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Who owns your block

5000 block of N 17th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 18 open code violations and 4 homes behind $9,205 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $161K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$161K
$95K–$5.5M
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$129
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$855
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 16
$96K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
88%
14 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
18
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$9K
4 of 16 behind
▲ block 25% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 19% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$39
5 years
+90%
value · tax +$230
10 years
+82%
value · tax −$61

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 $161K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$161K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied56%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 51 reported crimes (18 violent) and 170 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
51
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
170
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults13
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Thefts9
Fraud4
Theft from Vehicle3
Aggravated Assault Firearm2

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint35
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection32
Salting24
Illegal Dumping13
Traffic Signal Emergency12
Information Request6

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 · K-5
James Logan
1700 Lindley Ave · 223 students
Middle · K-8
Theodore Roosevelt
430 E Washington Ln · 407 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 students

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$161K2016: $89K2017: $89K2018: $89K2019: $88K2020: $85K2021: $85K2022: $85K2023: $106K2024: $106K2025: $160K2026: $160K2027: $161K2016202020232027

▲ +82% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$6472016: $7082017: $7082018: $7082019: $5332020: $4172021: $4172022: $4172023: $2042024: $2042025: $6082026: $6082027: $6472016202020232027

▼ -9% since 2016 · ~-1%/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 $95,795 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%
$0pays now $76,856at the full rate

5000 N 17th St is assessed at $5.5M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $76,856 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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 182 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $182 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+82%
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 8 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$125K$250K20042008201220162020
8arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Absentee individual: 2 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Absentee individual 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels5 parcels5 parcels2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$95K$238K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Grove Piney (individual)22$272Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 16 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5000 N 17TH ST built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $5.5M —/— 62,656 1924 0 abated18 viol
5009 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,290 1925 0
5011 N 17TH ST Bought for $68K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2012, sold for $210K in 2020 (+209%). Owner-occupied $238K 3/1 1,290 1925 2
5013 N 17TH ST Traded 3×: $51K in 2007 → $165K in 2022 (+224%). Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,290 1925 3
5015 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,290 1925 0
5017 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $161K 3/1 1,290 1925 0
5019 N 17TH ST Absentee individual $177K —/— 1,290 1925 0 abated
5021 N 17TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $96K —/— 1,620 1895 0 abatedtax lien
5035 N 17TH ST built new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,824 1925 0 abated
5037 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $95K 3/1 1,134 1925 0 abated
5039 N 17TH ST Bought for $98K in 2016. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $179K 3/1 1,134 1925 1
5041 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,134 1925 1 tax lien
5043 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,134 1925 0
5045 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,134 1925 0
5047 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,134 1925 0
5049 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,134 1925 1

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.