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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19103 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $7.9M | $608K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 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.
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
- $7.9M typical home, up +17% since 2016
- Tax bill $40,751 to $55,472 a year, +3%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $150M assessed, $1,977,442/yr to the city, about $247,180 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +17% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +36% since 2016 · ~+3%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 8 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 6
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Society Hill Clubs Llc, carries 8 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Society Hill Clubs Llc | 2 | 2 | $7.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Xhr Philadelphia 17 Llc | 1 | 1 | $33M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Oc Sansom Project Owner Llc | 1 | 1 | $68M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sva 128 Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 135 Wa Partners Lp | 1 | 1 | $30M | phila.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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115-21 S 17TH ST Renovated & sold onBought 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 New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Investor / LLC | $68M | 266,000 | 1965 | 2 | rented12 viol |
| 123-29 S 17TH ST New constructionbuilt 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $6.1M | 37,080 | 1929 | 2 | |
| 128 S 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $275K in 2009. Owner pulled a use permit in 2015. | Investor / LLC | $1.2M | 4,158 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 130 S 17TH ST ImprovedBought 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 ImprovedBought 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 ImprovedOwner 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)