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Who owns your block

1700 block of Arch St

A mixed-ownership block: 25% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 3 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 21% since 2016, now about $15M. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    The block is worth 67.7x the city median but appreciation is 4.8 percentage points per year below the city rate.

  2. 02
    Abatements

    Two of four homes on the block receive tax abatements, forgoing $40K annually from the tax roll.

  3. 03
    Occupancy

    Zero of four homes are rentals, yet only one in four is owner-occupied, leaving half the block's status unclear.

By the Numbers

Median value
$15M
$1.5M–$233M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$194
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
67.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$399K
typical · up to $3.3M
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 4
$40K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
25%
1 of 4
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 25% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$6K
5 years
-1%
value · tax −$1K
10 years
+21%
value · tax +$35K

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 $15M — about 67.7× 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$15M$608K$223K
Owner-occupied0%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 171 reported crimes (47 violent) and 100 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
171
47 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
100
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts44
Other Assaults31
All Other Offenses20
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm12
Fraud11

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection16
Salting12
Street Light Outage11
Information Request10
Maintenance Complaint10
Dangerous Sidewalk5

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$50M$100M$15M2016: $13M2017: $13M2018: $11M2019: $15M2020: $15M2021: $15M2022: $15M2023: $15M2024: $15M2025: $15M2026: $15M2027: $15M2016202020232027

▲ +21% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$125,000$250,000$201,2672016: $165,8602017: $165,8602018: $150,9202019: $202,4352020: $202,4352021: $202,4352022: $202,4352023: $202,4352024: $202,4352025: $195,0302026: $195,0302027: $201,2672016202020232027

▲ +21% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

2
2 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 $40,147 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 +1.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9210025020162019202220252027This block 121 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $121 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+21%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.8 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2008. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250M$500M200820092010201120122013
5arm's-length sales since 2008
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 4 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 4parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$1.5M$28M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
3 Logan Llc11$28Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 4 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$125M$250M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1717 ARCH ST built new under a 2026 permit. Vacant $28M 3
1717 ARCH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $233M 1,200,000 1989 0
1724 ARCH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $6K in 2008. Owner-occupied $1.7M 6,123 1912 2 abated3 viol
1726-32 ARCH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $1.5M 13,749 1890 0 abated

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 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.