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Who owns your block

2500 block of N 20th St

A mixed-ownership block: 38% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 6 homes behind $22,364 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 615% since 2016, now about $81K. Property taxes are climbing about 10% 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
$81K
$11K–$124K
ZIP median $79K
Price / sq ft
$78
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$155K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $81K
Tax / yr
$507
typical · up to $1K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 16
$3K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
38%
5 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
19%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$22K
6 of 16 behind
▲ block 38% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+60%
value · tax +$71
5 years
+324%
value · tax +$295
10 years
+615%
value · tax +$284

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 $81K — about 0.4× the citywide median, and in line with 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$81K$79K$223K
Owner-occupied19%26%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 130 reported crimes (47 violent) and 127 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
130
47 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
127
42 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults30
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief20
All Other Offenses17
Burglary Residential13
Thefts13
Aggravated Assault No Firearm7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint31
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection20
Abandoned Vehicle17
Illegal Dumping11
Smoke Detector9
Information Request6

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$50K$100K$81K2016: $11K2017: $11K2018: $11K2019: $13K2020: $19K2021: $19K2022: $19K2023: $46K2024: $46K2025: $51K2026: $51K2027: $81K2016202020232027

▲ +615% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$4302016: $1462017: $1462018: $1442019: $1242020: $1352021: $1352022: $1352023: $4122024: $4122025: $4152026: $3592027: $4302016202020232027

▲ +195% since 2016 · ~+10%/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 $3,371 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%
$340pays now $1,740at the full rate

2504 N 20th St is assessed at $124K but pays $340 a year — about 20% of the $1,740 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 +19.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 715 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $715 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+19.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+615%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+19.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+16.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+13.1 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K200020052010201520202025
7arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 5Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 6 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 5
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels9 parcels
$11K$81K+

The block's largest owner, Stanton Ovation Llc, carries 5 open violations across 14 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Stanton Ovation Llc214$221Kphila.gov ↗
Gdh Pl 2 Llc114$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Sherese Rentals Llc11$81Kphila.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

$0$100K$200K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2501 N 20TH ST Bought for $16K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $81K 3/1 1,110 1920 2
2503 N 20TH ST Bought for $30K in 2020. Owner pulled a fast form building permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $81K 3/1 1,036 1920 1
2504 N 20TH ST Bought for $25K in 2021, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $155K in 2025. Owner-occupied $124K 3/1 1,036 1920 2 abatedtax lien
2505 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
2506 N 20TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $2K in 2000. Owner-occupied $81K 3/1 1,036 1920 1 abatedtax lien
2507 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $81K 3/1 1,036 1920 0
2508 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. Absentee individual $34K 3/1 1,036 1920 0 tax lien
2509 N 20TH ST Vacant $11K —/— 0 tax lien
2510 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. Vacant $13K —/— 0 tax lien
2511 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $81K 3/1 1,036 1920 0 abated
2512 N 20TH ST Vacant $15K —/— 0
2513 N 20TH ST L&I violation (2018); sold $25K (2019); L&I violation (2023). Investor / LLC $81K 3/1 1,036 1920 1 rentedtax lien
2515 N 20TH ST 8 L&I violations (2014). Absentee individual $81K 3/1 1,036 1920 0 rentedtax lien
2517 N 20TH ST Vacant $11K —/— 0
2519 N 20TH ST built new under a 2014 permit. Investor / LLC $81K 3/1 1,036 1920 0 rented
2521 N 20TH ST Vacant $27K —/— 0 tax lien

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.