Independent neighborhood intelligence

Know the neighborhood before you commit

Finding neighborhood information you can trust is challenging. Sources vary in quality, detail, and how often they're updated.

Neighborhood Inspection brings together the data that you need to make an informed decision about where to live.

You can renovate a home,but you can't renovate the neighborhood.

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Report page: neighborhood boundary map, Salt Lake City Report page: public safety beside Salt Lake County and Utah Report cover: Think Beyond The Listing
  • Don’t get lost in the maze

    Save yourself the time and worry. Get one report that analyzes and summarizes what you must know about the neighborhood.

  • Public safety is included

    Crime rates and neighborhood risk maps come standard in every report, alongside other factors that shape daily life.

  • Look closer than the city

    Knowing the city isn’t enough. Dig beneath city statistics and get the neighborhood details for the place you intend to call home.

  • Decide for yourself

    We provide a comprehensive portrait of the neighborhood. You decide on the factors that matter most to you.

The city isn’t your neighborhood

Imagine two homes with the same architect, builder, and layout, both in the same city. Their surroundings can make the experience of living very different. Citywide data and information can mask these differences. Compare neighborhoods on the attributes that matter most to you.

Address A
1125 North Alpha Avenue
Acme County · Neighborhood Tract A
Minor crimes per 1k219
Transportation noise53 dB
Tree canopy1%
Median home value$484k
Address B
3340 Omega Street
Acme County · Neighborhood Tract B
Minor crimes per 1k96
Transportation noise44 dB
Tree canopy12%
Median home value$512k

Acme County average is the same for both addresses · Illustrative comparison

Look closer for a lasting decision

Nine neighborhood sections and hundreds of indicators that help answer the questions you have and even questions you might not think to ask. Explore the conditions that shape how you’ll live, work, and play.

  • Public safety illustration: a woman crossing a quiet street at a crosswalk under a streetlamp
  • Green spaces illustration: friends picnicking on a blanket in a sunny park
  • Pollution illustration: a person looking across the water at factory smokestacks
  • Flood and fire illustration: a firefighter connecting a hose to a hydrant
  • Housing market illustration: a house with a Sold sign on the front lawn
  • Nearby schools illustration: a student reading under a tree outside a school
  • Traffic and noise illustration: a pedestrian with headphones beside a bus and a passing car
  • Jobs and industry illustration: a person working at a laptop with a city skyline behind
  • Demographics illustration: a family walking past an older neighbor on a park bench
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Public safety

How safe is the block, really?

Learn about public safety conditions in the surrounding area, including reported crime activity and the presence of public and community-based resources.

  • Major and minor crime rates
  • Police proximity
  • Community organizations
  • Public safety illustration: a woman crossing a quiet street at a crosswalk under a streetlampPublic safety
  • Green spaces illustration: friends picnicking on a blanket in a sunny parkGreen spaces
  • Pollution illustration: a person looking across the water at factory smokestacksPollution
  • Flood and fire illustration: a firefighter connecting a hose to a hydrantFlood & fire
  • Housing market illustration: a house with a Sold sign on the front lawnHousing market
  • Nearby schools illustration: a student reading under a tree outside a schoolNearby schools
  • Traffic and noise illustration: a pedestrian with headphones beside a bus and a passing carTraffic & noise
  • Jobs and industry illustration: a person working at a laptop with a city skyline behindJobs & industry
  • Demographics illustration: a family walking past an older neighbor on a park benchDemographics

One report, no expensive add-on

Before deciding on where to live, understand the details of the neighborhood. Neighborhood Inspection reports are all-inclusive. There's no upsell or expensive add-on. You get analysis on local crime trends and community resources, alongside the other neighborhood attributes that shape daily life.

  • ✓Crime risk maps show variation in and around the neighborhood
  • ✓Crime rates and trends are compared with county and state figures
  • ✓Data on policing capacity put crime statistics in context
  • ✓Proprietary statistical modeling throughout
  • ✓Nine sections included in every report, not sold separately
Report page: crime risk map Report page: green space map

Think beyond the listing

See the information. Decide what matters to you

The notion of a “great neighborhood” means something different to everyone. Some want a quiet place, surrounded by nature, while others are spirited by the sounds of a bustling neighborhood.

Decide on the neighborhood that matches the life you wish to live.

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Maps from the Salt Lake City sample report

Helping a buyer research an unfamiliar neighborhood?

“What’s the air quality like?” “Is this neighborhood safe?” “Are there children nearby my kids could play with?” Buyers ask questions that are difficult to answer, and some questions call for judgments that are best left to them. Give your client an independent and objective report they can explore for themselves. Save the time and effort of finding and evaluating uncertain data.

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See how it works

See how our team of PhD data scientists and economists bring together the information you need in one accessible report. Explore tens of thousands of neighborhoods nationwide, check the details, and decide what matters most to you.

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The pieces come together here

  1. 01Find

    Neighborhood information is scattered across agencies, databases, tables, and files. Finding these sources is only the beginning.

  2. 02Evaluate

    Our team evaluates every source, connects the data, fills in the gaps, and brings it all together in a report that you can understand and use.

  3. 03Integrate

    Don’t get lost in the maze when you have a reliable path forward with Neighborhood Inspection.

Built for real decisions, not browsing

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An AI summary can sound confident, even certain, without making clear where the information came from. Neighborhood Inspection combines named, credible data sources with analysis developed by a PhD-led team of experts. Data and statistical models are updated as new source information becomes available, giving you a carefully researched and reliable basis for decision-making.

✓Our team reviews official data for anomalies and inconsistencies, cross-checks findings across sources, and uses statistical and econometric methods to produce meaningful neighborhood estimates. Credibility depends not only on where information comes from, but also on how it is evaluated.

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How ordering works

  1. 1

    Enter any U.S. address

    The report covers the neighborhood census tract around it, in more than 80,000 neighborhoods.

  2. 2

    We analyze the neighborhood

    Nine sections and hundreds of indicators, every figure set beside the county and the state for context.

  3. 3

    The report lands in your inbox

    A PDF you can read in about ten minutes, and keep, forward, or print.

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For agents: deliver more than the listing details to your clients

Questions about the neighborhood can take hours to research and put you in the uncomfortable position of making judgments for your clients. Give them an independent way to compare their options while keeping the decision in their hands.

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  • ✓IndependentGive clients an objective, third-party perspective that they can weigh on their own terms.
  • ✓ConsistentEvery address is assessed the same way, making it easier to compare neighborhoods.
  • ✓TimelyOrder a report when a client sends you a listing. Have the report in hand before the showing.
  • ✓Better matchesMatch the neighborhood to your clients’ priorities, alongside the kind of home they want.

Find a home you love in a place that feels right to you

The listing helps you picture the house. Neighborhood Inspection helps you understand what surrounds it. Whether you’re moving across town, relocating for work, or choosing among homes that fit your needs, inspect the neighborhood before you buy.

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