → $412K in 2021 (+1455%). | Investor / LLC | $506K | 6/4 | 2,880 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 5104 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $314K | 3/1 | 1,392 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5106 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $17K in 2005 → $119K in 2012 (+597%). | Owner-occupied | $312K | 3/1 | 1,392 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5108-10 SPRUCE ST Historysold $201K (2005); Appeal approved (2007). | Investor / LLC | $839K | —/— | 8,016 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 5112 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $144K in 2006 → $355K in 2019 (+146%). | Absentee individual | $392K | 4/3 | 1,728 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5114 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $501K | —/— | 3,600 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5116 SPRUCE ST New constructionBought for $100K in 2022, built new (tax-abated), sold for $375K in 2023. | Absentee individual | $526K | 3/2 | 1,400 | 1925 | 3 | abated |
| 5118 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $6K | —/— | 220 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5119 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $35K in 2004. | Vacant | $21K | —/— | — | — | 4 | 2 viol |
| 5120 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $213K | —/— | 1,361 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5121 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $395K | —/— | 2,100 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5122 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $397K | —/— | 1,984 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5123 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $395K | —/— | 2,100 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5124 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $442K | —/— | 1,984 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5125 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $37K in 2010 → $220K in 2013 (+496%). | Absentee individual | $492K | 4/2 | 1,740 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 5126 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 7×: $550 in 2004 → $455K in 2025 (+82627%). | Owner-occupied | $442K | 5/2 | 1,984 | 1925 | 7 | |
| 5127 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $381K | —/— | 1,740 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5128 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $303K | 2/— | 1,114 | 2022 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 5128 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $346K | 2/— | 1,401 | 2022 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 5128 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $303K | 2/— | 1,114 | 2022 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 5128 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $303K | 2/— | 1,114 | 2022 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 5129 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $170K in 2023 → $390K in 2024 (+129%). | Owner-occupied | $621K | 3/2 | 1,740 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5130 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $429K | —/— | 2,398 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5131 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $406K | —/— | 2,100 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5132 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $442K | —/— | 1,984 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5133 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $366K | —/— | 2,100 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5134 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2011 → $300K in 2019 (+273%). | Investor / LLC | $397K | —/— | 1,984 | 1925 | 2 | rented6 viol |
| 5135 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $130K in 2016 → $440K in 2020 (+238%). | Owner-occupied | $608K | 4/4 | 1,890 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5137 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $30K in 2003 → $202K in 2019 (+574%). | Absentee individual | $388K | —/— | 2,400 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5139 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $388K | —/— | 2,400 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5141 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $53K in 2001 → $270K in 2019 (+410%). | Investor / LLC | $388K | —/— | 2,400 | 1925 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)