Who owns your block
3900 block of N 17th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 64% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 16 open code violations and 8 homes behind $48,948 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 127% since 2016, now about $101K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year.
- 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 $101K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $101K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 39% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 107 reported crimes (41 violent) and 193 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
- $101K typical home, up +127% since 2016
- Tax bill $623 to $1,412 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $3.3M assessed, $29,320/yr to the city, about $888 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +127% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +127% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3903 N 17th St is assessed at $101K but pays $14 a year — about 1% of the $1,414 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 +7.7% 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 $227 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 33 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 33 parcels
- Owner-occupied 21
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outsource 2000 Inc | 1 | 10 | $731K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tuto Investment Llc | 1 | 4 | $317K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sedrick J Robinson (individual) | 2 | 3 | $406K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pher Fs Llc | 1 | 3 | $518K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Nst Realty Inc | 1 | 1 | $101K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 3929 N 17th Llc | 1 | 1 | $116K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 33 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 | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3901 N 17TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2023). | Absentee individual | $180K | —/— | 3,273 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 3903 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 3905 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3907 N 17TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $10K in 1995 → $105K in 2019 (+950%). | Owner-occupied | $155K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 5 | |
| 3909 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3911 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $66K in 2006. | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 1 | abated |
| 3913 N 17TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $13K in 2001 → $75K in 2021 (+500%). | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 3915 N 17TH ST Historysold $13K (2001); 3 L&I violations (2024). | Investor / LLC | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 3917 N 17TH ST History2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2012). | Absentee individual | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 3919 N 17TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $43K in 2001 → $29K in 2017 (-32%). | Absentee individual | $73K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 2 | |
| 3921 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | abated1 viol |
| 3923 N 17TH ST New constructionBought for $81K in 2010, built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated), sold for $135K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 2 | abated |
| 3925 N 17TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $140K in 2001 → $12K in 2009 (-91%). | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 3 | |
| 3927 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 3929 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $95K in 2016. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. | Investor / LLC | $116K | —/— | 1,182 | 1930 | 4 | 1 viol |
| 3931 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $22K in 2017. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2019. | Investor / LLC | $61K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 1 | 12 violtax lien |
| 3933 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $61K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | abated1 violtax lien |
| 3935 N 17TH ST Historysold $23K (2005); 3 L&I violations (2013). | Investor / LLC | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 3937 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 3939 N 17TH ST New constructionBought for $50K in 2017, built new (tax-abated), sold for $121K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 2 | abated |
| 3941 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2024. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. | Absentee individual | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 3943 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 3945 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3947 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $116K | —/— | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 3949 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 3951 N 17TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $20K in 2014 → $60K in 2024 (+200%). | Investor / LLC | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 2 | 1 viol |
| 3953 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 3955 N 17TH ST New constructionBought for $30K in 2014, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $90K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 2 | abated |
| 3957 N 17TH ST | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3959 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 0 | abated |
| 3961 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 1 | tax lien |
| 3963 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $48K in 2001. | Owner-occupied | $101K | 3/1 | 1,182 | 1930 | 1 | abated |
| 3965 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $140K in 2006. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. | Absentee individual | $135K | 5/3 | 2,994 | 1930 | 2 | tax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)