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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19106 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.2M | $419K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 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.
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
- $1.2M typical home, up +64% since 2016
- Tax bill $9,673 to $14,589 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $55M assessed, $728,528/yr to the city, about $30,355 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +64% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +51% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Investor / LLC 8
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 Spruce Street Partner | 5 | 5 | $5.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Delancey Corp | 1 | 2 | $6.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Family Trust Under The Wi | 1 | 1 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sjt 735 Spruce Street Partners Llc | 1 | 1 | $840K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Saiy Llc | 1 | 1 | $854K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700-14 SPRUCE ST ImprovedOwner 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 New constructionbuilt 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 Frequently tradedTraded 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 ImprovedOwner 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 TradedTraded 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
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)