Who owns your block
1300 block of N 17th St
A mixed-ownership block: 13% owner-occupied, 30% investor-held, with 17 open code violations and 4 homes behind $25,855 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 1237% since 2016, now about $423K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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 $423K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $423K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 129 reported crimes (42 violent) and 534 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
- $423K typical home, up +1237% since 2016
- Tax bill $428 to $1,185 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $7.4M assessed, $63,097/yr to the city, about $2,743 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +1237% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +177% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1325 N 17th St is assessed at $423K but pays $1,185 a year — about 20% of the $5,923 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +26.6% 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 $1337 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 12
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skira Holdings Llc | 1 | 5 | $2.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Alvin Davis (individual) | 2 | 3 | $558K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1323-29 N 17th St Llc | 3 | 3 | $273K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Drs Temple Llc | 1 | 1 | $539K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 2135 N 17th Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $531K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1326-30 N 17th Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $289K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 23 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1313 N 17TH ST Historysold $13K (2011); L&I violation (2014); 3 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2025); L&I violation (2026). | Absentee individual | $83K | 3/1 | 812 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1315 N 17TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $5K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $126K in 2022 (+2420%). | Absentee individual | $265K | 2/1 | 962 | 1920 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 1317 N 17TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $30K in 2009, demolition permit in 2009, sold for $239K in 2020 (+1888%). | Owner-occupied | $223K | 3/1 | 936 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1319 N 17TH ST History2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2016); sold $48K (2018); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022). | Vacant | $56K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1320 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2008. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. | Investor / LLC | $539K | 9/3 | 2,751 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 1321 N 17TH ST New constructionBought for $28K in 2016, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $222K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $193K | 2/2 | 960 | 1920 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1322 N 17TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $71K in 2007 → $13K in 2010 (-82%). | Investor / LLC | $531K | 9/4 | 2,688 | 1915 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1323 N 17TH ST | Vacant | $47K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1324 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit. | Absentee individual | $442K | 6/— | 2,478 | 2012 | 1 | 14 violtax lien |
| 1325 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $423K | 3/— | 1,778 | 2021 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1325 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $423K | 3/— | 1,778 | 2021 | 0 | abated |
| 1325 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $423K | 3/— | 1,778 | 2021 | 0 | abated |
| 1325 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $423K | 3/— | 1,778 | 2021 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1326-30 N 17TH ST History2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2022). | Vacant | $289K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1327 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit. | Vacant | $180K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1329 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $423K | 3/— | 1,778 | 2021 | 0 | abated |
| 1329 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $423K | —/— | 1,778 | 2021 | 0 | abated |
| 1329 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $423K | 3/— | 1,778 | 2021 | 0 | abated |
| 1329 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $423K | 3/— | 1,778 | 2021 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1329 N 17TH ST | Vacant | $47K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1331 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit. | Investor / LLC | $756K | 8/6 | 4,038 | 2025 | 1 | rented |
| 1332 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $9K in 2009. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2019. | Vacant | $106K | —/— | — | — | 2 | 2 violtax lien |
| 1333-37 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $78K in 2006. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $230K | —/— | 4,048 | 1925 | 1 | 1 violtax 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)