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Who owns your block

6000 block of N 17th St

An investor-heavy block: 67% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies.

The typical home here is up 66% since 2016, now about $233K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.

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
$233K
$224K–$2.3M
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$124
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $32K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1930
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
1 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
67%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-12%
value · tax −$592
5 years
+147%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+66%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $233K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and above 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$233K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied33%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 74 reported crimes (27 violent) and 199 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
74
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
199
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults16
Fraud10
Thefts8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Motor Vehicle Theft6
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection42
Maintenance Complaint33
Abandoned Vehicle31
Illegal Dumping19
Salting13
Other (Streets)11

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
Joseph Pennell
1800 Nedro Ave · 249 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 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$1.0M$2.0M$233K2016: $141K2017: $141K2018: $141K2019: $93K2020: $94K2021: $94K2022: $94K2023: $190K2024: $190K2025: $266K2026: $266K2027: $233K2016202020232027

▲ +66% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1332016: $1,9672017: $1,9672018: $1,9672019: $1,3032020: $1,3202021: $1,3202022: $1,3202023: $2,6572024: $2,6572025: $3,7252026: $3,7252027: $3,1332016202020232027

▲ +59% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

6610025020162019202220252027This block 166 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $166 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+66%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.8 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M20002005201020152020
6arm's-length sales since 2000
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 2 3parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$224K$233K+

The block's largest owner, Bankers Trust Company Of, carries 13 open violations across 40 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Bankers Trust Company Of140$6.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
6001-17 LLC11$2.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 3 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$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6001 N 17TH ST built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $3.6M in 2021. Investor / LLC $2.3M 28,800 1925 1 rentedtax lien
6035 N 17TH ST Traded 3×: $62K in 2000 → $150K in 2024 (+142%). Investor / LLC $224K 1,800 1930 3
6037 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $201K in 2024 → $300K in 2024 (+49%). Owner-occupied $233K 1,800 1930 2 rented

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.