Who owns your block
5500 block of Sprague St
An investor-heavy block: 57% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 13 open code violations and 8 homes behind $86,201 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 139% since 2016, now about $51K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $51K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19138 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $51K | $187K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 5% | 53% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 90 reported crimes (43 violent) and 256 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
- $51K typical home, up +139% since 2016
- Tax bill $153 to $458 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.5M assessed, $16,656/yr to the city, about $793 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +139% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +199% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 5515 Sprague Stexemption0.00%$0/yr on $17K
- 5519-23 Sprague Stexemption0.00%$0/yr on $56K
- 5517 Sprague Sttax-abated new construction0.27%$504/yr on $184K
- 5529 Sprague Stexemption0.67%$1,288/yr on $192K
The starkest example: 5517 Sprague St is assessed at $184K but pays $504 a year — about 20% of the $2,574 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.2% 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 $239 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2010. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 14
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, S3 Enterprises LLC, carries 7 open violations across 77 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Enterprises LLC | 1 | 77 | $6.7M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Plotz LLC | 1 | 23 | $397K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Golden Asset LLC | 1 | 11 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Rental 1976 LLC | 2 | 5 | $872K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Atakum LLC | 1 | 4 | $672K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Tnm Trading LLC | 4 | 4 | $131K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| S3 Enterprises L L C | 1 | 2 | $66K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Ram Phila Community 20 LLC | 1 | 1 | $111K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5510-20 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $73K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5513 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $14K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5515 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $17K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5517 SPRAGUE ST | Owner-occupied | $184K | —/— | 1,530 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 5519-23 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $56K | —/— | — | — | 0 | 2 viol |
| 5522 SPRAGUE ST New constructionBought for $30K in 2026, built new under a 2026 permit, sold for $70K in 2026. | Vacant | $51K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 5525 SPRAGUE ST | Absentee individual | $113K | —/— | 1,364 | 1925 | 1 | 2 violtax lien |
| 5526 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $51K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5527 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5528 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5529 SPRAGUE ST | Owner-occupied | $192K | 4/1 | 1,950 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5530 SPRAGUE ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2026 and rebuilt (2026), then sold for $35K in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $111K | —/— | 768 | 1925 | 2 | tax lien |
| 5531-33 SPRAGUE ST HistoryAppeal granted (2011). | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5532 SPRAGUE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $22K in 2010 → $14K in 2025 (-37%). | Investor / LLC | $110K | 2/1 | 896 | 1925 | 3 | 3 violtax lien |
| 5534 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5535 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5536 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 5537 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5538-40 SPRAGUE ST | Investor / LLC | $212K | —/— | 1,974 | 1925 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 5539 SPRAGUE ST | Vacant | $33K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 5541 SPRAGUE ST | Owner-occupied | $90K | —/— | 1,346 | 1925 | 0 | 6 violtax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)