Who owns your block
5600 block of Spruce St
A mixed-ownership block: 55% owner-occupied, 10% investor-held, with 39 open code violations and 2 homes behind $7,820 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 127% since 2016, now about $195K. 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 $195K — about 0.9× 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 | $195K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 39% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 117 reported crimes (36 violent) and 233 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
- $195K typical home, up +127% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,005 to $2,069 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $17M assessed, $64,878/yr to the city, about $2,093 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +127% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +106% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5624 Spruce St is assessed at $11M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $153,005 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 +7.8% 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 $227 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 32 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 31 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 11
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Open Air Concepts Llc, carries 1 open violation across 29 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Air Concepts Llc | 1 | 29 | $706K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Westbelas Llc | 1 | 2 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| S&J Oliver Real Estate Holding Company | 1 | 2 | $372K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5600 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $288K | —/— | 3,600 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5601 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $373K | —/— | 4,657 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5602 SPRUCE ST Historysold $69K (2010); Appeal complete (2024); Appeal complete (2026). | Absentee individual | $225K | —/— | 2,808 | 1925 | 1 | rentedtax lien |
| 5603 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $146K | —/— | 2,050 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5604 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $140K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5605 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $70K in 2002 → $65K in 2019 (-7%). | Absentee individual | $148K | —/— | 2,082 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5606 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $98K in 2007 → $29K in 2011 (-70%). | Absentee individual | $201K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 3 | rented |
| 5607 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $154K | —/— | 2,170 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5608 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $195K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5609 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $117K | —/— | 2,128 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 5610 SPRUCE ST | Vacant | $45K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 5611 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $181K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5612 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $195K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5613 SPRUCE ST Renovated & sold onBought for $75K in 2008, addition and/or alteration permit in 2020, sold for $150K in 2025 (+100%). | Owner-occupied | $275K | —/— | 2,340 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5614 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $240K | —/— | 1,760 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 5615 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $140K | —/— | 2,240 | 1935 | 0 | abated |
| 5617 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $165K in 2021 → $165K in 2021 (+0%). | Owner-occupied | $264K | 6/3 | 1,700 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5619 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $16K in 2005 → $66K in 2016 (+312%). | Absentee individual | $241K | —/— | 1,700 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5621 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $196K | 4/1 | 1,700 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5623 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $25K in 2011 → $160K in 2019 (+540%). | Owner-occupied | $275K | 4/1 | 1,700 | 1925 | 3 | |
| 5624 SPRUCE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $11M | —/— | 117,315 | 1969 | 0 | abated29 viol |
| 5625 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $29K in 2014 → $40K in 2017 (+38%). | Absentee individual | $241K | —/— | 1,700 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5627 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $104K in 2017 → $114K in 2018 (+10%). | Investor / LLC | $272K | 4/1 | 2,512 | 1925 | 3 | 10 viol |
| 5629 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $155K | —/— | 1,600 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5631 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $196K | —/— | 1,500 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5633 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $27K in 2008 → $124K in 2008 (+357%). | Owner-occupied | $179K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5635 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $62K in 2004 → $185K in 2023 (+198%). | Owner-occupied | $176K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 5637 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $176K | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5639 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $186K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5641 SPRUCE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $74K in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $175K | —/— | 2,080 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 5643 SPRUCE ST ImprovedBought for $280K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $148K | —/— | 1,760 | 1925 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)