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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $86K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 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.
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
- $86K typical home, up +137% since 2016
- Tax bill $406 to $8 a year, -30%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.5M assessed, $11,368/yr to the city, about $632 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +137% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -98% since 2016 · ~-30%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redevelopment Authority (individual) | 4 | 1303 | $240M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lady Bird Investments Llc | 1 | 4 | $412K | phila.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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4300 N 17TH ST Renovated & sold onBought 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 New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $28K in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 1,130 | 1930 | 1 | abated |
| 4317 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought 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 New constructionBought 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 Renovated & sold onBought 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 Renovated & sold onBought 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 New constructionbuilt 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 ImprovedBought 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 New constructionBought 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)