Who owns your block
5800 block of Spruce St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations and 9 homes behind $58,878 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 117% since 2016, now about $166K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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 $166K — about 0.7× 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 | $166K | $133K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 54% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 105 reported crimes (48 violent) and 204 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
- $166K typical home, up +117% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,072 to $1,160 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.4M assessed, $59,212/yr to the city, about $1,600 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +117% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +8% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
5835-49 Spruce St is assessed at $1.2M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $16,477 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 +7.3% 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 $217 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 31 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 37 parcels
- Owner-occupied 30
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddington Partners Iii L | 1 | 33 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gsa Capital Investment Llc | 1 | 3 | $745K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lea Cobbs Creek Asset Co Llc | 1 | 1 | $211K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5800 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $188K | 4/1 | 1,872 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 5801 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2018 → $260K in 2019 (+593%). | Owner-occupied | $305K | 4/1 | 1,800 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5802 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $211K | —/— | 1,424 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5803 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $100K in 2023 → $125K in 2025 (+25%). | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5804 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $211K | —/— | 1,424 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5805 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2021 → $275K in 2022 (+244%). | Owner-occupied | $272K | 4/3 | 1,420 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5806 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5807 SPRUCE ST New constructionBought for $111K in 2025, built new (tax-abated), sold for $355K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1925 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 5808 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5809 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,420 | 1925 | 0 | 3 violtax lien |
| 5810 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5812 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $32K in 2003 → $75K in 2004 (+134%). | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5814 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5816 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $115K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5818 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | —/— | 1,424 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 5820 SPRUCE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $74K in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $106K | 3/1 | 1,184 | 1925 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 5822 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2010 → $150K in 2024 (+25%). | Owner-occupied | $166K | 4/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5824 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $55K in 2003 → $146K in 2024 (+165%). | Investor / LLC | $211K | 2/2 | 1,424 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 5826 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $19K in 2002 → $65K in 2002 (+251%). | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5828 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5830 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $24K in 2003 → $75K in 2003 (+217%). | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5832 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5834 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $183K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5835-49 SPRUCE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $1.2M | —/— | 18,764 | 1972 | 0 | abated1 viol |
| 5836 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5838 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $111K in 2017 → $165K in 2022 (+49%). | Owner-occupied | $183K | 2/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 5840 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5842 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5844 SPRUCE ST | Investor / LLC | $22K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5846 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5848 SPRUCE ST | Absentee individual | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 5850 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 5852 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 5854 SPRUCE ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $63K in 2005 → $105K in 2017 (+67%). | Owner-occupied | $166K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 5856 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $116K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 5858 SPRUCE ST | Owner-occupied | $167K | 3/1 | 1,424 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 5860 SPRUCE ST TradedTraded 2×: $32K in 2000 → $233K in 2022 (+627%). | Investor / LLC | $268K | 4/2 | 1,484 | 1925 | 2 | 5 violtax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)