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Who owns your block

3000 block of N 17th St

A mixed-ownership block: 20% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 188% since 2016, now about $88K.

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
$88K
$2K–$853K
ZIP median $79K
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$12K
typical · up to $12K
city ≈$3K/yr
Owner-occupied
20%
0 of 5
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+188%
value · tax +$0
10 years
+188%
value · tax +$0

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $88K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19132Philadelphia
Median home value$88K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied0%26%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 51 reported crimes (19 violent) and 107 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
51
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
107
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults10
Thefts8
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Aggravated Assault No Firearm4
All Other Offenses4
Arson4

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint38
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection14
Abandoned Vehicle6
Illegal Dumping6
Construction Complaints5
Dangerous Sidewalk5

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
Kenderton
1500 W Ontario St · 271 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$88K2016: $31K2017: $31K2018: $31K2019: $31K2020: $31K2021: $31K2022: $31K2023: $31K2024: $31K2025: $91K2026: $91K2027: $88K2016202020232027

▲ +188% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

Not enough history yet.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 288 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $288 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+188%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.6 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2009. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M2010201320162019
5arm's-length sales since 2009
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 5 parcels

Vacant: 5 5parcels
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$2K$311K+

The block's largest owner, Septa, carries 28 open violations across 295 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Septa (individual)3295$217Mphila.gov ↗
17th Street Parntners Llc11$853Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 5 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3000 N 17TH ST Vacant $26K 0
3001 N 17TH ST 2 L&I violations (2008); sold $40K (2009); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2017); 4 L&I violations (2018). Vacant $311K 1
3044-50 N 17TH ST Bought for $520K in 2016. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Vacant $853K 4
3044R-50 N 17TH ST Vacant $88K 0
3052 N 17TH ST Vacant $2K 0

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.