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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.

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
$222K
$25K–$1.6M
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$141
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$338K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $222K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 32
$40K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
63%
20 of 32
city 41%
Rentals
16%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$44K
2 of 32 behind
▼ block 6% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+15%
value · tax −$44
5 years
+124%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+175%
value · tax +$1K

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 $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 blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$222K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied41%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.

Crimes · 12mo
91
28 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
275
54 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts15
Other Assaults14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
All Other Offenses8
Fraud8
Motor Vehicle Theft8

Top 311 complaints

Illegal Dumping59
Maintenance Complaint53
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection46
Abandoned Vehicle21
Street Defect21
Other (Streets)17

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
Global Leadership Academy Charter School At Huey
High · 9-12
William Sayre
5800 Walnut St · 439 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$250K$500K$222K2016: $80K2017: $81K2018: $81K2019: $94K2020: $99K2021: $99K2022: $99K2023: $168K2024: $168K2025: $192K2026: $192K2027: $222K2016202020232027

▲ +178% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5182016: $1,1062017: $1,1062018: $1,1062019: $1,0782020: $1,1172021: $1,1172022: $1,1172023: $2,0912024: $2,0922025: $2,5622026: $2,5622027: $2,5182016202020232027

▲ +128% since 2016 · ~+8%/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 $40,348 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 $21,813at the full rate

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

9510050020162019202220252027This block 278 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+9.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+178%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.2 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 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

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
38arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 32 parcels

Owner-occupied: 20Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 1 32parcels
  • Owner-occupied 20
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels12 parcels10 parcels4 parcels3 parcels
$25K$356K+

The block's largest owner, C T D S Property Llc, carries 1 open violation across 23 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
C T D S Property Llc123$3.8Mphila.gov ↗
A & M Management Llc119$3.6Mphila.gov ↗
Building From The Basement Llc11$179Kphila.gov ↗
Eagle Pirate Llc11$40Kphila.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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5300 SPRUCE ST built 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Traded 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 Bought for $55K in 2021. Vacant $40K —/— 1 2 violtax lien
5322 SPRUCE ST Traded 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 Traded 2×: $21K in 2000 → $43K in 2000 (+105%). Absentee individual $179K —/— 1,400 1925 2
5328 SPRUCE ST Traded 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 Traded 6×: $55K in 2001 → $320K in 2023 (+482%). Owner-occupied $303K 4/3 1,400 1925 6
5334 SPRUCE ST Traded 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 Traded 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 Appeal 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 Traded 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

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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