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Who owns your block

700 block of Spruce St

A mixed-ownership block: 46% owner-occupied, 38% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 64% since 2016, now about $1.2M. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$1.2M
$792K–$22M
ZIP median $419K
Price / sq ft
$384
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
5.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$1.3M
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $1.2M
Tax / yr
$15K
typical · up to $307K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 24
$38K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
46%
11 of 24
city 41%
Rentals
33%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+8%
value · tax +$522
5 years
+26%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+64%
value · tax +$5K

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 $1.2M — about 5.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19106 median of $419K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19106 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19106Philadelphia
Median home value$1.2M$419K$223K
Owner-occupied33%33%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (22 violent) and 138 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
59
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
138
10 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults19
Thefts17
Fraud4
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Theft from Vehicle4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection23
Salting12
Graffiti Removal11
Information Request9
Sanitation Violation9
Street Light Outage9

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
General George A Mccall
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$1.0M$2.0M$1.2M2016: $732K2017: $732K2018: $846K2019: $951K2020: $955K2021: $955K2022: $955K2023: $1.0M2024: $1.0M2025: $1.1M2026: $1.1M2027: $1.2M2016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$14,5892016: $9,6732017: $9,6732018: $10,7992019: $13,0192020: $13,1152021: $13,1152022: $13,1152023: $13,7292024: $13,7292025: $14,0672026: $14,0672027: $14,5892016202020232027

▲ +51% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

3
3 properties 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 $37,975 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%
$6,958pays now $17,394at the full rate

741 Spruce St is assessed at $1.2M but pays $6,958 a year — about 40% of the $17,394 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 164 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $164 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+64%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.9 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 15 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 14 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20052010201520202025
15arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
14homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 24 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 8Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 24parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 8
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

10 parcels5 parcels3 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$792K$3.0M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
700 Spruce Street Partner55$5.3Mphila.gov ↗
Delancey Corp12$6.2Mphila.gov ↗
Family Trust Under The Wi11$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Sjt 735 Spruce Street Partners Llc11$840Kphila.gov ↗
Saiy Llc11$854Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 24 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$13M$25M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
700-14 SPRUCE ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $22M —/— 171,717 1995 0
701 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.0M 5/2 2,401 1850 1 tax lien
703 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $490K in 2002 → $1.4M in 2024 (+196%). Owner-occupied $1.2M 4/3 3,088 1850 3
705 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $932K —/— 2,093 1850 1
707 SPRUCE ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $815K in 2015. Owner-occupied $976K —/— 2,259 1850 1 abated
709 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.7M —/— 3,696 1850 0
711 SPRUCE ST Traded 3×: $1.6M in 2012 → $2.6M in 2021 (+61%). Owner-occupied $2.5M 5/5 4,658 1850 3
713-15 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $3.0M 6/4 7,754 1850 0
716-30 SPRUCE ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $4.2M —/— 23,760 1900 0
716-30 SPRUCE ST Vacant $970K —/— 0
717 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $1.7M —/— 5,478 1850 0 rented
719 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.5M —/— 3,534 1850 0
721 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $792K —/— 5,628 1850 0 rented
723 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $848K —/— 3,752 1850 0 rented
725 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.5M —/— 3,078 1850 1
727 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $1.2M —/— 3,696 1850 0 rented
729 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $792K —/— 3,672 1850 0 rented
731 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.2M 4/2 2,691 1808 1
733 SPRUCE ST Owner-occupied $1.5M —/— 3,379 1850 0
735 SPRUCE ST Traded 2×: $860K in 2021 → $1.2M in 2026 (+38%). Investor / LLC $840K —/— 4,014 1911 2 rented
737 SPRUCE ST Investor / LLC $854K —/— 3,287 1911 1 rented
739 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.0M —/— 3,486 1850 1 rented
741 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 2,879 1850 0 abated
743 SPRUCE ST Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 4,794 1977 0 abated

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

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