Who owns your block
1700 block of N 17th St
A mixed-ownership block: 13% owner-occupied, 27% investor-held, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is up 140% since 2016, now about $425K.
- 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 $425K — 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 | $425K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 392 reported crimes (95 violent) and 225 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
- $425K typical home, up +140% since 2016
- Whole block: $6.9M assessed, $36,752/yr to the city, about $2,450 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +140% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
Not enough history yet.
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1727 N 17th St is assessed at $1.1M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $15,669 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 +8.3% 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 $240 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 7
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Phila (individual) | 2 | 3871 | $6561M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Redevelopment Authority (individual) | 6 | 1303 | $240M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Powelton Properties Llc | 1 | 19 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1723 N 17th St Llc | 1 | 2 | $807K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1700 N 17 St Llc | 1 | 1 | $489K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 164 Berkley Rd Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 15 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 | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700 N 17TH ST New constructionBought for $16K in 2011, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $80K in 2011. | Investor / LLC | $489K | 6/5 | 3,051 | 2011 | 2 | rented |
| 1701-03 N 17TH ST History2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $439K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1702-24 N 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. | Vacant | $567K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1705 N 17TH ST History2 L&I violations (2008); 4 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2022). | Vacant | $214K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1707 N 17TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $155K in 2009, major alteration permit in 2009, sold for $490K in 2019 (+216%). | Absentee individual | $425K | 8/4 | 2,742 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1709 N 17TH ST History2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2023). | Vacant | $224K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1711 N 17TH ST History2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2023). | Vacant | $224K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1713 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $292K | 4/2 | 2,742 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1715 N 17TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $9K in 2004, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $350K in 2026 (+4018%). | Owner-occupied | $365K | 5/3 | 2,742 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1717 N 17TH ST New constructionBought for $70K in 2008, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $4.5M in 2013. | Investor / LLC | $533K | 8/3 | 3,492 | 2009 | 2 | rented |
| 1719 N 17TH ST History2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021); 3 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). | Vacant | $224K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1721 N 17TH ST History2 L&I violations (2020); L&I violation (2021); 3 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). | Vacant | $224K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1723 N 17TH ST New constructionBought for $120K in 2012, built new under a 2012 permit. | Investor / LLC | $547K | 14/14 | 3,645 | 2013 | 1 | rented |
| 1725 N 17TH ST New constructionBought for $191K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.5M in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | 16/12 | 4,505 | 2019 | 3 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1727 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $1.1M | —/— | 15,960 | 1960 | 0 | abated1 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)