Who owns your block
500 block of N 17th St
A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 125% since 2016, now about $311K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% 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 $311K — about 1.4× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19130 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $311K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 27% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 79 reported crimes (15 violent) and 166 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
- $311K typical home, up +125% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,937 to $4,359 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.5M assessed, $85,336/yr to the city, about $5,689 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +125% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +125% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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 $225 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 9 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 15 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Mechanics Asso (individual) | 3 | 4 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 15 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 546 N 17TH ST | Vacant | $311K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 548 N 17TH ST | Vacant | $302K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 550 N 17TH ST | Vacant | $317K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 552 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $300K in 2002. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. | Absentee individual | $700K | —/— | 3,510 | 1920 | 2 | rented |
| 554 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit, sold for $280K in 2003. | Absentee individual | $761K | —/— | 2,700 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 556 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $682K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $742K | 4/3 | 2,700 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 558 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $243K | 1/1 | 550 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 558 N 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a exterior window and door replacement permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $123K | —/1 | 250 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 558 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $221K | —/1 | 370 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 558 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $243K | 1/1 | 550 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 558 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $145K | —/1 | 350 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 558 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $233K | 1/1 | 550 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 560 N 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $540K in 2009. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $692K | 3/4 | 1,824 | 1995 | 1 | |
| 562 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $733K | —/— | 1,728 | 1988 | 1 | |
| 564 N 17TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $433K in 2003 → $579K in 2013 (+34%). | Owner-occupied | $732K | 3/3 | 1,728 | 1995 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)