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Who owns your block

100 block of N 17th St

A mixed-ownership block: 17% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 29% since 2016, now about $682K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$682K
$248K–$31M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$336
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$25M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $682K
Tax / yr
$9K
typical · up to $440K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 6
$31K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
17%
1 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
17%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-8%
value · tax −$12
5 years
+15%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+29%
value · tax +$500

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 $682K — about 3.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19103Philadelphia
Median home value$682K$608K$223K
Owner-occupied0%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 113 reported crimes (31 violent) and 129 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
113
31 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
129
21 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts29
Other Assaults19
Fraud13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
All Other Offenses8
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7

Top 311 complaints

Information Request21
Maintenance Complaint17
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Graffiti Removal15
Street Light Outage12
Salting8

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
Laura W Waring
1801 Green St · 170 students
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$682K2016: $530K2017: $530K2018: $547K2019: $582K2020: $592K2021: $592K2022: $592K2023: $676K2024: $676K2025: $743K2026: $743K2027: $682K2016202020232027

▲ +29% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,4992016: $6,9992017: $6,9992018: $4,9242019: $5,4792020: $5,6082021: $5,6082022: $5,6082023: $6,3892024: $6,3892025: $7,5112026: $7,5112027: $7,4992016202020232027

▲ +7% since 2016 · ~+1%/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 $30,782 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 +2.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 129 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $129 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+29%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.2 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$13M$25M20052010201520202025
2arm's-length sales since 2004
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
5homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 2 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$248K$2.2M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
17 Parkway Assoc (individual)22$919Kphila.gov ↗
Arch Owner Llc11$31Mphila.gov ↗
17 Parkway Assoc Lp11$400Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
100 N 17TH ST Bought for $25M in 2026, alterations permit in 2022, sold for $25M in 2026 (+285%). Investor / LLC $31M 126,840 1912 2 rented2 viol
136 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $693K 1,980 1940 0
138 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $672K 2,000 1885 0
140 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Vacant $400K 0
142-46 N 17TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $2.2M 8,010 1910 0 abated
148 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Vacant $248K 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.