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Who owns your block

1700 block of N 33rd St

An investor-heavy block: 60% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 4 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 469% since 2016, now about $345K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% 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
$345K
$60K–$571K
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$148
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1915
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
5 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
40%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-4%
value · tax +$470
5 years
+338%
value · tax +$3K
10 years
+469%
value · tax +$3K

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 $345K — about 1.5× 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$345K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied20%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 71 reported crimes (26 violent) and 104 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
71
26 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
104
37 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults18
All Other Offenses12
Thefts10
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Aggravated Assault Firearm4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint36
Street Defect10
Abandoned Vehicle9
Street Light Outage9
Illegal Dumping5
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5

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
James G Blaine
3001 W Berks St · 299 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 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$250K$500K$345K2016: $61K2017: $61K2018: $61K2019: $76K2020: $79K2021: $79K2022: $79K2023: $359K2024: $359K2025: $286K2026: $360K2027: $345K2016202020232027

▲ +469% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$4,1322016: $8482017: $8482018: $8482019: $1,0652020: $1,1022021: $1,1022022: $1,1022023: $5,0312024: $5,0312025: $3,6322026: $3,6622027: $4,1322016202020232027

▲ +387% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +17.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 569 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $569 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+17.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+469%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+17.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+14.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+10.6 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 22 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
22arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 4 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels5 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$60K$499K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
17xx Llc24$557Kphila.gov ↗
Harry Holding Llc11$571Kphila.gov ↗
1727 N 33rd St Lp11$60Kphila.gov ↗
1731 N 33rd Lp11$60Kphila.gov ↗
1733 N 33rd St Llc11$357Kphila.gov ↗
1749 N 33rd St Llc11$345Kphila.gov ↗
1751 N 33rd St Llc11$499Kphila.gov ↗
1753 N 33rd St Llc11$413Kphila.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

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1701-17 N 33RD ST demolished and rebuilt (2013). Investor / LLC $571K —/— 1,609 1960 0 4 viol
1727 N 33RD ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. Vacant $60K —/— 0
1729 N 33RD ST sold $80K (2002); 2 L&I violations (2010). Absentee individual $390K —/— 3,057 1915 1 rented
1731 N 33RD ST Bought for $70K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. Vacant $60K —/— 1
1733 N 33RD ST Bought for $70K in 2005, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $138K in 2020 (+97%). Owner-occupied $357K —/— 2,472 1915 2 rented
1735 N 33RD ST Absentee individual $295K —/— 2,328 1915 0 rented
1737 N 33RD ST Traded 3×: $160K in 2005 → $160K in 2008 (+0%). Owner-occupied $360K —/— 2,241 1915 3
1739 N 33RD ST Traded 6×: $170K in 2005 → $385K in 2021 (+126%). Owner-occupied $366K 5/3 2,313 1915 6
1741 N 33RD ST Bought for $70K in 2005. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2022. Vacant $60K —/— 1
1743 N 33RD ST Traded 3×: $100K in 2000 → $95K in 2008 (-5%). Owner-occupied $317K —/— 2,241 1915 3 rented
1745 N 33RD ST 2 L&I violations (2021). Owner-occupied $242K —/— 2,328 1915 0
1747 N 33RD ST Bought for $70K in 2005. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2022. Vacant $60K —/— 1
1749 N 33RD ST Bought for $70K in 2005, electrical permit in 2009, sold for $134K in 2020 (+91%). Investor / LLC $345K —/— 2,328 1915 2 rented
1751 N 33RD ST Bought for $70K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $499K 6/— 2,328 1915 1 rented
1753 N 33RD ST Bought for $70K in 2005. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $413K 6/— 2,640 1915 1

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

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