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Who owns your block

2000 block of S 20th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 70% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 198% since 2016, now about $232K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% 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
$232K
$140K–$2.1M
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$142
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$178K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $232K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $8K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 10
$31K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
70%
7 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
30%
3 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
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 20% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+11%
value · tax +$205
5 years
+105%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+198%
value · tax +$2K

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 $232K — about 1.0× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$232K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied30%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 108 reported crimes (20 violent) and 335 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
108
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
335
31 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts28
Other Assaults15
All Other Offenses12
Theft from Vehicle12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief11
Fraud10

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection90
Salting44
Illegal Dumping33
Maintenance Complaint22
Sanitation Violation21
Other (Streets)18

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
Stephen Girard
1800 Snyder Ave · 304 students
Middle
Eh Universal Institute Charter School At Vare
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

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$250K$500K$232K2016: $78K2017: $78K2018: $78K2019: $105K2020: $113K2021: $113K2022: $113K2023: $169K2024: $169K2025: $209K2026: $209K2027: $232K2016202020232027

▲ +198% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,9102016: $1,0892017: $1,0892018: $1,0892019: $1,4682020: $1,5792021: $1,5792022: $1,5792023: $2,3492024: $2,3492025: $2,7052026: $2,7052027: $2,9102016202020232027

▲ +167% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

1
1 property 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 $30,863 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$2,962pays now $29,625at the full rate

2031 S 20th St is assessed at $2.1M but pays $2,962 a year — about 10% of the $29,625 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 +10.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 298 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $298 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+198%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.9 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K200020052010201520202025
13arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels7 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$140K$580K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Three J Realty Llc13$817Kphila.gov ↗
Vista Holdings Llc12$383Kphila.gov ↗
20th Street Holdings Llc11$2.1Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 10 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$1.3M$2.5M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2009 S 20TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $232K 4/1 1,532 1920 0
2011 S 20TH ST Owner-occupied $233K 3/1 1,650 1920 1
2013-17 S 20TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $580K —/— 7,140 1920 0
2019 S 20TH ST Bought for $35K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $232K 4/1 1,630 1920 3
2021 S 20TH ST Traded 2×: $70K in 2004 → $178K in 2025 (+154%). Investor / LLC $204K 4/1 1,188 1920 2 rented
2023 S 20TH ST L&I violation (2007); L&I violation (2008); 2 L&I violations (2009); sold $55K (2011). Absentee individual $259K —/— 1,630 1920 1 rented
2025 S 20TH ST Bought for $48K in 2012. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $232K 4/1 1,630 1920 1
2027 S 20TH ST sold $79K (2006); L&I violation (2010). Owner-occupied $232K 4/1 1,630 1920 1
2029 S 20TH ST Bought for $98K in 2009, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $127K in 2016. Owner-occupied $140K —/— 1,190 1920 2
2031 S 20TH ST Bought for $10K in 2004, built new (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $2.1M —/— 11,340 2024 2 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.