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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.

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
$2.4M
$1.6M–$19M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$326
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
10.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$4.3M
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $2.4M
Tax / yr
$34K
typical · up to $265K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
10%
2 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
5%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
30
L&I code
▲ block 50% · city 5%
Back taxes
$119K
2 of 20 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
14
9 homes · ZBA & boards
block 45% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$3K
5 years
+8%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+28%
value · tax +$7K

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 $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 blockZIP 19103Philadelphia
Median home value$2.4M$608K$223K
Owner-occupied0%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.

Crimes · 12mo
613
56 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
328
47 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts446
Other Assaults33
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief23
All Other Offenses19
Fraud18
Burglary Non-Residential17

Top 311 complaints

Information Request59
Street Light Outage56
Traffic Signal Emergency29
Graffiti Removal24
Maintenance Complaint21
Other (Streets)16

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
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$2.5M$5.0M$2.4M2016: $1.9M2017: $1.9M2018: $2.1M2019: $2.2M2020: $2.2M2021: $2.2M2022: $2.2M2023: $2.4M2024: $2.4M2025: $2.2M2026: $2.2M2027: $2.4M2016202020232027

▲ +28% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$33,4182016: $26,0242017: $26,0242018: $29,4842019: $30,3062020: $30,9782021: $30,9782022: $30,9782023: $33,8502024: $33,8502025: $30,5542026: $30,5542027: $33,4182016202020232027

▲ +28% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 128 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+2.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+28%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.2 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 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

$0$10M$20M200020052010201520202025
13arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
10homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 10Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 3 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 10
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

11 parcels2 parcels4 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$1.6M$7.9M+

The block's largest owner, Honey Nuts Llc, carries 6 open violations across 11 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Honey Nuts Llc311$30Mphila.gov ↗
Grande Capital Llc22$3.4Mphila.gov ↗
1700 Associates11$19Mphila.gov ↗
1702 Walnut St Inc11$2.6Mphila.gov ↗
Ap 1704 Walnut St Lp11$4.3Mphila.gov ↗
17 Wa Partners Lp11$2.0Mphila.gov ↗
1706 Walnut Street Property Holdings Llc11$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
170 Wa Partners Llc11$4.0Mphila.gov ↗
1709 Walnut Llc11$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Adr 1713 Walnut Llc11$1.7Mphila.gov ↗
1716 Walnut Street Lp11$2.4Mphila.gov ↗
Tn Ii Lp11$7.9Mphila.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

$0$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1700 WALNUT ST Owner 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 Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $2.6M 9,220 1940 0
1703 WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Absentee individual $1.6M 7,856 1910 0 2 viol
1704 WALNUT ST Bought 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 Bought 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 Bought for $4.5M in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Vacant $1.8M 1
1707 WALNUT ST Bought 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 Bought for $4.0M in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Vacant $1.7M 1 2 viol
1709 WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $1.8M 4,356 1940 0
1710 WALNUT ST sold $4.0M (2021); Appeal complete (2024). Vacant $1.7M 1
1711 WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Absentee individual $2.6M 7,899 1940 0
1712 WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $5.1M 18,360 1881 0 1 viol
1713 WALNUT ST Bought 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 sold $350K (2000); Appeal granted with conditions (2008). Absentee individual $2.0M 8,505 1895 1 3 viol
1715 WALNUT ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Investor / LLC $3.5M 10,248 1865 0 2 viol
1716 WALNUT ST Bought 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 Bought 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)

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.