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Who owns your block

6200 block of Spruce St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 14 open code violations and 4 homes behind $5,502 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 132% since 2016, now about $154K. Property taxes are climbing about 0% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$154K
$49K–$374K
ZIP median $133K
Price / sq ft
$109
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$297K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $154K
Tax / yr
$760
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 45
$42K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
80%
36 of 45
city 41%
Rentals
11%
5 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
14
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
4 of 45 behind
▼ block 9% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$50
5 years
+119%
value · tax +$402
10 years
+132%
value · tax +$130

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 $154K — 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 blockZIP 19139Philadelphia
Median home value$154K$133K$223K
Owner-occupied67%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (22 violent) and 233 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
92
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
233
43 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Other Assaults16
All Other Offenses10
Thefts10
Fraud6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection49
Abandoned Vehicle44
Maintenance Complaint31
Sanitation Violation17
Illegal Dumping14
Salting12

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 · K-8
William Cullen Bryant
6001 Cedar Ave · 332 students
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$100K$200K$154K2016: $67K2017: $67K2018: $67K2019: $68K2020: $71K2021: $71K2022: $71K2023: $122K2024: $122K2025: $151K2026: $151K2027: $154K2016202020232027

▲ +132% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$7602016: $7962017: $6302018: $5112019: $6402020: $6262021: $3582022: $3582023: $5852024: $5852025: $7102026: $7102027: $7602016202020232027

▼ -5% since 2016 · ~0%/yr

1
1 property 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 $41,994 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%
$95pays now $1,495at the full rate

6212 Spruce St is assessed at $107K but pays $95 a year — about 6% of the $1,495 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 +8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 232 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $232 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+132%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.5 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 41 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
41arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 45 parcels

Owner-occupied: 36Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 7 45parcels
  • Owner-occupied 36
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

1 parcels2 parcels10 parcels25 parcels2 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$49K$251K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Msj Management Llc13$527Kphila.gov ↗
Independence Rentals Llc11$322Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 45 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6200 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $30K in 2000 → $20K in 2005 (-33%). Owner-occupied $163K —/— 1,945 1925 2 5 violtax lien
6201 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $374K —/— 3,504 1925 1 tax lien
6202 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $157K 3/1 1,450 1925 1
6203 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $49K —/2 2,321 1997 0 rented
6204 SPRUCE ST Traded 4×: $56K in 2006 → $200K in 2024 (+260%). Owner-occupied $157K 3/1 1,450 1925 4
6205 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $87K in 2020 → $220K in 2021 (+154%). Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,128 1925 2 rented2 viol
6206 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $156K 3/1 1,450 1925 0
6207 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,128 1925 0
6208 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0 tax lien
6209 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,128 1925 0
6210 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 1
6211 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $139K 3/1 1,200 1925 1
6212 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $107K 3/1 1,418 1925 0 abated
6214 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $107K 3/1 1,418 1925 0
6215 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $177K 3/1 1,200 1925 1
6216 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0
6217 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,128 1925 1 7 viol
6218 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0 tax lien
6219 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,128 1925 1
6220 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 1
6221 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,128 1925 0
6222 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 1
6223 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,128 1925 1 rented
6224 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0
6225 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,128 1925 0
6226 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 1
6227 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $82K in 2003 → $37K in 2003 (-55%). Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,128 1925 2
6228 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0
6229 SPRUCE ST Traded 4×: $45K in 2002 → $370K in 2025 (+722%). Investor / LLC $322K 4/3 1,260 1925 4 rentedtax lien
6230 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0
6232 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $35K in 2008 → $225K in 2024 (+543%). Owner-occupied $251K 3/2 1,418 1925 3 tax lien
6233 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $139K 3/1 1,200 1925 1
6234 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 1
6235 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $129K 3/1 1,038 1925 0
6236 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2009 → $99K in 2015 (+10%). Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 2 tax lien
6237 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $136K 3/1 1,128 1925 1
6238 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0 tax lien
6239 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $50K in 2008 → $50K in 2018 (+1%). Absentee individual $139K 3/1 1,200 1925 2
6240 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0
6242 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 1
6244 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0
6246 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,418 1925 0
6248 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $23K in 2013 → $93K in 2014 (+305%). Investor / LLC $193K 3/1 1,450 1925 3 rented
6250 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $156K 3/1 1,450 1925 0
6252 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $42K in 2005 → $269K in 2022 (+540%). Owner-occupied $254K 4/1 1,450 1925 2

Neighborhood

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.