Who owns your block
5300 block of Spruce St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 63% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 6 open code violations and 2 homes behind $43,967 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 178% since 2016, now about $222K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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 $222K — about 1.0× 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 | $222K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 41% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 91 reported crimes (28 violent) and 275 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
- $222K typical home, up +178% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,106 to $2,518 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.3M assessed, $75,980/yr to the city, about $2,374 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +178% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +128% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5301-37 Spruce St is assessed at $1.6M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $21,813 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 +9.7% 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 $278 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 38 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 32 parcels
- Owner-occupied 20
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 9
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, C T D S Property Llc, carries 1 open violation across 23 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C T D S Property Llc | 1 | 23 | $3.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| A & M Management Llc | 1 | 19 | $3.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Building From The Basement Llc | 1 | 1 | $179K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Eagle Pirate Llc | 1 | 1 | $40K | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5300 SPRUCE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $155K in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $231K | —/— | 1,600 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 5301-37 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $1.6M | —/— | 24,840 | 1910 | 0 | abated |
| 5302 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $95K in 2005 → $22K in 2013 (-77%). | Investor / LLC | $180K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 5304 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $209K | —/— | 1,888 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5306 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $47K in 2008 → $300K in 2020 (+538%). | Owner-occupied | $292K | 4/2 | 1,400 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5308 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $179K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5310 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $140K in 2020 → $365K in 2021 (+161%). | Owner-occupied | $356K | 4/2 | 1,400 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5312 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $222K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5314 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $292K | 3/2 | 1,400 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5316 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $42K in 2007 → $40K in 2010 (-5%). | Absentee individual | $222K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5318 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $179K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5320 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $55K in 2021. | Vacant | $40K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 2 violtax lien |
| 5322 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $238K in 2023 → $335K in 2025 (+41%). | Owner-occupied | $292K | 4/1 | 1,400 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5324 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $25K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5326 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $21K in 2000 → $43K in 2000 (+105%). | Absentee individual | $179K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5328 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $140K in 2021 → $335K in 2022 (+139%). | Owner-occupied | $179K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5330 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $222K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5332 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 6×: $55K in 2001 → $320K in 2023 (+482%). | Owner-occupied | $303K | 4/3 | 1,400 | 1925 | 6 | |
| 5334 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $110K in 2005 → $50K in 2013 (-55%). | Investor / LLC | $222K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 2 | 3 violtax lien |
| 5336 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $251K | 4/1 | 1,400 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5338 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $44K in 2016 → $285K in 2020 (+546%). | Owner-occupied | $251K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5339 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $430K | 6/3 | 3,162 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5340 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $179K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5342 SPRUCE ST HistoryAppeal granted (2011). | Absentee individual | $222K | —/— | 1,400 | 1925 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 5344 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $260K | —/— | 1,484 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5345 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $198K | —/— | 1,380 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5346 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $105K | —/— | 1,484 | 1925 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 5347 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5349 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $193K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5351 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $195K | 3/1 | 1,380 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5353 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $23K in 2009 → $252K in 2024 (+1020%). | Owner-occupied | $195K | 3/2 | 1,380 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 5355 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $256K | —/— | 2,260 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)