Who owns your block
1000 block of S 20th St
A mixed-ownership block: 46% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $5,531 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 110% since 2016, now about $509K. Property taxes are climbing about 26% 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 $509K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and above 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 | $509K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 33% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (10 violent) and 239 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
- $509K typical home, up +110% since 2016
- Tax bill $356 to $4,588 a year, +26%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $102,475/yr to the city, about $4,270 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +110% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +1189% since 2016 · ~+26%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1013 S 20th St is assessed at $957K but pays $2,680 a year — about 20% of the $13,400 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +7% 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 $210 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 18 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 24 parcels
- Owner-occupied 11
- Absentee individual 12
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Housing Auth (individual) | 4 | 4773 | $1418M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $66K in 2005, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $690K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $769K | 4/2 | 2,301 | 2008 | 3 | |
| 1001 S 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $360K | 2/2 | 1,491 | 2009 | 0 | |
| 1001 S 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $320K | 1/2 | 1,272 | 2009 | 0 | rented |
| 1002 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $67K in 2005, built new under a 2007 permit. | Owner-occupied | $649K | 3/2 | 2,177 | 2007 | 2 | |
| 1003 S 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $757K | 4/— | 2,398 | 2011 | 0 | abated3 viol |
| 1004 S 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $150K in 2018. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2019. | Vacant | $343K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 1005 S 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $779K | 4/— | 2,398 | 2011 | 0 | abated |
| 1006 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $541K | —/— | 1,523 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1008 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $453K | —/— | 1,523 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 1012 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $482K | 3/3 | 1,722 | 2020 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1012 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $262K | 1/1 | 691 | 2020 | 0 | abated |
| 1012 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $566K | 3/3 | 1,570 | 2020 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1012 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $726K in 2018, built new (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $461K | 3/3 | 1,504 | 2020 | 1 | abated |
| 1012 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $587K | 3/2 | 1,881 | 2020 | 0 | abated |
| 1013 S 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.0M in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $957K | 6/6 | 2,104 | 2018 | 3 | abated |
| 1015 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $110K in 2010, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $680K in 2015. | Absentee individual | $908K | 3/3 | 3,132 | 2010 | 4 | |
| 1017 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $33K in 2001, built new under a 2024 permit. | Absentee individual | $694K | 6/5 | 2,422 | 2011 | 2 | |
| 1019 S 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $436K | 3/2 | 1,460 | 2011 | 0 | |
| 1019 S 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $482K | 3/3 | 1,560 | 2011 | 0 | |
| 1021 S 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $436K | 3/2 | 1,460 | 2011 | 0 | |
| 1021 S 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $482K | 3/2 | 1,560 | 2011 | 0 | |
| 1023 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $110K in 2010, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $400K in 2012. | Absentee individual | $839K | —/— | 3,132 | 2010 | 2 | rented |
| 1025 S 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a wall covering replacement permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $441K | 3/2 | 1,460 | 2011 | 0 | |
| 1025 S 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $535K | 3/3 | 1,560 | 2011 | 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)