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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $81K | $79K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 19% | 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.
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
- $81K typical home, up +615% since 2016
- Tax bill $146 to $430 a year, +10%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $895K assessed, $9,157/yr to the city, about $572 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +615% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +195% since 2016 · ~+10%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 6
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Stanton Ovation Llc, carries 5 open violations across 14 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton Ovation Llc | 2 | 14 | $221K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gdh Pl 2 Llc | 1 | 14 | $1.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Sherese Rentals Llc | 1 | 1 | $81K | phila.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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $16K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Absentee individual | $81K | 3/1 | 1,110 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 2503 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought 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 New constructionBought 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2506 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt 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 ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $81K | 3/1 | 1,036 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 2508 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2017. | Absentee individual | $34K | 3/1 | 1,036 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 2509 N 20TH ST Improved | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 2510 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner 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 HistoryL&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 History8 L&I violations (2014). | Absentee individual | $81K | 3/1 | 1,036 | 1920 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 2517 N 20TH ST Improved | Vacant | $11K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 2519 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2014 permit. | Investor / LLC | $81K | 3/1 | 1,036 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 2521 N 20TH ST Improved | 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)