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Who owns your block

7500 block of N 20th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 100% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 77% since 2016, now about $218K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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
$218K
$213K–$323K
ZIP median $187K
Price / sq ft
$141
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$327K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $218K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
100%
11 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
0%
value · tax −$91
5 years
+57%
value · tax +$390
10 years
+77%
value · tax +$399

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 $218K — about 1.0× 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$218K$187K$223K
Owner-occupied55%53%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 47 reported crimes (12 violent) and 219 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
47
12 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
219
24 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft8
Other Assaults8
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
Fraud6
All Other Offenses4
Thefts4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection60
Abandoned Vehicle35
Smoke Detector31
Other (Streets)12
Salting12
Street Trees11

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$218K2016: $123K2017: $123K2018: $123K2019: $145K2020: $139K2021: $139K2022: $139K2023: $183K2024: $183K2025: $219K2026: $219K2027: $218K2016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,6992016: $1,3002017: $1,3002018: $1,3002019: $1,4642020: $1,3092021: $1,3092022: $1,3092023: $1,4462024: $1,4462025: $1,6622026: $1,7902027: $1,6992016202020232027

▲ +31% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

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 11 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20082012201620202024
11arm's-length sales since 2005
1times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11

Value distribution today

5 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels4 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$213K$221K+

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

House by house

All 11 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7500 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $60K in 2016 → $160K in 2016 (+167%). Owner-occupied $221K 3/1 1,644 1925 2
7502 N 20TH ST L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,512 1925 0
7504 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,512 1925 1
7506 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,512 1925 1
7508 N 20TH ST Bought for $70K in 2005, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $93K in 2007. Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,512 1925 2
7510 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $213K 3/1 1,512 1925 1
7512 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,512 1925 0
7514 N 20TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,512 1925 0
7516 N 20TH ST Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,512 1925 0
7518 N 20TH ST Bought for $70K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $218K 3/1 1,512 1925 2
7520 N 20TH ST Traded 2×: $155K in 2025 → $327K in 2025 (+111%). Owner-occupied $323K 3/3 1,512 1925 2

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.