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Who owns your block

900 block of W Spencer St

An investor-heavy block: 67% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 22% since 2016, now about $516K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year.

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
$516K
$452K–$4.1M
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$76
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$4.4M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $516K
Tax / yr
$58K
typical · up to $58K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 3
$6K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
33%
1 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
67%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+14%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+22%
value · tax +$4K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $516K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$516K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied0%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 62 reported crimes (24 violent) and 166 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
62
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
166
40 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults13
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm5
Fraud3

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint40
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection29
Salting28
Illegal Dumping11
Abandoned Vehicle10
Other (Streets)10

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 · K-5
Julia Ward Howe
5800 N 13th St · 225 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 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$1.3M$2.5M$516K2016: $424K2017: $424K2018: $452K2019: $452K2020: $452K2021: $452K2022: $452K2023: $452K2024: $452K2025: $452K2026: $452K2027: $516K2016202020232027

▲ +22% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,2292016: $3,3742017: $3,3742018: $5,2092019: $5,3122020: $5,3252021: $5,3252022: $5,3252023: $5,7182024: $5,7182025: $6,1172026: $6,1172027: $7,2292016202020232027

▲ +114% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 $6,328 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 122 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $122 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+22%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.7 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2025. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2025
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1 3parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$452K$516K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Fernrock Apartments Lp121$7.0Mphila.gov ↗
920 W Spencer St Llc11$4.1Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 3 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
901 W SPENCER AVE built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $452K 3,972 0 abated
920 W SPENCER AVE Owner-occupied $4.1M 62,895 1965 1 rented
950 W SPENCER AVE Investor / LLC $516K 6,772 1965 0 rented

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.