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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.

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
$290K
$203K–$1.0M
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$175
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$582K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $290K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 11
$33K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
82%
9 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
27%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 9% · city 5%
Back taxes
$19K
2 of 11 behind
▲ block 18% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$9
5 years
+161%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+291%
value · tax +$2K

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 $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 blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$290K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied18%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.

Crimes · 12mo
158
37 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
326
55 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses53
Other Assaults26
Thefts20
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief16
Fraud11
Motor Vehicle Theft9

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection87
Maintenance Complaint50
Salting32
Abandoned Vehicle28
Other (Streets)18
Construction Complaints14

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
Delaplaine Mcdaniel
1801 S 22nd St · 240 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$290K2016: $74K2017: $74K2018: $74K2019: $103K2020: $111K2021: $111K2022: $111K2023: $222K2024: $222K2025: $273K2026: $284K2027: $290K2016202020232027

▲ +291% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,7392016: $1,0372017: $1,0372018: $6882019: $1,4462020: $1,5552021: $1,5552022: $1,5552023: $2,5842024: $2,5842025: $2,6292026: $2,7302027: $2,7392016202020232027

▲ +164% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

5
5 properties 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 $32,680 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$1,459pays now $14,589at the full rate

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

9510050020162019202220252027This block 391 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+13.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+291%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+13.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+10.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6.7 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 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

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
17arm's-length sales since 2005
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 2 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 2

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$203K$564K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Workforce 8 Llc121$2.8Mphila.gov ↗
Spd Investments Llc15$2.8Mphila.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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1700 S 23RD ST Bought 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 built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $214K 4/1 1,600 1920 0 abated
1704 S 23RD ST Bought for $180K in 2025. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,330 1920 1
1706 S 23RD ST Bought 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 Traded 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 Traded 2×: $38K in 2006 → $840K in 2026 (+2111%). Investor / LLC $224K 4/1 1,600 1920 2 rented
1733 S 23RD ST sold $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 Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought 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)

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.