Who owns your block
600 block of S 17th St
A mixed-ownership block: 58% owner-occupied, 8% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 56% since 2016, now about $893K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $893K — about 4.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $893K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 58% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 199 reported crimes (17 violent) and 485 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
- $893K typical home, up +56% since 2016
- Tax bill $7,568 to $11,233 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $9.4M assessed, $122,401/yr to the city, about $10,200 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +56% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +48% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.1% 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 $156 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 3 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 7
- Absentee individual 4
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 625 S 17th Street Llc | 1 | 1 | $270K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 S 17TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $416K in 2003 → $515K in 2009 (+24%). | Owner-occupied | $859K | 3/2 | 1,804 | 2002 | 4 | |
| 603 S 17TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $431K in 2004 → $895K in 2022 (+108%). | Absentee individual | $926K | 3/2 | 2,000 | 2004 | 4 | |
| 613 S 17TH ST LandVacant land, last sold for $315K in 2003. | Owner-occupied | $977K | —/3 | 2,183 | 2005 | 2 | |
| 614 S 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $437K | —/— | 1,353 | 1915 | 1 | tax lien |
| 615 S 17TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $615K in 2005 → $950K in 2020 (+54%). | Owner-occupied | $977K | 3/2 | 2,183 | 2005 | 4 | |
| 616 S 17TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $299K in 2004 → $434K in 2022 (+45%). | Owner-occupied | $604K | 3/2 | 1,500 | 1915 | 4 | |
| 617 S 17TH ST History2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2018). | Absentee individual | $967K | —/— | 2,183 | 2007 | 0 | rented |
| 618 S 17TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $450K in 2004, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $1.0M in 2021 (+130%). | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 4/2 | 3,262 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 619 S 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $741K | 2/1 | 1,280 | 2005 | 0 | rented |
| 621 S 17TH ST New constructionBought for $205K in 2006, built new under a 2023 permit, sold for $650K in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $946K | 3/2 | 2,088 | 2007 | 4 | |
| 623 S 17TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $485K in 2014, use permit in 2019, sold for $630K in 2019 (+30%). | Absentee individual | $726K | 5/3 | 2,110 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 625 S 17TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2023 and rebuilt (2021). | Vacant | $270K | —/— | — | — | 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)