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Who owns your block

7000 block of Sprague St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 86% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $11,865 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 55% since 2016, now about $183K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$183K
$50K–$270K
ZIP median $374K
Price / sq ft
$215
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$155K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $183K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1950
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
86%
11 of 14
city 41%
Rentals
14%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$12K
2 of 14 behind
▲ block 14% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$46
5 years
+94%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+55%
value · tax +$832

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 $183K — about 0.8× 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$183K$374K$223K
Owner-occupied43%63%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 23 reported crimes (5 violent) and 131 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
23
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
131
14 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Other Assaults4
Thefts4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
Theft from Vehicle1

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection36
Abandoned Vehicle12
Maintenance Complaint12
Shoveling11
Illegal Dumping10
Construction Complaints9

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$183K2016: $118K2017: $118K2018: $118K2019: $99K2020: $94K2021: $94K2022: $94K2023: $135K2024: $135K2025: $183K2026: $183K2027: $183K2016202020232027

▲ +55% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,4002016: $1,5682017: $1,5682018: $1,5682019: $1,3482020: $1,2362021: $1,2362022: $1,2362023: $1,6562024: $1,6562025: $2,3542026: $2,3542027: $2,4002016202020232027

▲ +53% since 2016 · ~+4%/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 +4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8010025020162019202220252027This block 155 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $155 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+55%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.5 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K2005201020152020
7arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 14 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 2Vacant: 1 14parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels6 parcels0 parcels6 parcels
$50K$256K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Nat Legacy Llc14$506Kphila.gov ↗
Coffer Family Living Trust11$174Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 14 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7001 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $270K —/1 1,188 1950 1
7003 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $256K —/1 1,158 1950 1
7005 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $251K 3/1 1,164 1950 0
7007 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $250K —/1 1,164 1950 0
7009 SPRAGUE ST Investor / LLC $249K —/1 1,164 1950 1 rented
7011 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $248K —/1 1,164 1950 0
7013 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $179K —/1 808 1950 0
7015 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $177K —/1 808 1950 0 3 violtax lien
7017 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $161K 2/1 808 1950 1
7019 SPRAGUE ST Investor / LLC $174K 2/1 808 1950 0 rented
7021 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $173K 2/1 808 1950 1
7023 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $171K —/1 808 1950 0
7025 SPRAGUE ST Owner-occupied $187K 2/1 828 1950 1
7029 SPRAGUE ST sold $41K (2024); Appeal filed (2026). Vacant $50K —/— 1 tax 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)

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.