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Who owns your block

6600 block of N 17th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 96% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 open code violations and 6 homes behind $96,646 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 65% since 2016, now about $192K. 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
$192K
$17K–$283K
ZIP median $219K
Price / sq ft
$142
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$290K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $192K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
96%
48 of 50
city 41%
Rentals
2%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
4
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$97K
6 of 50 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-2%
value · tax −$54
5 years
+54%
value · tax +$167
10 years
+65%
value · tax +$74

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 $192K — 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$192K$219K$223K
Owner-occupied80%60%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 118 reported crimes (39 violent) and 246 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
118
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
246
60 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults23
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
Motor Vehicle Theft17
Thefts14
Fraud11
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection70
Maintenance Complaint40
Abandoned Vehicle35
Illegal Dumping20
Street Defect13
Other (Streets)12

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$100K$200K$192K2016: $116K2017: $116K2018: $116K2019: $130K2020: $125K2021: $125K2022: $125K2023: $162K2024: $162K2025: $195K2026: $195K2027: $192K2016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,2812016: $1,2072017: $1,2072018: $1,2072019: $1,2612020: $1,1142021: $1,1142022: $1,1142023: $1,1512024: $1,1512025: $1,3352026: $1,3352027: $1,2812016202020232027

▲ +6% since 2016 · ~+1%/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 +4.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 165 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $165 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+65%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.9 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 52 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 23 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
52arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
23homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 50 parcels

Owner-occupied: 48Investor / LLC: 1Vacant: 1 50parcels
  • Owner-occupied 48
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels39 parcels10 parcels
$17K$257K+

The block's largest owner, Barvaz Properties Llc, carries 1 open violation across 8 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Barvaz Properties Llc18$1.2Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 50 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
6600 N 17TH ST Traded 3×: $60K in 2005 → $185K in 2020 (+209%). Owner-occupied $196K 4/1 1,472 1925 3
6601 N 17TH ST Bought for $5K in 2007. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2007. Vacant $17K —/— 1 tax lien
6602 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2005 → $123K in 2006 (+124%). Owner-occupied $233K —/— 1,352 1920 2
6603 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $189K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6604 N 17TH ST 2 L&I violations (2017). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6605 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6606 N 17TH ST Bought for $154K in 2014. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $257K 3/1 1,352 1925 1
6607 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6608 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $145K in 2011 → $170K in 2017 (+17%). Owner-occupied $257K 3/2 1,352 1925 2
6609 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 1
6610 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6611 N 17TH ST Bought for $80K in 2007. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 1
6612 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6613 N 17TH ST Traded 3×: $70K in 2003 → $290K in 2026 (+314%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 3
6614 N 17TH ST Bought for $85K in 2019. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $283K 3/2 1,352 1925 2
6615 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $56K in 2006 → $116K in 2006 (+108%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 2
6616 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6617 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0 tax lien
6618 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6619 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0 tax lien
6620 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6621 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0 tax lien
6622 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6623 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 1
6624 N 17TH ST Bought for $50K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2014, sold for $155K in 2014 (+210%). Owner-occupied $256K 3/1 1,352 1925 2
6625 N 17TH ST Bought for $40K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $168K in 2017 (+322%). Owner-occupied $256K 3/2 1,352 1925 4
6626 N 17TH ST Traded 3×: $115K in 2005 → $140K in 2020 (+22%). Investor / LLC $233K 2/3 1,352 1920 3 rented1 viol
6627 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6628 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $69K in 2008 → $130K in 2008 (+90%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 2 2 viol
6629 N 17TH ST sold $100K (2006); L&I violation (2025). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 1
6630 N 17TH ST L&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,352 1925 0 1 violtax lien
6631 N 17TH ST Bought for $88K in 2006. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 1
6632 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0 tax lien
6633 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6634 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6635 N 17TH ST Bought for $51K in 2004. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 2
6636 N 17TH ST Bought for $63K in 2012. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,352 1925 3
6637 N 17TH ST Bought for $117K in 2017. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 1
6638 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $44K in 2007 → $135K in 2010 (+207%). Owner-occupied $235K 3/1 1,352 1925 2
6639 N 17TH ST Bought for $71K in 2014. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 2
6640 N 17TH ST Traded 2×: $130K in 2023 → $280K in 2024 (+115%). Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,352 1925 2 tax lien
6641 N 17TH ST L&I violation (2007). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6642 N 17TH ST Traded 3×: $110K in 2004 → $219K in 2021 (+99%). Owner-occupied $261K 3/1 1,352 1925 3
6643 N 17TH ST Bought for $160K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 1
6644 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6645 N 17TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 0
6646 N 17TH ST Owner-occupied $194K 3/1 1,390 1925 1
6647 N 17TH ST Traded 3×: $70K in 2007 → $135K in 2019 (+93%). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,352 1925 3
6648 N 17TH ST L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,472 1925 0 tax lien
6649 N 17TH ST 2 L&I violations (2014). Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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