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Who owns your block

900 block of N 17th St

A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held.

The typical home here is up 274% since 2016, now about $624K. Property taxes are climbing about 30% a year though the increases have eased lately.

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
$624K
$163K–$1.4M
ZIP median $457K
Price / sq ft
$214
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.8×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$7K
typical · up to $9K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
5 of 7
$41K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
29%
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%
Zoning appeals
4
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 57% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-17%
value · tax −$65
5 years
+26%
value · tax +$119
10 years
+274%
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 $624K — about 2.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19130Philadelphia
Median home value$624K$457K$223K
Owner-occupied0%37%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 163 reported crimes (35 violent) and 226 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
163
35 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
226
45 still open

Most reported crimes

Theft from Vehicle30
Thefts29
Motor Vehicle Theft24
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief24
Other Assaults21
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint32
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Illegal Dumping23
Salting21
Shoveling17
Abandoned Vehicle14

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 & Middle · K-8
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

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$500K$1.0M$624K2016: $167K2017: $167K2018: $169K2019: $270K2020: $496K2021: $496K2022: $496K2023: $740K2024: $740K2025: $747K2026: $747K2027: $624K2016202020232027

▲ +274% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$1,7462016: $972017: $3422018: $1822019: $8112020: $1,6272021: $1,6272022: $1,6272023: $2,4312024: $2,4312025: $1,8112026: $1,8112027: $1,7462016202020232027

▲ +1700% since 2016 · ~+30%/yr

5
5 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $40,745 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +12.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 374 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $374 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+12.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+274%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+12.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+9.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+6.2 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 2007. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20072010201320162019
6arm's-length sales since 2007
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 5Vacant: 1 7parcels
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 5
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels2 parcels
$163K$803K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual)34773$1418Mphila.gov ↗
922 N 17th St Llc11$1.4Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
910 N 17TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $411K in 2019. Absentee individual $803K 8/6 3,306 1915 1 rentedabatedtax lien
912 N 17TH ST Bought for $130K in 2011, zoning/use permit in 2011, sold for $130K in 2011 (+3963%). Absentee individual $632K 4/3 2,961 1915 3
914 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $431K —/— 3,132 1915 0 abated
916 N 17TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $431K —/— 3,132 1915 0 abated
918 N 17TH ST 3 L&I violations (2021). Vacant $163K —/— 0
920 N 17TH ST Bought for $56K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated), sold for $753K in 2018. Absentee individual $624K 6/4 2,172 2018 2 abated
922-26 N 17TH ST built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $1.4M —/— 9,504 2017 0 rentedabated

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.