Who owns your block
800 block of N 17th St
A mixed-ownership block: 21% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 496% since 2016, now about $345K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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 $345K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19130 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $345K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 103 reported crimes (18 violent) and 415 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
- $345K typical home, up +496% since 2016
- Tax bill $630 to $1,638 a year, +9%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.9M assessed, $42,058/yr to the city, about $2,214 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +496% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +160% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
809 N 17th St is assessed at $1.2M but pays $3,490 a year — about 20% of the $17,450 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +17.6% 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 $596 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 3 arm's-length sales since 2014. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Absentee individual 15
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Francisville Iii Ltd, carries 2 open violations across 12 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisville Iii Ltd (individual) | 2 | 12 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $49K | 4/1 | 2,795 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 801 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $328K | 2/2 | 1,019 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 801 N 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $345K | 2/2 | 1,193 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 801 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $314K | 1/1 | 940 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 801 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $345K | 2/2 | 1,055 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 802 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $611K | —/— | 2,278 | 1996 | 0 | abated |
| 803 N 17TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2012); 8 L&I violations (2014); sold $280K (2014). | Absentee individual | $537K | 5/3 | 2,637 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 804 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $49K | 4/1 | 2,278 | 1915 | 0 | rented |
| 805 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $556K | 4/2 | 2,637 | 1920 | 0 | abated |
| 806 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $268K | —/— | 2,322 | — | 0 | abated |
| 807 N 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $515K | 3/2 | 1,750 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 807 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $466K | 2/— | 969 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 807 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $392K | 2/— | 878 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 807 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $495K | 2/— | 1,036 | 2024 | 0 | abated |
| 808 N 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $348K | —/— | 3,024 | — | 0 | abated |
| 809 N 17TH ST New constructionBought for $80K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.3M in 2024. | Absentee individual | $1.2M | 9/— | 4,650 | 2022 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 811 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 4/2 | 1,566 | 1993 | 0 | rented |
| 813 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 4/2 | 1,566 | 1993 | 0 | rented |
| 815 N 17TH ST | Absentee individual | $25K | 4/2 | 1,566 | 1993 | 0 | 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)