Who owns your block
3200 block of N 20th St
A mixed-ownership block: 17% owner-occupied, 30% investor-held, with 1 open code violation and 13 homes behind $61,367 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 95% since 2016, now about $41K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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 $41K — about 0.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $41K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 9% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 58 reported crimes (18 violent) and 94 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
- $41K typical home, up +95% since 2016
- Tax bill $272 to $221 a year, -2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $1.0M assessed, $11,471/yr to the city, about $499 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +95% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▼ -19% since 2016 · ~-2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
3246 N 20th St is assessed at $74K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,039 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.3% 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 $195 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 15 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 3
- Absentee individual 5
- Vacant 11
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Phila (individual) | 3 | 3871 | $6561M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tina N Willis (individual) | 3 | 12 | $933K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Ajj 1 Llc | 1 | 6 | $538K | phila.gov ↗ |
| J&J Home Investments Inc | 1 | 4 | $182K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Rite House Llc | 1 | 3 | $343K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Efrati Investments Llc | 1 | 2 | $24K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Wbp Partnership Llc | 1 | 1 | $72K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Roberto Jiovani Llc | 1 | 1 | $94K | phila.gov ↗ |
| All Things Print Llc | 1 | 1 | $13K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 23 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3217 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2005. Owner pulled a demolition permit in 2016. | Vacant | $16K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 3219 N 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $73K | 3/1 | 900 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3221 N 20TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $9K in 2019 → $20K in 2021 (+135%). | Absentee individual | $73K | 3/1 | 900 | 1940 | 3 | tax lien |
| 3223 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $73K | 3/1 | 900 | 1940 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3225 N 20TH ST History4 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2017); sold $8K (2022); L&I violation (2024). | Vacant | $17K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 1 violtax lien |
| 3227 N 20TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $12K in 2006 → $8K in 2017 (-33%). | Absentee individual | $36K | 3/1 | 972 | 1940 | 2 | tax lien |
| 3228 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $8K in 1999. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. | Absentee individual | $70K | —/— | 1,428 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 3229 N 20TH ST History3 L&I violations (2012); sold $50K (2022). | Investor / LLC | $72K | 3/1 | 972 | 1940 | 1 | tax lien |
| 3230 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2018 permit, sold for $20K in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $89K | 3/1 | 960 | 1940 | 1 | tax lien |
| 3231 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2007); 3 L&I violations (2011). | Absentee individual | $72K | 3/1 | 972 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3232 N 20TH ST History5 L&I violations (2018); 4 L&I violations (2021); L&I violation (2023). | Absentee individual | $41K | 3/1 | 960 | 1940 | 0 | |
| 3233 N 20TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $3K in 2015 → $50K in 2024 (+1567%). | Owner-occupied | $94K | 3/1 | 972 | 1940 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 3235 N 20TH ST Improved | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3236 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $51K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3237 N 20TH ST History2 L&I violations (2017); sold $8K (2021). | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 1 | tax lien |
| 3238 N 20TH ST History2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $12K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3239 N 20TH ST History2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2017). | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3240 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $12K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3241 N 20TH ST History2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2017). | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3242 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 3243 N 20TH ST History4 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2017). | Vacant | $13K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 3244 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $20K in 2017. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. | Investor / LLC | $94K | 3/1 | 1,042 | 1940 | 2 | |
| 3246 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $74K | 3/1 | 1,042 | 1940 | 0 | abated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)