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Who owns your block

6400 block of N 17th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 88% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 homes behind $57,671 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 73% since 2016, now about $190K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$190K
$90K–$275K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$144
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$238K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $190K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
88%
22 of 25
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$58K
4 of 25 behind
▲ block 16% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$114
5 years
+81%
value · tax +$518
10 years
+73%
value · tax +$347

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 $190K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19126 median of $219K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19126 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19126Philadelphia
Median home value$190K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied68%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 58 reported crimes (22 violent) and 157 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
58
22 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
157
30 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults16
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Theft from Vehicle6
Fraud5
Aggravated Assault No Firearm3

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection73
Maintenance Complaint18
Abandoned Vehicle13
Illegal Dumping7
Information Request5
Street Defect5

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
Prince Hall
6101 N Gratz St · 317 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$125K$250K$190K2016: $110K2017: $110K2018: $110K2019: $110K2020: $105K2021: $105K2022: $105K2023: $145K2024: $145K2025: $192K2026: $192K2027: $190K2016202020232027

▲ +73% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4632016: $1,1162017: $1,1162018: $1,1162019: $1,0752020: $9362021: $9362022: $9452023: $9712024: $9662025: $1,3492026: $1,3492027: $1,4632016202020232027

▲ +31% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 173 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $173 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+73%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.4 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
30arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 25 parcels

Owner-occupied: 22Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1 25parcels
  • Owner-occupied 22
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels12 parcels4 parcels6 parcels
$90K$234K+

The block's largest owner, Pwbh Holdings 2 Llc, carries 2 open violations across 19 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pwbh Holdings 2 Llc119$4.0Mphila.gov ↗
Helpful Home Buyers 3 Llc16$1.0Mphila.gov ↗
Delisoit Elizer (individual)24$732Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 25 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
6415 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $128K 3/1 1,408 1925 0
6417 N 17TH ST Investor / LLC $90K 3/1 1,320 1925 1 rented
6419 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,320 1925 0 tax lien
6421 N 17TH ST Bought for $94K in 2023. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,320 1925 2
6423 N 17TH ST Bought for $5K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $186K 3/1 1,188 1925 3 tax lien
6425 N 17TH ST Traded 4×: $17K in 2005 → $265K in 2024 (+1459%). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,416 1925 4
6427 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,416 1925 1
6429 N 17TH ST L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2023); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $226K 3/1 1,188 1925 0
6431 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,320 1925 0
6433 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,320 1925 0
6435 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,320 1925 0
6437 N 17TH ST Bought for $158K in 2016. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $234K 3/1 1,320 1925 1
6439 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,056 1925 1
6441 N 17TH ST Bought for $80K in 2007, plumbing permit in 2020, sold for $221K in 2022 (+176%). Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,320 1925 2
6443 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2000 → $70K in 2000 (+180%). Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,288 1925 2
6445 N 17TH ST Bought for $128K in 2022. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $275K 3/2 1,320 1925 2 tax lien
6447 N 17TH ST Bought for $58K in 2006. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,320 1925 2
6449 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $225K 3/1 1,188 1925 1
6451 N 17TH ST sold $82K (2010); L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $205K 4/1 1,536 1925 1
6453 N 17TH ST 2 L&I violations (2012); 5 L&I violations (2013); sold $140K (2014); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $264K 3/1 1,416 1925 1
6455 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,188 1925 1
6457 N 17TH ST sold $30K (2002); 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2023). Absentee individual $190K 3/1 1,320 1925 1
6459 N 17TH ST 2 L&I violations (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,320 1925 0
6461 N 17TH ST Traded 3×: $69K in 2006 → $153K in 2016 (+123%). Owner-occupied $234K 3/2 1,320 1925 3
6463 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,408 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.