Who owns your block
1700 block of N Sydenham St
An investor-heavy block: 50% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 homes behind $523 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 104% since 2016, now about $356K. Property taxes are climbing about 22% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $356K — about 1.6× 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 | $356K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 6% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 692 reported crimes (92 violent) and 120 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
- $356K typical home, up +104% since 2016
- Tax bill $557 to $4,810 a year, +22%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.2M assessed, $101,928/yr to the city, about $6,371 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +104% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +764% since 2016 · ~+22%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1728 N Sydenham St is assessed at $408K but pays $1,770 a year — about 31% of the $5,713 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.7% 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 $204 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 8
- Absentee individual 6
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyw Llc | 2 | 4 | $2.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Canada Inc | 1 | 2 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Montgomery Ave Commons Lp | 1 | 2 | $740K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Glc Penn Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Todd Joseph Properties Llc | 1 | 1 | $327K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mantua Affordable Housing Lp | 1 | 1 | $408K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1740 N Sydenham St Llc | 1 | 1 | $409K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1702 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $235K in 2006 → $350K in 2009 (+49%). | Absentee individual | $282K | 5/2 | 1,704 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1704 N SYDENHAM ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $4K in 2007 → $250K in 2016 (+6242%). | Absentee individual | $308K | 5/2 | 1,550 | 1920 | 4 | tax lien |
| 1706-22 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $5.8M in 2011 → $3.9M in 2020 (-33%). | Investor / LLC | $3.0M | —/— | 36,540 | 2005 | 3 | rented |
| 1724 N SYDENHAM ST | Investor / LLC | $327K | 3/3 | 1,754 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1726 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $210K | 4/1 | 1,686 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1728 N SYDENHAM ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $130K in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $408K | —/— | 1,983 | 1920 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1730 N SYDENHAM ST | Owner-occupied | $210K | 4/1 | 1,686 | 1920 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1732 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $45K in 2003 → $300K in 2017 (+567%). | Absentee individual | $340K | 5/2 | 1,892 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1734 N SYDENHAM ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2018, then sold for $277K in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $405K | 10/5 | 1,686 | 2018 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1736 N SYDENHAM ST | Absentee individual | $358K | 5/3 | 2,100 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1738 N SYDENHAM ST | Investor / LLC | $354K | 5/3 | 2,058 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1740 N SYDENHAM ST | Investor / LLC | $409K | 6/3 | 2,058 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1742 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $90K in 2011 → $1.0M in 2021 (+1033%). | Investor / LLC | $399K | 3/2 | 1,974 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1744 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $60K in 2004 → $2.6M in 2012 (+4233%). | Absentee individual | $348K | 6/2 | 1,550 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1746 N SYDENHAM ST TradedTraded 2×: $37K in 2006 → $2.6M in 2012 (+6927%). | Absentee individual | $358K | 5/3 | 2,100 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1748 N SYDENHAM ST LandVacant land, last sold for $40K in 2014. | Investor / LLC | $429K | 6/6 | 2,416 | 2016 | 2 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)