Who owns your block
500 block of N 20th St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 61% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 home behind $3,439 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 41% since 2016, now about $547K. 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 $547K — about 2.5× 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 | $547K | $457K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 35% | 37% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 60 reported crimes (15 violent) and 205 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
- $547K typical home, up +41% since 2016
- Tax bill $4,892 to $6,257 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $14M assessed, $171,837/yr to the city, about $7,471 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +41% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +28% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
525 N 20th St is assessed at $894K but pays $3,371 a year — about 27% of the $12,517 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 +3.1% 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 $141 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 19 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 23 parcels
- Owner-occupied 14
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 5
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodolico Michael J Iii (individual) | 2 | 3 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Gtw 2021 Llc | 3 | 3 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mt Vernon Cherry Llc | 1 | 1 | $765K | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 N 20TH ST New constructionBought for $415K in 2004, built new under a 2014 permit, sold for $470K in 2013. | Owner-occupied | $547K | 3/2 | 1,620 | 1970 | 2 | rented |
| 503 N 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $578K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 505 N 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $547K | 4/1 | 1,760 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 507 N 20TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $220K in 2002 → $355K in 2003 (+61%). | Owner-occupied | $547K | 4/1 | 1,620 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 509 N 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $495K | 3/1 | 1,694 | 1974 | 1 | |
| 511 N 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $495K | 4/1 | 1,694 | 1974 | 1 | |
| 513 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $300K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $547K | 4/1 | 1,620 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 515 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $548K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $547K | 4/2 | 1,694 | 1974 | 1 | |
| 517 N 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $547K | 4/1 | 1,694 | 1974 | 1 | |
| 519 N 20TH ST New constructionBought for $113K in 2001, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $520K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $547K | 3/1 | 1,620 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 521 N 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $599K | —/— | 2,064 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 523 N 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $599K | —/— | 2,064 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 525 N 20TH ST New constructionBought for $240K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $608K in 2019. | Owner-occupied | $894K | 4/2 | 1,860 | 1920 | 2 | abated |
| 527 N 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $499K | —/— | 1,728 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 529 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $608K | —/— | 2,104 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 559 N 20TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $1.1M in 2003 → $1.1M in 2003 (+0%). | Absentee individual | $1.5M | —/— | 15,552 | 1900 | 2 | |
| 560 N 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $134K | —/— | 29,952 | 1860 | 0 | abated |
| 563 N 20TH ST | Investor / LLC | $402K | 2/2 | 1,083 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 563 N 20TH ST | Investor / LLC | $385K | —/— | 1,017 | 1920 | 0 | rented |
| 563 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a sign permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $219K | —/— | 2,335 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 565 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $396K in 2008. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $721K | —/— | 2,764 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 567 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $630K in 2023. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2007. | Investor / LLC | $765K | 4/4 | 2,672 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 569 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $1.1M | 6/5 | 4,491 | 1920 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)