Who owns your block
400 block of N 20th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation.
The typical home here is up 30% since 2016, now about $591K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $591K — about 2.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19130 median of $457K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19130 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19130 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $591K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 11% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 107 reported crimes (18 violent) and 95 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
- $591K typical home, up +30% since 2016
- Tax bill $5,308 to $8,273 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $15M assessed, $130,199/yr to the city, about $14,467 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +30% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +56% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
407 N 20th St is assessed at $9.8M but pays $70,863 a year — about 51% of the $137,684 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.4% 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 $130 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 2002. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 9 parcels
- Owner-occupied 6
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Granary Acquisition Partn, carries 1 open violation across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granary Acquisition Partn (individual) | 2 | 2 | $11M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Homebase Llc | 1 | 1 | $827K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407R N 20TH ST Historysold $7.6M (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019). | Vacant | $678K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 407 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $9.8M | —/— | 78,672 | 1926 | 0 | rentedabated1 viol |
| 417 N 20TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $350K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $585K in 2014 (+149%). | Owner-occupied | $591K | 4/2 | 1,485 | 1900 | 4 | |
| 419 N 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $485K | —/— | 1,485 | 1900 | 0 | |
| 421 N 20TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $335K in 2011, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $850K in 2025 (+154%). | Owner-occupied | $591K | 4/2 | 1,782 | 1900 | 3 | |
| 423 N 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $591K | —/— | 1,485 | 1900 | 0 | abated |
| 425 N 20TH ST New constructionBought for $540K in 2006, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $710K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $591K | 4/2 | 1,485 | 1900 | 4 | |
| 427 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $300K in 2018. | Investor / LLC | $827K | 4/2 | 1,786 | 1900 | 1 | abated |
| 429 N 20TH ST New constructionBought for $475K in 2023, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $990K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $969K | 4/3 | 2,316 | 1900 | 2 | 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)