Who owns your block
900 block of S 17th St
A mixed-ownership block: 25% owner-occupied, 6% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $30,524 on taxes.
The typical home here is down 3% since 2016, now about $263K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $263K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $263K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 13% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 97 reported crimes (19 violent) and 328 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
- $263K typical home, down -3% since 2016
- Tax bill $201 to $871 a year, +14%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.9M assessed, $68,715/yr to the city, about $4,295 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▼ -3% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +333% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
921 S 17th St is assessed at $459K but pays $1,743 a year — about 27% of the $6,418 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding -0.3% 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 $97 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 8
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redevelopment Authority O (individual) | 6 | 1467 | $250M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Evergreen Investment Phil | 1 | 1 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 16 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 908 S 17TH ST New constructionBought for $5K in 2006, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $350K in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $604K | 3/2 | 1,836 | 2007 | 2 | |
| 910 S 17TH ST | Owner-occupied | $604K | 3/2 | 1,836 | 2007 | 0 | |
| 913-17 S 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $1.3M | —/— | 8,600 | 1912 | 0 | rented |
| 914 S 17TH ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2013 and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $160K in 2002. | Vacant | $58K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 916 S 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sitework with onsite utility services permit in 2019. | Vacant | $58K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 918 S 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sitework with onsite utility services permit in 2019. | Vacant | $58K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 919 S 17TH ST Historysold $325K (2006); 6 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2015); L&I violation (2018); 9 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2019). | Absentee individual | $792K | —/— | 3,204 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 920 S 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sitework with onsite utility services permit in 2019. | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 921 S 17TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $459K | —/— | 1,512 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 922 S 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sitework with onsite utility services permit in 2019. | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 923 S 17TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $70K in 2002, major alteration permit in 2007, sold for $175K in 2009 (+150%). | Absentee individual | $646K | —/— | 2,160 | 1915 | 5 | rented |
| 924 S 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sitework with onsite utility services permit in 2019. | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 925 S 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $68K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $484K | —/— | 1,600 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 926 S 17TH ST ImprovedBought for $45K in 2004. Owner pulled a sitework with onsite utility services permit in 2019. | Vacant | $66K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 927 S 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $515K | —/— | 2,191 | 1915 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 928 S 17TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sitework with onsite utility services permit in 2019. | Vacant | $67K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)