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Who owns your block

4300 block of N 17th St

A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 6% investor-held, with 12 open code violations and 2 homes behind $5,305 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 137% since 2016, now about $86K. Property taxes are climbing about 30% 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
$86K
$12K–$174K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$75
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 18
$10K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
44%
8 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
11%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
12
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
2 of 18 behind
▲ block 11% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-3%
value · tax −$180
5 years
+96%
value · tax −$580
10 years
+137%
value · tax −$398

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 $86K — about 0.4× 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 blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$86K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied33%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 122 reported crimes (56 violent) and 302 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
122
56 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
302
81 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults28
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Thefts9
Burglary Residential8
Aggravated Assault Firearm7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection70
Maintenance Complaint63
Illegal Dumping44
Abandoned Vehicle31
Street Defect13
Sanitation Violation12

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
Edward Steel
4301 Wayne Ave · 331 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$100K$200K$86K2016: $36K2017: $36K2018: $36K2019: $36K2020: $44K2021: $44K2022: $44K2023: $69K2024: $69K2025: $88K2026: $88K2027: $86K2016202020232027

▲ +137% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$82016: $4062017: $4062018: $4062019: $3812020: $5882021: $5882022: $5882023: $4662024: $4662025: $1882026: $1882027: $82016202020232027

▼ -98% since 2016 · ~-30%/yr

5
5 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 $9,649 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%
$17pays now $1,417at the full rate

4321 N 17th St is assessed at $101K but pays $17 a year — about 1% of the $1,417 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 +8.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 237 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $237 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+137%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.7 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K2005201020152020
20arm's-length sales since 2002
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 8Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 5 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 8
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

4 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels5 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$12K$140K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Redevelopment Authority (individual)41303$240Mphila.gov ↗
Lady Bird Investments Llc14$412Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 18 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
4300 N 17TH ST Bought for $11K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $150K in 2021 (+1328%). Absentee individual $133K —/— 1,350 1930 3 rented
4311 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,130 1930 0 abated
4313 N 17TH ST Investor / LLC $85K 3/1 1,130 1930 1 rented
4315 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $28K in 2010. Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,130 1930 1 abated
4317 N 17TH ST Bought for $90K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $87K 3/1 1,130 1930 1 tax lien
4319 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $90K 3/1 1,232 1930 0 abatedtax lien
4321 N 17TH ST Bought for $15K in 2002, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $125K in 2023. Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 1,380 1930 2 abatedtax lien
4323 N 17TH ST Bought for $5K in 2020, addition and/or alteration permit in 2021, sold for $213K in 2021 (+4160%). Owner-occupied $174K 3/1 1,262 1930 3 tax lien
4325 N 17TH ST Bought for $15K in 2009, alterations permit in 2021, sold for $125K in 2021 (+733%). Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 1,262 1925 5
4327 N 17TH ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $44K in 2015. Owner-occupied $94K 3/1 1,262 1930 1 abated
4329 N 17TH ST Bought for $20K in 2004. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $109K 3/1 1,380 1930 1 12 viol
4331 N 17TH ST Absentee individual $84K 3/1 1,440 1930 0 tax lien
4332 N 17TH ST Vacant $70K —/— 0
4333 N 17TH ST Bought for $29K in 2018, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $130K in 2019. Absentee individual $140K 3/1 1,304 1930 2
4335 N 17TH ST Vacant $12K —/— 0
4337 N 17TH ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4339 N 17TH ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
4340-44 N 17TH ST Vacant $24K —/— 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.