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Who owns your block

100 block of S 17th St

An investor-heavy block: 75% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 23 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 17% since 2016, now about $7.9M. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$7.9M
$1.2M–$68M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$275
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
35.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$86K
typical · up to $953K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 8
$128K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
13%
1 of 8
city 41%
Rentals
38%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
23
L&I code
▲ block 50% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 50% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$2K
5 years
-2%
value · tax −$887
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$35K

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 $7.9M — about 35.4× 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$7.9M$608K$223K
Owner-occupied0%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 742 reported crimes (73 violent) and 342 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
742
73 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
342
48 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts536
Other Assaults47
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief28
All Other Offenses27
Burglary Non-Residential18
Fraud18

Top 311 complaints

Information Request71
Street Light Outage53
Traffic Signal Emergency31
Graffiti Removal29
Maintenance Complaint21
Other (Streets)17

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 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$25M$50M$7.9M2016: $6.7M2017: $4.4M2018: $8.0M2019: $8.0M2020: $8.0M2021: $8.0M2022: $8.0M2023: $8.2M2024: $8.2M2025: $7.7M2026: $7.7M2027: $7.9M2016202020232027

▲ +17% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$50,000$100,000$55,4722016: $40,7512017: $20,0102018: $55,0792019: $55,0722020: $56,3592021: $56,3592022: $56,3592023: $59,5542024: $59,5542025: $53,0642026: $53,0642027: $55,4722016202020232027

▲ +36% since 2016 · ~+3%/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 $128,355 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%
$6,756pays now $135,110at the full rate

123-29 S 17th St is assessed at $9.7M but pays $6,756 a year — about 5% of the $135,110 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 +1.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

6510025020162019202220252027This block 117 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $117 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+17%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-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 10 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$50M$100M2000200420082012
10arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 8 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 1 8parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$1.2M$33M+

The block's largest owner, Society Hill Clubs Llc, carries 8 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Society Hill Clubs Llc22$7.3Mphila.gov ↗
Xhr Philadelphia 17 Llc11$33Mphila.gov ↗
Oc Sansom Project Owner Llc11$68Mphila.gov ↗
Sva 128 Llc11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
135 Wa Partners Lp11$30Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 8 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$50M$100M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
115-21 S 17TH ST Bought for $97M in 2015, mechanical permit in 2015, sold for $97M in 2015 (+362%). Investor / LLC $33M 148,896 1930 2 rented1 viol
116-22 S 17TH ST built new under a 2019 permit. Investor / LLC $68M 266,000 1965 2 rented12 viol
123-29 S 17TH ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $2.0M in 2014. Owner-occupied $9.7M 35,150 1898 1 abated
124-26 S 17TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $6.1M 37,080 1929 2
128 S 17TH ST Bought for $275K in 2009. Owner pulled a use permit in 2015. Investor / LLC $1.2M 4,158 1900 1
130 S 17TH ST Bought for $1.4M in 2012. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Absentee individual $1.8M 4,860 1920 1
132 S 17TH ST Bought for $1.9M in 2008. Owner pulled a use permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $1.2M 5,194 1890 1 8 viol
135 S 17TH ST Owner pulled a sign permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $30M 72,709 1907 0 rented2 viol

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.