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Who owns your block

2900 block of S 20th St

A mixed-ownership block: 33% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 8 open code violations and 1 home behind $51,839 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 70% since 2016, now about $7.7M. Property taxes are climbing about 18% a year.

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
$7.7M
$1.7M–$35M
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$53
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
34.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$111K
typical · up to $485K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1940
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
33%
1 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▲ block 33% · city 5%
Back taxes
$52K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 33% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+135%
value · tax +$25K
5 years
+151%
value · tax +$41K
10 years
+70%
value · tax +$58K

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 $7.7M — about 34.4× 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$7.7M$242K$223K
Owner-occupied0%46%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 34 reported crimes (1 violent) and 0 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
34
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
0
to the city

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft10
Fraud9
Burglary Non-Residential5
Receiving Stolen Property5
Thefts3
Robbery No Firearm1

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$7.7M2016: $4.5M2017: $4.5M2018: $4.6M2019: $5.0M2020: $3.1M2021: $3.1M2022: $3.1M2023: $3.1M2024: $3.1M2025: $3.3M2026: $3.3M2027: $7.7M2016202020232027

▲ +70% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$50,000$100,000$69,3972016: $10,9342017: $10,9342018: $54,0562019: $45,3842020: $28,1682021: $28,1682022: $28,1682023: $39,5442024: $39,5442025: $44,3442026: $44,3442027: $69,3972016202020232027

▲ +535% since 2016 · ~+18%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

6810025020162019202220252027This block 170 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $170 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+70%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.6 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 5 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$10M$20M20012004200720102013
5arm's-length sales since 2001
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 6parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$1.7M$16M+

The block's largest owner, Twenty Pac Company, carries 3 open violations across 4 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Twenty Pac Company (individual)44$46Mphila.gov ↗
Kinderman Family Lp11$16Mphila.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$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2900 S 20TH ST Owner-occupied $16M 309,345 1940 0
2900 S 20TH ST Absentee individual $1.7M 144,555 1940 0
2900 S 20TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Vacant $7.4M 1 5 viol
2900 S 20TH ST L&I violation (2026). Absentee individual $35M 654,211 1940 0
2990A S 20TH ST L&I violation (2012); 2 L&I violations (2018). Absentee individual $7.9M 90,140 1950 0
2990 S 20TH ST demolished in 2011 and rebuilt (2010), then sold for $6.4M in 2013. Absentee individual $2.0M 4 3 viol

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.