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Who owns your block

6400 block of N 20th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 67% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 41 open code violations and 3 homes behind $21,186 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 77% since 2016, now about $168K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% 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
$168K
$16K–$316K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$141
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$275K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $168K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 18
$9K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
67%
12 of 18
city 41%
Rentals
17%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
41
L&I code
▲ block 6% · city 5%
Back taxes
$21K
3 of 18 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$558
5 years
+61%
value · tax +$865
10 years
+77%
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 $168K — about 0.8× 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$168K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied39%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 63 reported crimes (18 violent) and 151 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
63
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
151
41 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults12
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
All Other Offenses6
Fraud6
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Thefts6

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint31
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Street Defect13
Abandoned Vehicle12
Street Trees11
Other (Streets)8

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
Prince Hall
6101 N Gratz St · 317 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$168K2016: $95K2017: $95K2018: $95K2019: $109K2020: $104K2021: $104K2022: $104K2023: $135K2024: $135K2025: $169K2026: $169K2027: $168K2016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,9752016: $9102017: $9102018: $9082019: $9642020: $1,1102021: $1,1102022: $1,1102023: $1,2782024: $1,2782025: $1,1492026: $1,4172027: $1,9752016202020232027

▲ +117% since 2016 · ~+7%/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 $9,061 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%
$1,870pays now $2,314at the full rate

6431 N 20th St is assessed at $165K but pays $1,870 a year — about 81% of the $2,314 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 +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 177 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $177 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+77%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.2 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 21 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20052010201520202025
21arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
9homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 18 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Investor / LLC: 3Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 2 18parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Investor / LLC 3
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels11 parcels0 parcels3 parcels
$16K$267K+

The block's largest owner, Plotz Llc, carries 3 open violations across 23 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Plotz Llc123$397Kphila.gov ↗
Kelley Investment Group Lp122$3.7Mphila.gov ↗
Mba Investment Llc13$668Kphila.gov ↗
Apex Rentals Llc12$280Kphila.gov ↗
6432 N 20 Street Llc11$168Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 18 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
6413 N 20TH ST sold $109K (2016); L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $193K 4/1 1,620 1925 1
6415 N 20TH ST Bought for $30K in 2013. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $316K 4/1 1,560 1925 2
6422 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2026. Absentee individual $33K —/— 143 1920 0
6424 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $35K in 2013 → $115K in 2019 (+229%). Owner-occupied $168K 3/1 1,188 1920 2
6426 N 20TH ST Bought for $19K in 2013. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Investor / LLC $168K 3/1 1,188 1920 2 rented
6428 N 20TH ST Bought for $1K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $168K 3/1 1,188 1920 3
6429 N 20TH ST L&I violation (2022); L&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025). Vacant $20K —/— 0 tax lien
6430 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $79K 3/1 1,188 1920 0 rentedtax lien
6431 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $165K 2/2 1,188 1920 0 abated
6432 N 20TH ST Traded 4×: $40K in 2001 → $99K in 2022 (+148%). Investor / LLC $168K 3/1 1,188 1920 4 rentedtax lien
6433 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $165K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
6434 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $168K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
6435 N 20TH ST Bought for $33K in 2013. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $168K 3/1 1,188 1920 3
6436 N 20TH ST Traded 3×: $70K in 2022 → $275K in 2025 (+293%). Owner-occupied $249K 3/2 1,188 1920 3 tax lien
6437 N 20TH ST L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $168K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
6438 N 20TH ST Vacant $16K —/— 0 tax lien
6439 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $168K 3/1 1,188 1920 0
6441 N 20TH ST Bought for $120K in 2005. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $267K —/— 3,424 1920 1 41 viol

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

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.