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Who owns your block

7400 block of N 20th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 95% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 3 homes behind $6,825 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 75% since 2016, now about $204K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year.

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
$204K
$195K–$308K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$143
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$228K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $204K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $3K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 56
$70K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
95%
53 of 56
city 41%
Rentals
4%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$7K
3 of 56 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 4% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax −$115
5 years
+53%
value · tax +$203
10 years
+75%
value · tax +$269

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 $204K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above 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$204K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied82%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 59 reported crimes (18 violent) and 242 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
59
18 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
242
33 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults13
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
Fraud7
All Other Offenses5
Thefts4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection87
Abandoned Vehicle43
Illegal Dumping12
Other (Streets)12
Salting12
Smoke Detector12

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
William Rowen
6841 N 19th St · 272 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$125K$250K$204K2016: $117K2017: $117K2018: $117K2019: $139K2020: $133K2021: $133K2022: $133K2023: $174K2024: $174K2025: $207K2026: $207K2027: $204K2016202020232027

▲ +75% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4842016: $1,2152017: $1,2152018: $1,2152019: $1,4352020: $1,2812021: $1,2812022: $1,2812023: $1,3902024: $1,3902025: $1,5992026: $1,5992027: $1,4842016202020232027

▲ +22% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

3
3 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 $69,578 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 $3,267at the full rate

7471 N 20th St is assessed at $233K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $3,267 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 +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 175 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $175 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+75%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 39 arm's-length sales since 2003. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 32 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
39arm's-length sales since 2003
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
32homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 56 parcels

Owner-occupied: 53Absentee individual: 3 56parcels
  • Owner-occupied 53
  • Absentee individual 3

Value distribution today

32 parcels16 parcels0 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels5 parcels
$195K$284K+

No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.

House by house

All 56 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

New construction
7471 N 20th St
$233K · built new (tax-abated).
Renovated & sold on
7452 N 20th St
$308K · Bought for $65K in 2018, mechanical permit in 2018, sold for $210K in 2019 (+223%).
Renovated & sold on
7435 N 20th St
$238K · Bought for $53K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $230K in 2025 (+334%).
Renovated & sold on
7455 N 20th St
$202K · Bought for $82K in 2005, use permit in 2007, sold for $111K in 2014 (+35%).
Improved
7467 N 20th St
$272K · Bought for $50K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023.
Improved
7420 N 20th St
$208K · Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025.
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7401 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7403 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2009); L&I violation (2020); Appeal complete (2022); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7405 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2020); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7407 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7409 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7411 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $84K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,426 1925 2
7413 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7414 N 20TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $170K in 2004 → $160K in 2023 (-6%). Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 3 tax lien
7415 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,426 1925 1
7416 N 20TH ST Historysold $43K (2004); L&I violation (2023). Absentee individual $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 1 rented
7417 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7418 N 20TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2021 → $264K in 2022 (+120%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,440 1925 2
7419 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2014. Absentee individual $201K 3/1 1,426 1925 0 tax lien
7420 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7421 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $198K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7422 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7423 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $201K 3/1 1,426 1925 0 abated
7424 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7425 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7426 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0 abated
7427 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $180K in 2024. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 1
7428 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $75K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 1
7429 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $79K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,313 1925 2
7430 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7431 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7432 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7433 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $238K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7434 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $195K in 2023. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $208K 3/2 1,440 1925 1
7435 N 20TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $53K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $230K in 2025 (+334%). Owner-occupied $238K 3/2 1,426 1920 2
7436 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7437 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7438 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $65K in 2016. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 2 tax lien
7439 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,426 1925 1
7440 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7441 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7442 N 20TH ST TradedTraded 2×: $120K in 2022 → $305K in 2023 (+154%). Owner-occupied $308K 3/1 1,440 1925 2
7443 N 20TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $50K in 2004 → $167K in 2017 (+236%). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,426 1925 3
7444 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7445 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0 2 viol
7446 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7447 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $174K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,426 1925 1 rentedtax lien
7448 N 20TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $115K in 2005 → $260K in 2021 (+126%). Owner-occupied $284K 3/2 1,440 1925 3
7449 N 20TH ST History2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2021). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7450 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $208K 3/1 1,440 1925 0
7451 N 20TH ST Historysold $131K (2008); 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2021); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 1
7452 N 20TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $65K in 2018, mechanical permit in 2018, sold for $210K in 2019 (+223%). Owner-occupied $308K 3/2 1,440 1925 2 tax lien
7453 N 20TH ST Historysold $125K (2006); 2 L&I violations (2018); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 1
7455 N 20TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $82K in 2005, use permit in 2007, sold for $111K in 2014 (+35%). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,426 1925 2
7457 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022); 3 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7459 N 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a fast form building permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7461 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2013); 6 L&I violations (2014); 3 L&I violations (2018); sold $113K (2019); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,426 1925 1
7463 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2022); sold $185K (2022); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,426 1925 1
7465 N 20TH ST Historysold $205K (2023); 3 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $202K 3/1 1,426 1925 1
7467 N 20TH ST ImprovedBought for $50K in 2015. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $272K 3/2 1,426 1925 2
7469 N 20TH ST HistoryL&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $195K 3/1 1,426 1925 0
7471 N 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). Absentee individual $233K —/— 1,426 1920 0 abated

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