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Who owns your block

5700 block of N 20th St

A mixed-ownership block: 48% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 3 open code violations and 7 homes behind $88,321 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 63% since 2016, now about $153K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% 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
$153K
$120K–$313K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$149
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$160K
7 sold in 2yr
assessed $153K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 60
$32K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
48%
29 of 60
city 41%
Rentals
37%
22 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$88K
7 of 60 behind
▲ block 12% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$112
5 years
+86%
value · tax +$985
10 years
+63%
value · tax +$960

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 $153K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19138 median of $187K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19138 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19138Philadelphia
Median home value$153K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied37%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 108 reported crimes (49 violent) and 242 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
108
49 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
242
42 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults30
All Other Offenses17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm10
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Thefts7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint72
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection60
Illegal Dumping24
Other (Streets)15
Abandoned Vehicle11
Salting9

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$153K2016: $94K2017: $94K2018: $94K2019: $86K2020: $82K2021: $82K2022: $82K2023: $119K2024: $119K2025: $149K2026: $149K2027: $153K2016202020232027

▲ +63% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,1302016: $1,1702017: $1,1702018: $1,1742019: $1,1952020: $1,1462021: $1,1462022: $1,1452023: $1,6542024: $1,6542025: $2,0232026: $2,0182027: $2,1302016202020232027

▲ +82% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

1
1 property 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 $32,440 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%
$1,518pays now $3,162at the full rate

5719 N 20th St is assessed at $226K but pays $1,518 a year — about 48% of the $3,162 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 +4.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8810025020162019202220252027This block 163 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $163 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+63%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.9 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 82 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 18 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
82arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
18homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 60 parcels

Owner-occupied: 29Investor / LLC: 15Absentee individual: 16 60parcels
  • Owner-occupied 29
  • Investor / LLC 15
  • Absentee individual 16

