2200 block of S 20th St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $255K — about 1.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 92 reported crimes (20 violent) and 381 resident 311 requests to the city.

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

• $255K typical home, up +164% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,348 to $3,147 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $10.0M assessed, $116,928/yr to the city, about $3,439 per home

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:

• 2213 S 20th Sttax-abated new construction0.49%$1,008/yr on $206K
• 2203 S 20th Stexemption0.76%$1,670/yr on $219K
• 2204 S 20th Stexemption0.79%$1,825/yr on $230K
• 2206 S 20th Stexemption0.79%$1,825/yr on $230K
• 2212 S 20th Stexemption0.79%$1,825/yr on $230K
• …and 11 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 2213 S 20th St is assessed at $206K but pays $1,008 a year — about 35% of the $2,878 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 +9.2% 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 $264 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 46 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

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 34 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

New construction

2237 S 20th St

$332K · Bought for $80K in 2004, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $325K in 2023.

New construction

2235 S 20th St

$249K · built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $155K in 2005.

New construction

2213 S 20th St

$206K · built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated).

Renovated & sold on

2224 S 20th St

$1.0M · Bought for $800K in 2012, alteration permit in 2012, sold for $800K in 2012 (+36%).

Renovated & sold on

2200 S 20th St

$296K · Bought for $110K in 2005, use permit in 2007, sold for $290K in 2024 (+164%).

Renovated & sold on

2211 S 20th St

$219K · Bought for $70K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $268K in 2019 (+283%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.