Who owns your block
1700 block of Walnut St
An investor-heavy block: 75% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 30 open code violations and 2 homes behind $118,888 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 28% since 2016, now about $2.4M. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $2.4M — about 10.7× 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 | $2.4M | $608K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 28% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 613 reported crimes (56 violent) and 328 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
- $2.4M typical home, up +28% since 2016
- Tax bill $26,024 to $33,418 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $74M assessed, $1,032,918/yr to the city, about $51,646 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +28% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +28% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.3% 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 $128 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 20 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 10
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Honey Nuts Llc, carries 6 open violations across 11 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Nuts Llc | 3 | 11 | $30M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Grande Capital Llc | 2 | 2 | $3.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1700 Associates | 1 | 1 | $19M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1702 Walnut St Inc | 1 | 1 | $2.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ap 1704 Walnut St Lp | 1 | 1 | $4.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 17 Wa Partners Lp | 1 | 1 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1706 Walnut Street Property Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 170 Wa Partners Llc | 1 | 1 | $4.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1709 Walnut Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Adr 1713 Walnut Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1716 Walnut Street Lp | 1 | 1 | $2.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tn Ii Lp | 1 | 1 | $7.9M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 20 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 | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $19M | 82,700 | 1925 | 0 | 11 viol |
| 1701 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $2.3M | 18,120 | 2012 | 0 | |
| 1701 WALNUT ST | Absentee individual | $2.4M | 6,040 | 2012 | 0 | |
| 1702 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $2.6M | 9,220 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1703 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Absentee individual | $1.6M | 7,856 | 1910 | 0 | 2 viol |
| 1704 WALNUT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $3.0M in 2012, addition and/or alteration permit in 2017, sold for $6.2M in 2018 (+105%). | Investor / LLC | $4.3M | 9,208 | 1900 | 2 | rented |
| 1705 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $5.0M in 2014. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $2.0M | 6,138 | 1965 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 1706 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $4.5M in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Vacant | $1.8M | — | — | 1 | |
| 1707 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $4.3M in 2025. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $4.0M | 7,761 | 1890 | 1 | 2 viol |
| 1708 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $4.0M in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Vacant | $1.7M | — | — | 1 | 2 viol |
| 1709 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $1.8M | 4,356 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1710 WALNUT ST Historysold $4.0M (2021); Appeal complete (2024). | Vacant | $1.7M | — | — | 1 | |
| 1711 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $2.6M | 7,899 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 1712 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $5.1M | 18,360 | 1881 | 0 | 1 viol |
| 1713 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $6.0M in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $1.7M | 5,970 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 1714 WALNUT ST Historysold $350K (2000); Appeal granted with conditions (2008). | Absentee individual | $2.0M | 8,505 | 1895 | 1 | 3 viol |
| 1715 WALNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $3.5M | 10,248 | 1865 | 0 | 2 viol |
| 1716 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $1.5M in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $2.4M | 6,720 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1719 WALNUT ST | Investor / LLC | $3.5M | 6,954 | 1865 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 1723-29 WALNUT ST ImprovedBought for $9.7M in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $7.9M | 23,912 | 1920 | 2 | 2 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)