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Who owns your block

1700 block of N 51st St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 71% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 2 homes behind $979 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 101% since 2016, now about $144K. 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$144K
$16K–$150K
ZIP median $156K
Price / sq ft
$103
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$857
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 7
$4K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
71%
4 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▲ block 14% · city 5%
Back taxes
$979
2 of 7 behind
▲ block 29% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 29% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+264%
value · tax +$857
10 years
+101%
value · tax +$179

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 $144K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19131 median of $156K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19131 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19131Philadelphia
Median home value$144K$156K$223K
Owner-occupied29%42%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 57 reported crimes (30 violent) and 78 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
57
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
78
26 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults22
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Thefts4
Burglary Residential3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Maintenance Complaint16
Abandoned Vehicle9
Complaint (Streets)4
Illegal Dumping4
Dangerous Building Complaint3

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
Edward Heston
1621 N 54th St · 219 students
High · 9-12
Overbrook High
5898 Lancaster Ave · 466 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$100K$200K$144K2016: $72K2017: $72K2018: $72K2019: $38K2020: $40K2021: $40K2022: $40K2023: $91K2024: $91K2025: $135K2026: $135K2027: $144K2016202020232027

▲ +101% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$8572016: $6782017: $6782018: $6782023: $8572024: $8572025: $8572026: $8572027: $8572016202020232027

▲ +26% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

1
1 property 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 $4,044 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

5310025020162019202220252027This block 201 Philadelphia 201

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

Annualized return
+6.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+101%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.1 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 1 arm's-length sale since 2022. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

Few recorded sales.

1arm's-length sales since 2022
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Absentee individual: 2Vacant: 1 7parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Absentee individual 2
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$16K$144K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 7 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1716 N 51ST ST built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $150K 4/1 1,600 1925 0 abated
1718 N 51ST ST Absentee individual $144K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1720 N 51ST ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $88K 3/1 1,400 1925 0 tax lien
1722 N 51ST ST Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1724 N 51ST ST Absentee individual $144K 3/1 1,400 1925 0 tax lien
1726 N 51ST ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $144K 3/1 1,400 1925 0
1728 N 51ST ST Bought for $20K in 2022. Vacant $16K —/— 1 1 viol

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.