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Who owns your block

5600 block of N 20th St

A mixed-ownership block: 48% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 8 open code violations and 1 home behind $4,212 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 67% since 2016, now about $191K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$191K
$124K–$20M
ZIP median $201K
Price / sq ft
$133
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$221K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $191K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 23
$286K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
48%
11 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
17%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
8
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$4K
1 of 23 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$156
5 years
+89%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+67%
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 $191K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19144 median of $201K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19144 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19144Philadelphia
Median home value$191K$201K$223K
Owner-occupied26%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 71 reported crimes (30 violent) and 137 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
71
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
137
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults18
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Theft from Vehicle7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief6
Burglary Residential5

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection33
Maintenance Complaint25
Street Trees13
Other (Streets)12
Abandoned Vehicle8
Illegal Dumping8

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 · K-5
Joseph Pennell
1800 Nedro Ave · 249 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 students

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$100K$200K$191K2016: $114K2017: $114K2018: $114K2019: $105K2020: $101K2021: $101K2022: $101K2023: $142K2024: $142K2025: $180K2026: $180K2027: $191K2016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,6742016: $1,5992017: $1,5992018: $1,5992019: $1,4742020: $1,4112021: $1,4112022: $1,4112023: $1,9842024: $1,9842025: $2,5182026: $2,5182027: $2,6742016202020232027

▲ +67% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 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 $285,780 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 $274,708at the full rate

5600 N 20th St is assessed at $20M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $274,708 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 +4.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8810025020162019202220252027This block 167 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $167 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+67%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.7 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 29 arm's-length sales since 1970. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K19801991200220132024
29arm's-length sales since 1970
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
8homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 8 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels17 parcels5 parcels
$124K$216K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Almond Tree Properties Llc26$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Miper Homes Llc12$380Kphila.gov ↗
J Diesel Investments Inc11$214Kphila.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

$0$10M$20M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5600 N 20TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $20M —/— 168,357 1998 0 abated8 viol
5615 N 20TH ST built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $130K in 1970. Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,434 1940 1 abated
5617 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $67K in 2000 → $155K in 2017 (+131%). Investor / LLC $191K 3/1 1,440 1940 3
5619 N 20TH ST L&I violation (2014). Absentee individual $193K 3/1 1,472 1940 0
5621 N 20TH ST Bought for $90K in 2019. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2019. Absentee individual $193K 3/1 1,472 1940 1 rentedtax lien
5623 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $85K in 2013 → $228K in 2025 (+168%). Investor / LLC $193K 3/1 1,472 1940 3 rented
5625 N 20TH ST Bought for $60K in 2008. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $214K 3/1 1,472 1940 1 tax lien
5627 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $87K in 2016 → $215K in 2025 (+147%). Owner-occupied $193K 3/1 1,472 1940 2
5629 N 20TH ST 2 L&I violations (2007); sold $170K (2022). Absentee individual $191K 3/— 1,434 1940 1
5631 N 20TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019). Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,434 1940 0
5633 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,434 1940 0
5635 N 20TH ST sold $78K (2003); 2 L&I violations (2007); 3 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2020). Absentee individual $191K 3/1 1,434 1940 1 rented
5637 N 20TH ST Bought for $150K in 2022. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $191K 3/— 1,434 1940 2
5639 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,434 1940 0
5641 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $46K in 2000 → $195K in 2022 (+324%). Owner-occupied $124K 3/1 1,434 1940 3
5643 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2007. Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,434 1940 0
5645 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,434 1940 0
5647 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $69K in 2000 → $90K in 2005 (+30%). Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,434 1940 2
5649 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $10K in 2006 → $110K in 2006 (+995%). Absentee individual $191K 3/1 1,434 1940 2
5651 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $119K in 2007 → $191K in 2025 (+61%). Investor / LLC $191K 3/— 1,434 1940 3 rented
5653 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $64K in 2000 → $125K in 2017 (+95%). Owner-occupied $234K 3/1 1,434 1940 3
5655 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $191K 3/1 1,434 1940 0
5657 N 20TH ST sold $133K (2007); L&I violation (2017); 3 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2020); 2 L&I violations (2025). Absentee individual $216K 3/1 1,434 1940 1

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

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