1700 block of Chestnut St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $841K — about 3.8× 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.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 721 reported crimes (74 violent) and 242 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $841K typical home, up +65% since 2016
• Tax bill $7,149 to $10,825 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $119M assessed, $1,635,764/yr to the city, about $23,707 per home

Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 63 of 69 homes pay that full rate — and 6 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.6% 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 $165 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 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 62 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 69 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

Improved

1708-14 Chestnut St

$5.9M · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023.

Improved

1709-17 Chestnut St

$5.0M · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022.

Improved

1733 Chestnut St

$4.1M · Bought for $2.2M in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024.

Improved

1716 Chestnut St

$3.7M · Bought for $1.1M in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021.

Improved

1701-05 Chestnut St

$3.1M · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024.

Improved

1721-23 Chestnut St

$2.8M · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022.

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