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Who owns your block

3400 block of N 20th St

A mixed-ownership block: 55% owner-occupied, 0% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 2 homes behind $3,831 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 123% since 2016, now about $85K. Property taxes are climbing about 24% 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
$85K
$18K–$111K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$72
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.4×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 11
$5K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
55%
6 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 18% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
2 of 11 behind
▲ block 18% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$1K
5 years
+169%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+123%
value · tax +$1K

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 $85K — about 0.4× 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 blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$85K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied27%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 108 reported crimes (46 violent) and 137 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
108
46 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
137
37 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults34
Thefts15
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
All Other Offenses6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint42
Illegal Dumping25
Abandoned Vehicle19
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Construction Complaints6
Street Defect6

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
Mastery Charter School At Cleveland
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$85K2016: $38K2017: $38K2018: $38K2019: $30K2020: $31K2021: $31K2022: $31K2023: $67K2024: $67K2025: $85K2026: $85K2027: $85K2016202020232027

▲ +123% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,1832016: $1112017: $1112018: $1112027: $1,1832016202020232027

▲ +966% since 2016 · ~+24%/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 $5,165 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%
$0pays now $1,218at the full rate

3426 N 20th St is assessed at $87K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,218 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 +7.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8010025020162019202220252027This block 223 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $223 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+123%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.1 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 6 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$25K$50K20002004200820122016
6arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Absentee individual: 3Vacant: 2 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Absentee individual 3
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels10 parcels
$18K$95K+

The block's largest owner, Septa, carries 28 open violations across 295 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Septa (individual)2295$217Mphila.gov ↗
Aubrey J Myers (individual)22$169Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 11 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$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3410 N 20TH ST Bought for $43K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Absentee individual $85K 3/1 1,170 1939 1
3412 N 20TH ST Bought for $43K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Absentee individual $85K 3/1 1,170 1939 1
3414 N 20TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,170 1939 0 abated1 viol
3416 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,170 1939 0
3418 N 20TH ST Bought for $38K in 2000. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,170 1939 1
3420 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,170 1939 0
3422 N 20TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $85K 3/1 1,170 1939 0 abatedtax lien
3424 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $41K in 2000 → $28K in 2016 (-33%). Absentee individual $111K 3/1 1,170 1939 3 2 viol
3426 N 20TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $87K 3/1 1,240 1939 0 abated
3435 N 20TH ST Vacant $18K —/— 0
3445 N 20TH ST Vacant $95K —/— 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.