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Who owns your block

3800 block of N 17th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 83% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 13 homes behind $135,383 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 132% since 2016, now about $117K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$117K
$21K–$250K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$79
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$95K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $117K
Tax / yr
$244
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
33 of 59
$47K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
83%
48 of 59
city 41%
Rentals
3%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$135K
13 of 59 behind
▲ block 22% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$51
5 years
+115%
value · tax +$89
10 years
+132%
value · tax −$145

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 $117K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$117K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied58%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 158 reported crimes (70 violent) and 326 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
158
70 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
326
80 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults44
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief24
Fraud16
Thefts14
All Other Offenses11
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10

Top 311 complaints

Information Request66
Maintenance Complaint65
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Street Defect34
Abandoned Vehicle28
License Complaint13

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
Mastery Charter School At Cleveland
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$100K$200K$117K2016: $51K2017: $51K2018: $51K2019: $53K2020: $55K2021: $55K2022: $55K2023: $87K2024: $87K2025: $113K2026: $113K2027: $117K2016202020232027

▲ +132% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$2442016: $3232017: $3892018: $3232019: $2002020: $1552021: $1552022: $1552023: $952024: $952025: $1852026: $1932027: $2442016202020232027

▼ -24% since 2016 · ~-3%/yr

33
33 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 $47,379 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%
$318pays now $1,718at the full rate

3828 N 17th St is assessed at $123K but pays $318 a year — about 19% of the $1,718 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 +8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 232 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $232 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+132%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.5 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 34 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 32 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
34arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
32homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 59 parcels

Owner-occupied: 48Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 1 59parcels
  • Owner-occupied 48
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels5 parcels52 parcels
$21K$126K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Sjt Property Llc13$325Kphila.gov ↗
Wendell A Harrison (individual)22$235Kphila.gov ↗
Bbm Group Llc12$233Kphila.gov ↗
Mcafee Development Corporation11$117Kphila.gov ↗
215 Property Group Llc11$113Kphila.gov ↗
Bass Solutions Llc11$120Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 59 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3801 N 17TH ST Bought for $100K in 2021. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Absentee individual $125K 3/2 1,518 1940 1
3803 N 17TH ST Bought for $40K in 2007. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. Absentee individual $117K 4/1 1,536 1940 2
3805 N 17TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $125K in 2023. Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,536 1940 1 abated
3806 N 17TH ST Bought for $65K in 2023, interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2023, sold for $205K in 2023 (+215%). Owner-occupied $105K 3/1 1,260 1940 2
3807 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,536 1940 0 abated
3808 N 17TH ST built new under a 2026 permit (tax-abated), sold for $20K in 2007. Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 1,226 1940 1 abated
3809 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $121K 4/1 1,536 1940 0 abated
3810 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 1,220 1940 0
3811 N 17TH ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $118K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abated
3812 N 17TH ST 2 L&I violations (2014). Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 tax lien
3813 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abated
3814 N 17TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated), sold for $10K in 2004. Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,272 1940 1 abatedtax lien
3815 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abated
3816 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $114K —/— 1,446 1940 0 abated
3817 N 17TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $85K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abated
3818 N 17TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0 abated
3819 N 17TH ST L&I violation (2008); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014). Vacant $21K —/— 0 tax lien
3820 N 17TH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0 abated
3821 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $90K in 2024. Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 1 abated
3822 N 17TH ST built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0 rentedabated
3823 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0
3824 N 17TH ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated), sold for $53K in 2012. Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 1 abatedtax lien
3825 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0
3826 N 17TH ST 5 L&I violations (2008); L&I violation (2011). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0
3827 N 17TH ST sold $55K (2017); 6 L&I violations (2022). Absentee individual $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 1
3828 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $123K —/— 1,430 1940 0 abated
3829 N 17TH ST Bought for $30K in 2019, built new (tax-abated), sold for $140K in 2019. Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 2 abated
3830 N 17TH ST Absentee individual $202K 4/1 1,430 1940 1
3831 N 17TH ST Bought for $162K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $180K 3/1 1,524 1940 1
3832 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0 abated
3833 N 17TH ST Bought for $32K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $117K 3/1 1,500 1940 2 rented
3834 N 17TH ST L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0 tax lien
3835 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3836 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $150K in 2021. Owner-occupied $113K 4/1 1,430 1940 1 abated
3837 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3838 N 17TH ST L&I violation (2010). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0 tax lien
3839 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 1
3840 N 17TH ST Bought for $95K in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Investor / LLC $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 1
3841 N 17TH ST 6 L&I violations (2010); sold $50K (2018); 7 L&I violations (2021). Investor / LLC $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 1 tax lien
3842 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/2 1,430 1940 0 abated
3843 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3844 N 17TH ST Investor / LLC $113K 4/1 1,430 1940 1 tax lien
3845 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $35K in 2001. Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 1 abated
3846 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $47K in 2002. Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 1 abated
3847 N 17TH ST Bought for $45K in 2013. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 1
3848 N 17TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 4/1 1,430 1940 0 abated
3849 N 17TH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated), sold for $53K in 2010. Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 1 abated
3850 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0
3851 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abated
3852 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0 abatedtax lien
3853 N 17TH ST Bought for $73K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 1 tax lien
3854 N 17TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0 abated
3855 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $119K 4/1 1,554 1940 1
3856 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $113K 3/1 1,430 1940 0 abated
3857 N 17TH ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abated
3858 N 17TH ST Bought for $46K in 2001, change of use permit in 2021, sold for $260K in 2024 (+465%). Absentee individual $250K 4/2 1,430 1940 3 tax lien
3859 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $117K 4/1 1,524 1940 0 abated
3860 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $19K in 2015 → $40K in 2016 (+108%). Investor / LLC $120K 4/1 1,600 1940 2
3861 N 17TH ST sold $120K (2024); Appeal filed (2026). Owner-occupied $126K 4/1 1,728 1940 1

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