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Who owns your block

4400 block of N 17th St

A mixed-ownership block: 52% owner-occupied, 9% investor-held, with 6 homes behind $78,168 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 81% since 2016, now about $97K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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
$97K
$10K–$126K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$105
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$6K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $97K
Tax / yr
$768
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
9 of 23
$12K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
52%
10 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
26%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$78K
6 of 23 behind
▲ block 26% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax −$5
5 years
+159%
value · tax +$90
10 years
+81%
value · tax −$202

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 $97K — 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$97K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied35%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 141 reported crimes (70 violent) and 319 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
141
70 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
319
70 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults37
Aggravated Assault No Firearm19
Thefts15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Fraud11
All Other Offenses10

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint87
Sanitation Violation67
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection43
Illegal Dumping24
Abandoned Vehicle16
Dangerous Building Complaint12

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$97K2016: $54K2017: $54K2018: $54K2019: $39K2020: $37K2021: $37K2022: $37K2023: $58K2024: $58K2025: $91K2026: $91K2027: $97K2016202020232027

▲ +81% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$1482016: $3502017: $3502018: $3502019: $642020: $582021: $582022: $582023: $2222024: $2212025: $1532026: $1532027: $1482016202020232027

▼ -58% since 2016 · ~-8%/yr

9
9 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 $11,827 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%
$768pays now $1,438at the full rate

4453 N 17th St is assessed at $103K but pays $768 a year — about 53% of the $1,438 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7010025020162019202220252027This block 181 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $181 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+81%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.9 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 13 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20002005201020152020
13arm's-length sales since 1999
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 10Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 6 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 10
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

6 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels17 parcels
$10K$103K+

The block's largest owner, Philly Sfr Ii Llc, carries 2 open violations across 75 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philly Sfr Ii Llc175$7.2Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Lotus 08 Llc162$8.0Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 23 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$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4445 N 17TH ST Vacant $10K —/— 0
4446 N 17TH ST Absentee individual $100K 3/1 990 1925 0 tax lien
4447 N 17TH ST 2 L&I violations (2010). Vacant $10K —/— 0 tax lien
4448 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 920 1925 0 abated
4449 N 17TH ST 2 L&I violations (2010). Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
4450 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 920 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4451 N 17TH ST Bought for $20K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. Absentee individual $126K 3/1 1,038 1925 3 tax lien
4452 N 17TH ST Bought for $8K in 1999, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $22K in 1999. Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 920 1925 2 abated
4453 N 17TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $103K 3/1 1,038 1925 0 abated
4454 N 17TH ST L&I violation (2017); sold $73K (2018); 5 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2020). Absentee individual $97K 3/1 920 1925 1 rentedtax lien
4455 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,132 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4456 N 17TH ST L&I: VACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU (2015); 3 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2018); 10 L&I violations (2022); sold $13K (2024). Owner-occupied $119K 3/1 920 1920 1 rentedtax lien
4457 N 17TH ST built new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 990 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4458 N 17TH ST 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2024). Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
4459 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 990 1925 0 abated
4460 N 17TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $97K 3/1 920 1925 0 abatedtax lien
4461 N 17TH ST built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 990 1925 0 abated
4462 N 17TH ST Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
4463 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $100K 3/1 990 1925 0 rentedtax lien
4464 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $4K in 2004 → $800 in 2010 (-80%). Absentee individual $97K 3/1 920 1925 2 rentedtax lien
4465 N 17TH ST Traded 3×: $13K in 2005 → $4.1M in 2020 (+31421%). Investor / LLC $100K 2/1 990 1925 3 rented
4466 N 17TH ST Bought for $799K in 2023. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $98K 4/2 920 1925 1 rented
4468 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2020. Vacant $11K —/— 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.