Who owns your block
1700 block of Rittenhouse Sq
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 33% investor-held, with 5 open code violations and 4 homes behind $152,282 on taxes.
The typical home here is down 21% since 2016, now about $3.3M. Property taxes are climbing about 39% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Turnover
32 of 42 homes on this block have never changed hands since 2000, yet values have declined -21% since 2016.
- 02Taxes
The same 4 homes carrying $152K in back taxes also receive $53K in annual abatements from the city.
- 03Appreciation
Four homes show gains of 74% to 545%, yet the block median has fallen -21% since 2016.
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 $3.3M — about 14.8× 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.
| This block | ZIP 19103 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $3.3M | $608K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 29% | 28% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 166 reported crimes (27 violent) and 388 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
- $3.3M typical home, down -21% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,176 to $45,438 a year, +39%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $131M assessed, $1,775,697/yr to the city, about $42,279 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▼ -21% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +3764% since 2016 · ~+39%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1703 Rittenhouse Sq is assessed at $1.6M but pays $13,958 a year — about 62% of the $22,353 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -2.1% 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 $79 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 27 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 32 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 42 parcels
- Owner-occupied 21
- Investor / LLC 10
- Absentee individual 10
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diplomat Developers Llc | 2 | 2 | $2.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Shells Shack Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sms 1992 Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rittenhouse 402 Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Shpilberg Hogan Llc | 1 | 1 | $3.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pcl-1706 Lp | 1 | 1 | $4.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| City Sky Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 401 Ritten Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1707 Rittenhouse Sq Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1709 Rittenhouse Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1711-1717 Rittenhouse Llc | 1 | 1 | $6.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Adr Parking Llc | 1 | 1 | $2.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 42 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1703 RITTENHOUSE SQ New constructionBought for $575K in 2004, built new (tax-abated), sold for $1.0M in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $1.6M | 5/6 | 3,324 | 1750 | 4 | rentedabated |
| 1705 RITTENHOUSE SQ New constructionBought for $650K in 2005, built new (tax-abated), sold for $850K in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $1.1M | 3/3 | 3,296 | 1752 | 3 | rentedabated |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Investor / LLC | $4.4M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $3.7M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.1M | 3/3 | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Absentee individual | $3.2M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $4.0M | 3/3 | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.6M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Investor / LLC | $1.5M | 2/2 | 1,831 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Absentee individual | $4.1M | 4/3 | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $4.6M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.7M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Absentee individual | $3.2M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Absentee individual | $4.6M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $1.7M | 2/— | 2,088 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $8.7M | —/— | 7,725 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.3M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $1.3M | 2/2 | 1,639 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $5.0M | 2/2 | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.2M | 4/2 | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Absentee individual | $1.2M | 2/2 | 1,453 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.8M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.3M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Investor / LLC | $4.1M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $4.8M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.8M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $1.5M | 2/— | 1,831 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $4.4M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.5M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.1M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $3.5M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | 2/— | 2,088 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1706 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Absentee individual | $4.0M | 3/— | 4,166 | 2010 | 0 | |
| 1707 RITTENHOUSE SQ ImprovedBought for $1.1M in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 4,144 | 1752 | 2 | 5 viol |
| 1708 RITTENHOUSE SQ New constructionBought for $550K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $1.4M in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 4/3 | 2,464 | 1750 | 6 | abated |
| 1709 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Investor / LLC | $1.6M | 4/5 | 3,520 | 1750 | 1 | rented |
| 1710 RITTENHOUSE SQ New constructionBought for $840K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $1.5M in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $1.4M | 3/3 | 2,496 | 1750 | 4 | rentedabated |
| 1711-17 RITTENHOUSE SQ ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $6.4M | —/— | 18,744 | 1903 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1712 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 3/2 | 2,272 | 1750 | 1 | rented |
| 1714 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Absentee individual | $1.2M | 3/2 | 2,272 | 1750 | 1 | rented |
| 1716-28 RITTENHOUSE SQ | Vacant | $2.1M | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1719 RITTENHOUSE SQ ImprovedBought for $275K in 2002. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $1.8M | —/— | 3,415 | 1750 | 4 | rented |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)