Who owns your block
900 block of S 20th St
A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 2 homes behind $73,418 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 122% since 2016, now about $680K. Property taxes are climbing about 26% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $680K — about 3.1× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $680K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 23% | 29% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 61 reported crimes (16 violent) and 303 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $680K typical home, up +122% since 2016
- Tax bill $657 to $8,558 a year, +26%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $15M assessed, $174,904/yr to the city, about $7,950 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +122% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +1203% since 2016 · ~+26%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
900 S 20th St is assessed at $2.1M but pays $2,717 a year — about 9% of the $29,196 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $222 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 35 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 10 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 10
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 923 S 20th St Llc | 2 | 2 | $724K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Maeivsong Llc | 1 | 1 | $593K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 22 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 S 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (tax-abated). | Absentee individual | $2.1M | —/— | 22,725 | 2011 | 0 | abated |
| 903 S 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $439K | 2/2 | 1,270 | 2012 | 0 | rented |
| 903 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $513K | 2/2 | 1,530 | 2012 | 0 | |
| 905-07 S 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Absentee individual | $796K | —/— | 5,853 | 1900 | 0 | tax lien |
| 909 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $210K | 1/1 | 474 | 2007 | 0 | |
| 909 S 20TH ST History2 L&I violations (2008). | Owner-occupied | $261K | 1/1 | 794 | 2007 | 0 | |
| 909 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $247K | 1/1 | 734 | 2007 | 0 | |
| 910 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $118K in 2008, built new under a 2012 permit. | Absentee individual | $614K | 6/4 | 2,256 | 2013 | 1 | rented |
| 911 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $330K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $655K in 2020. | Absentee individual | $891K | 4/3 | 2,289 | 1915 | 2 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 912 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $93K in 2007, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $674K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $849K | 3/3 | 1,968 | 2010 | 6 | rented |
| 913 S 20TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $230K in 2005 → $505K in 2021 (+120%). | Owner-occupied | $713K | 4/3 | 1,960 | 1915 | 5 | |
| 914 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $90K in 2005, built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $535K in 2014. | Owner-occupied | $867K | 3/3 | 1,968 | 2006 | 3 | |
| 915 S 20TH ST Frequently tradedTraded 5×: $185K in 2006 → $601K in 2024 (+225%). | Owner-occupied | $709K | 4/3 | 1,960 | 1915 | 5 | |
| 916 S 20TH ST | Absentee individual | $628K | 2/2 | 1,404 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 916 S 20TH ST | Owner-occupied | $651K | 3/3 | 1,509 | 2013 | 0 | |
| 917-19 S 20TH ST ImprovedOwner pulled a mechanical permit in 2016. | Absentee individual | $1.1M | —/— | 3,520 | 2012 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 918 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $60K in 2005, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $458K in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $845K | 3/2 | 1,868 | 2007 | 2 | |
| 920 S 20TH ST New constructionBought for $25K in 2004, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $680K in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $874K | 3/2 | 2,000 | 2006 | 4 | |
| 921 S 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit, sold for $393K in 2025. | Vacant | $353K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 922 S 20TH ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $26K in 2015, demolished in 2014 and rebuilt (2013). | Investor / LLC | $593K | 6/4 | 2,217 | 2016 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 923 S 20TH ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2026 permit, sold for $393K in 2025. | Vacant | $371K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 924 S 20TH ST Renovated & sold onBought for $485K in 2013, electrical permit in 2009, sold for $485K in 2013 (+1840%). | Absentee individual | $833K | —/— | 2,975 | 1915 | 3 | 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)