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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.

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
$423K
$47K–$756K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$238
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
9 of 23
$40K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
13%
2 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
30%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
17
L&I code
▲ block 13% · city 5%
Back taxes
$26K
4 of 23 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 13% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+26%
value · tax −$349
5 years
+88%
value · tax −$642
10 years
+1237%
value · tax +$742

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 $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 blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$423K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied0%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.

Crimes · 12mo
129
42 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
534
53 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults23
Thefts19
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Theft from Vehicle14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint346
Information Request72
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Illegal Dumping16
Abandoned Vehicle10
Street Defect10

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
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$500K$1.0M$423K2016: $32K2017: $32K2018: $66K2019: $107K2020: $109K2021: $109K2022: $225K2023: $342K2024: $342K2025: $335K2026: $335K2027: $423K2016202020232027

▲ +1237% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1852016: $4282017: $4432018: $6562019: $1,0562020: $1,0852021: $1,0852022: $1,8272023: $1,2602024: $1,2602025: $1,5342026: $1,5342027: $1,1852016202020232027

▲ +177% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr

9
9 properties 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 $40,042 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%
$1,185pays now $5,923at the full rate

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

95100200020162019202220252027This block 1337 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+26.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+1237%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+26.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+23.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+20.1 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 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

$0$125K$250K20042008201220162020
18arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
12homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 12Vacant: 6 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 12
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels3 parcels2 parcels0 parcels9 parcels3 parcels
$47K$531K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Skira Holdings Llc15$2.3Mphila.gov ↗
Alvin Davis (individual)23$558Kphila.gov ↗
1323-29 N 17th St Llc33$273Kphila.gov ↗
Drs Temple Llc11$539Kphila.gov ↗
2135 N 17th Street Llc11$531Kphila.gov ↗
1326-30 N 17th Street Llc11$289Kphila.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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1313 N 17TH ST sold $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 Bought 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 Bought 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 2 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 Bought 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 Bought 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 Traded 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 built 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 2 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 built new under a 2020 permit. Vacant $180K —/— 0
1329 N 17TH ST built 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 built new under a 2024 permit. Investor / LLC $756K 8/6 4,038 2025 1 rented
1332 N 17TH ST Bought 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 Bought 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)

Where this comes from

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