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Who owns your block

2200 block of N 20th St

A mixed-ownership block: 21% owner-occupied, 16% investor-held, with 6 open code violations and 3 homes behind $5,760 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 206% since 2016, now about $138K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$138K
$29K–$3.7M
ZIP median $79K
Price / sq ft
$46
typical home
city median $181
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $52K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 19
$19K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
21%
4 of 19
city 41%
Rentals
47%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
6
L&I code
▲ block 11% · city 5%
Back taxes
$6K
3 of 19 behind
▲ block 16% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+9%
value · tax +$40
5 years
+150%
value · tax +$603
10 years
+206%
value · tax +$747

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 $138K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19132Philadelphia
Median home value$138K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied0%26%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 185 reported crimes (92 violent) and 198 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
185
92 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
198
45 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults55
All Other Offenses17
Thefts17
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14
Aggravated Assault No Firearm13
Weapon Violations12

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint69
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection20
Abandoned Vehicle16
Shoveling9
Illegal Dumping8
Salting8

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
William Dick
2498 W Diamond St · 306 students
High · 9-12
Strawberry Mansion HS
3133 Ridge Ave · 275 students

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$138K2016: $45K2017: $45K2018: $45K2019: $54K2020: $55K2021: $55K2022: $55K2023: $96K2024: $96K2025: $126K2026: $126K2027: $138K2016202020232027

▲ +206% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,3772016: $6302017: $6302018: $6312019: $6612020: $6612021: $6612022: $7742023: $1,3212024: $1,3212025: $1,3372026: $1,3372027: $1,3772016202020232027

▲ +119% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

3
3 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 $18,625 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

15 homes pay the full 1.40%4 pay less
$0pays now $12,436at the full rate

The starkest example: 2243-57 N 20th St is assessed at $888K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $12,436 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 306 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $306 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+206%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+4.2 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 10 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20042008201220162020
10arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 19 parcels

Owner-occupied: 4Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 11Vacant: 2 19parcels
  • Owner-occupied 4
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 11
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

13 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$29K$888K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Susquehanna Apts L P (individual)66$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
M D C M Development11$3.7Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
105 Merrick LLC11$106Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Ready Properties LLC11$71Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

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

$0$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2200 N 20TH ST 2 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2018); 2 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $67K —/— 0 tax lien
2201-41 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $3.7M —/— 35,405 1984 0 rented
2202-14 N 20TH ST 6 L&I violations (2009); 3 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2022); 8 L&I violations (2023). Absentee individual $517K —/— 15,750 0 rented
2216 N 20TH ST Bought for $3K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $144K —/— 2,332 1920 1 tax lien
2218 N 20TH ST 4 L&I violations (2007); sold $2.0M (2010); L&I violation (2024). Absentee individual $49K —/— 2,330 1 rented
2220 N 20TH ST 4 L&I violations (2023); 3 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $71K —/— 2,332 1920 0 2 violtax lien
2222 N 20TH ST built new under a 2020 permit. Owner-occupied $147K —/— 2,436 1920 0 rented
2224 N 20TH ST built new under a 2012 permit. Owner-occupied $106K —/— 2,332 1920 0 tax lien
2226 N 20TH ST 9 L&I violations (2012). Absentee individual $144K —/— 2,332 1920 0 tax lien
2228-30 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Absentee individual $98K —/— 4,664 0 rented
2232 N 20TH ST Bought for $38K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $165K in 2022. Investor / LLC $71K —/— 2,332 1920 4
2234 N 20TH ST 3 L&I violations (2007). Vacant $29K —/— 0
2236-38 N 20TH ST L&I violation (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); 5 L&I violations (2019); 8 L&I violations (2022). Absentee individual $98K —/— 4,372 0 rented
2240 N 20TH ST built new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $138K —/— 2,186 1920 0 abated
2242-54 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022. Absentee individual $344K —/— 16,012 0 rented
2243-57 N 20TH ST Bought for $120K in 2002, built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $120K in 2002. Owner-occupied $888K —/— 5,708 1920 2 abated
2256 N 20TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.9M in 2019. Absentee individual $346K 4/4 2,372 1920 1 abated4 violtax lien
2258 N 20TH ST 5 L&I violations (2008); sold $2.0M (2010); L&I violation (2014). Absentee individual $49K —/— 2,186 1 rented
2260-62 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Absentee individual $770K —/— 7,978 1920 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)

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.