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Who owns your block

6900 block of Sprague St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 91% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $8,801 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 73% since 2016, now about $286K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$286K
$224K–$355K
ZIP median $374K
Price / sq ft
$243
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$328K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $286K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1980
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
91%
21 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$9K
1 of 23 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$304
5 years
+85%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+73%
value · tax +$747

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 $286K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19119 median of $374K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19119 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19119Philadelphia
Median home value$286K$374K$223K
Owner-occupied74%63%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 29 reported crimes (9 violent) and 153 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
29
9 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
153
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft7
Other Assaults6
Thefts4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief4
Theft from Vehicle3
Fraud2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection41
Maintenance Complaint19
Abandoned Vehicle12
Construction Complaints12
Illegal Dumping9
Salting9

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
Henry E Houston
7300 Rural Ln · 473 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$286K2016: $165K2017: $165K2018: $165K2019: $162K2020: $155K2021: $155K2022: $155K2023: $220K2024: $220K2025: $263K2026: $263K2027: $286K2016202020232027

▲ +73% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6962016: $1,9372017: $1,9492018: $1,9672019: $1,7742020: $1,6062021: $1,6062022: $1,5962023: $2,0272024: $2,0342025: $2,4032026: $2,3922027: $2,6962016202020232027

▲ +39% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9410025020162019202220252027This block 173 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $173 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+73%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.4 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
21arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 21Absentee individual: 2 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 21
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

11 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels6 parcels3 parcels3 parcels
$224K$326K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 23 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
6901 SPRAGUE ST Traded 2×: $82K in 2002 → $132K in 2016 (+60%). Owner-occupied $225K 2/1 956 1980 2
6903 SPRAGUE ST Absentee individual $224K 3/1 898 1980 0
6905 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $230K 2/1 922 1980 0
6907 SPRAGUE ST Absentee individual $230K 2/1 922 1980 1
6909 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $227K 2/1 922 1980 1
6911 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $227K 2/1 922 1980 0
6913 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $227K 2/1 922 1980 0
6915 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $227K 2/1 922 1980 0 tax lien
6917 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $227K 2/1 922 1980 1 tax lien
6919 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $227K 2/1 922 1980 1
6921 SPRAGUE ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2005 → $138K in 2006 (+53%). Owner-occupied $237K 2/1 922 1980 2
6923 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $326K 3/1 1,440 1980 0
6925 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $304K 3/1 1,440 1986 0
6927 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $303K 3/1 1,440 1987 1
6929 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $302K 3/1 1,440 1987 0
6931 SPRAGUE ST Traded 3×: $157K in 2010 → $328K in 2026 (+109%). Owner-occupied $293K 3/1 1,440 1987 3
6933 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $292K 3/1 1,440 1987 1
6935 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $290K 3/1 1,440 1987 0 rented
6937 SPRAGUE ST Traded 4×: $165K in 2006 → $254K in 2021 (+54%). Owner-occupied $355K 3/1 1,440 1987 4
6939 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $287K 3/1 1,440 1980 0 tax lien
6941 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $286K 3/1 1,440 1987 1
6943 SPRAGUE ST Traded 3×: $96K in 2003 → $229K in 2020 (+140%). Owner-occupied $350K 3/1 1,440 1980 3
6945 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $293K 3/1 1,440 1987 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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.