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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $85K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 27% | 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.
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
- $85K typical home, up +123% since 2016
- Tax bill $111 to $1,183 a year, +24%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $902K assessed, $7,462/yr to the city, about $678 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +123% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +966% since 2016 · ~+24%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 11 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Septa, carries 28 open violations across 295 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Septa (individual) | 2 | 295 | $217M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Aubrey J Myers (individual) | 2 | 2 | $169K | phila.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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3410 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $43K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $85K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 3412 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $43K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $85K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 3414 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt 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 ImprovedBought for $38K in 2000. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 3420 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1939 | 0 | |
| 3422 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $85K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1939 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 3424 N 20TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $41K in 2000 → $28K in 2016 (-33%). | Absentee individual | $111K | 3/1 | 1,170 | 1939 | 3 | 2 viol |
| 3426 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt 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)