Value distribution today

1 parcels33 parcels3 parcels11 parcels2 parcels3 parcels7 parcels
$120K$267K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Mba Places Llc19$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Black Dog Rentals Llc17$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Yuan Sheng Properties Llc16$1.9Mphila.gov ↗
Sharmaine Wilson (individual)22$305Kphila.gov ↗
Xianghua Yuan (individual)22$563Kphila.gov ↗
Community South Llc11$177Kphila.gov ↗
20th And Chew Llc11$152Kphila.gov ↗
Community Eight Llc11$152Kphila.gov ↗
A & M Moreschi Llc11$187Kphila.gov ↗
5720 North 20th Street Co11$152Kphila.gov ↗
Sunny Llc11$152Kphila.gov ↗
Oak Lane Holdings Inc11$184Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 60 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5700 N 20TH ST Bought for $10K in 2014. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Investor / LLC $177K 3/1 1,140 1940 1 rented
5702 N 20TH ST Bought for $17K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Investor / LLC $152K 3/1 1,030 1940 1 rented
5704 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $152K 3/1 1,030 1940 0 tax lien
5706 N 20TH ST L&I violation (2009); L&I violation (2012). Owner-occupied $152K 3/1 1,030 1940 0
5708 N 20TH ST Bought for $56K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Investor / LLC $152K 3/1 1,030 1940 1 rented
5709 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $168K in 2016 → $230K in 2025 (+37%). Absentee individual $276K 3/2 1,694 1940 2
5710 N 20TH ST Bought for $5K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2014, sold for $110K in 2018 (+2100%). Absentee individual $152K 3/1 1,030 1940 4
5711 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 tax lien
5712 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $152K 3/1 1,030 1940 0
5713 N 20TH ST 4 L&I violations (2016); sold $85K (2024). Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,224 1940 1 rented
5714 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $67K in 2021 → $170K in 2021 (+154%). Investor / LLC $187K 3/1 1,030 1940 2 rented
5715 N 20TH ST Bought for $167K in 2017, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $250K in 2025 (+346%). Owner-occupied $246K 3/1 1,224 1940 4
5716 N 20TH ST Bought for $70K in 2007, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $95K in 2025 (+36%). Investor / LLC $152K 3/1 1,028 1940 2 rented
5717 N 20TH ST Bought for $197K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,218 1940 1 tax lien
5718 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,038 1940 0
5719 N 20TH ST built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $70K in 2019. Investor / LLC $226K 3/— 1,224 1940 1 rentedabated
5720 N 20TH ST Bought for $35K in 2009. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $152K 3/1 1,028 1940 1 rented
5721 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 tax lien
5722 N 20TH ST Bought for $64K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Absentee individual $152K 3/1 1,028 1940 2 rented
5723 N 20TH ST Bought for $84K in 2007, plumbing permit in 2010, sold for $141K in 2018 (+69%). Owner-occupied $249K 4/1 1,218 1940 3
5724 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $64K in 2005 → $85K in 2006 (+34%). Absentee individual $152K 3/1 1,028 1940 2 rented
5725 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,218 1940 1 tax lien
5726 N 20TH ST Bought for $17K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Investor / LLC $152K 3/1 1,028 1940 2 rented
5727 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $184K 3/1 1,224 1940 0 3 violtax lien
5728 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $159K 3/1 1,120 1940 0
5729 N 20TH ST Traded 4×: $55K in 2002 → $220K in 2019 (+300%). Absentee individual $250K 3/1 1,218 1940 4 tax lien
5730 N 20TH ST 3 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2023). Owner-occupied $152K 3/1 1,026 1940 0
5731 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,234 1940 0
5732 N 20TH ST Bought for $72K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $221K 3/— 1,026 1940 2
5733 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $110K in 2006 → $190K in 2022 (+73%). Absentee individual $120K 3/1 1,218 1940 3 rented
5734 N 20TH ST Bought for $40K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2014, sold for $61K in 2019 (+53%). Investor / LLC $152K 3/1 1,075 1915 4 rented
5735 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2024 → $295K in 2025 (+228%). Owner-occupied $267K 4/3 1,234 1940 2
5736 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $45K in 2000 → $35K in 2004 (-22%). Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,026 1940 3
5737 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $184K 3/1 1,218 1940 0
5738 N 20TH ST 4 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019); 5 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2023). Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,026 1940 0 rented
5739 N 20TH ST built new under a 2019 permit. Owner-occupied $185K 3/1 1,234 1940 0 tax lien
5740 N 20TH ST Bought for $60K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $174K 3/1 1,026 1940 1 rented
5741 N 20TH ST Bought for $130K in 2023. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $183K 3/1 1,212 1940 1
5742 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5743 N 20TH ST built new under a 2014 permit. Owner-occupied $188K 3/1 1,234 1940 0
5744 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $28K in 2000 → $50K in 2002 (+79%). Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 2
5745 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $120K in 2017 → $215K in 2024 (+79%). Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,218 1940 2
5746 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5747 N 20TH ST Bought for $81K in 2018, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $220K in 2019 (+171%). Absentee individual $313K 3/1 1,848 1940 2
5748 N 20TH ST Bought for $18K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 3
5749 N 20TH ST sold $55K (2004); 3 L&I violations (2010); 2 L&I violations (2012); 13 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2019). Absentee individual $231K 3/2 2,000 1940 1 rented
5750 N 20TH ST L&I violation (2023). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5751 N 20TH ST Traded 4×: $135K in 2005 → $265K in 2022 (+96%). Investor / LLC $260K 3/— 2,601 1940 4 rented
5752 N 20TH ST sold $14K (2007); L&I violation (2022); 2 L&I violations (2023). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5754 N 20TH ST Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5756 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 0
5758 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $19K in 2000 → $57K in 2007 (+201%). Investor / LLC $149K 3/1 1,024 1940 3 rented
5760 N 20TH ST Bought for $37K in 2010. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 1 rented
5762 N 20TH ST sold $5K (2009); 2 L&I violations (2015); 3 L&I violations (2016); 8 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2023). Absentee individual $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5764 N 20TH ST Bought for $90K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 1
5766 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $35K in 2017 → $70K in 2020 (+100%). Absentee individual $149K 3/— 1,024 1940 2 rented
5768 N 20TH ST Bought for $62K in 2013. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Investor / LLC $153K 3/1 1,024 1940 1 rented
5770 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $26K in 2002 → $58K in 2002 (+123%). Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,024 1940 2
5772 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $24K in 2014 → $160K in 2025 (+580%). Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,120 1940 3 tax lien
5774 N 20TH ST Bought for $25K in 2013. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $162K 3/1 1,140 1940 1 rented

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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