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Who owns your block

2800 block of S 20th St

An investor-heavy block: 100% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 712% since 2016, now about $9.0M. Property taxes are climbing about 21% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$9.0M
$4.6M–$18M
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$74
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
40.2×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$93K
typical · up to $203K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2012
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
2 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 17% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+92%
value · tax +$43K
5 years
+576%
value · tax +$73K
10 years
+712%
value · tax +$76K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $9.0M — about 40.2× 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.

This blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$9.0M$242K$223K
Owner-occupied0%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 54 reported crimes (5 violent) and 19 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
54
5 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
19
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts41
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Other Assaults2
Aggravated Assault Firearm1
Aggravated Assault No Firearm1
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE1

Top 311 complaints

Information Request3
Maintenance Complaint3
Shoveling3
Other (Streets)2
Street Defect2
Traffic Signal Emergency2

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
F Amedee Bregy
1700 Bigler St · 244 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$10M$20M$9.0M2016: $1.1M2017: $1.1M2018: $1.1M2019: $1.3M2020: $1.3M2021: $1.3M2022: $1.3M2023: $4.4M2024: $4.4M2025: $5.1M2026: $4.7M2027: $9.0M2016202020232027

▲ +712% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$50,000$100,000$85,8932016: $10,3292017: $10,3292018: $10,6382019: $12,3952020: $12,3952021: $12,3952022: $12,3952023: $20,8272024: $20,8272025: $34,0362026: $43,0552027: $85,8932016202020232027

▲ +732% since 2016 · ~+21%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +21% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 812 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $812 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+21%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+712%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+21%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+18%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+14.5 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.

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 2Investor / LLC: 3Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 2
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$4.6M$15M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Defense Realty Llc44$28Mphila.gov ↗
Defense Realty Building 611$18Mphila.gov ↗
Q 12 Llc11$15Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2810 S 20TH ST built new under a 2022 permit. Vacant $18M 0 2 viol
2820A S 20TH ST Investor / LLC $15M 196,162 2012 0
2830A S 20TH ST Investor / LLC $6.6M 71,376 1942 0
2830A S 20TH ST Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $4.6M 99,000 2012 0
2830A S 20TH ST Owner-occupied $11M 245,000 2012 0
2830A S 20TH ST Investor / LLC $5.6M 20,442 2024 0

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.