Who owns your block
1700 block of S 23rd St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $18,657 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 291% since 2016, now about $290K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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 $290K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19145 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $290K | $242K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 18% | 46% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 158 reported crimes (37 violent) and 326 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
- $290K typical home, up +291% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,037 to $2,739 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.2M assessed, $26,302/yr to the city, about $2,391 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +291% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +164% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1735 S 23rd St is assessed at $1.0M but pays $1,459 a year — about 10% of the $14,589 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 +13.2% 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 $391 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 17 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 11 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workforce 8 Llc | 1 | 21 | $2.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Spd Investments Llc | 1 | 5 | $2.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 11 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 S 23RD ST ImprovedBought for $290K in 2017. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $308K | 4/1 | 1,664 | 1920 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1702 S 23RD ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $214K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 1704 S 23RD ST ImprovedBought for $180K in 2025. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $203K | 3/1 | 1,330 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1706 S 23RD ST New constructionBought for $85K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $464K in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $484K | 3/— | 1,952 | 2022 | 4 | abatedtax lien |
| 1708 S 23RD ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $5K in 2014 → $160K in 2016 (+3100%). | Owner-occupied | $290K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1920 | 3 | |
| 1710 S 23RD ST | Owner-occupied | $214K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1712 S 23RD ST TradedTraded 2×: $38K in 2006 → $840K in 2026 (+2111%). | Investor / LLC | $224K | 4/1 | 1,600 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 1733 S 23RD ST Historysold $10K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); Appeal dismissed (2014). | Owner-occupied | $242K | 3/1 | 1,384 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1735 S 23RD ST New constructionBought for $40K in 2018, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | —/— | 6,688 | 2022 | 1 | rentedabated3 viol |
| 1739 S 23RD ST New constructionBought for $215K in 2021, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $555K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $430K | 5/5 | 2,139 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 1741 S 23RD ST New constructionBought for $215K in 2021, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $700K in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $564K | 6/6 | 2,700 | 1920 | 2 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)