Sources for Local Neighborhood Data
A big part of a real estate professionals job is knowing your local area better than anyone else. Whether looking for blogging inspiration, researching a specific topic for a blog, or seeking answers for clients moving to the area — where do you research neighborhoods?
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve written about local neighborhood data sources (see here), so thought I’d put together another list:
- Yelp
- Foursquare
- StreetAdvisor
- Livability.com
- GreatSchools.org
- WalkScore
- City-data.com
- Bestplaces.net
- Mapbox
- Hoodline’s Neighborhood Kits
- Local neighborhood blogs
- City websites
- 2010 Census Data
Remember, you can use the local market explorer plugin if you’re on a self-hosted version of WordPress to easily create city and neighborhood pages.
What other sources do you use?
[Disclosure: StreetAdvisor is a consulting client]
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onboard_informatics
Posted at 06:59h, 20 JuneGreat list. Very informative. One other thought: if you’re building out a custom solution for neighborhood pages, Onboard Informatics is a great source of raw data that pulls from a variety of data sources and makes it available in one spot.
Chris
Posted at 02:35h, 24 JuneAwesome list that will allow us to gather local data.
Realty Shield
Posted at 02:11h, 27 JuneAmazing article Excellent blog all around. Definitely one of the most useful business articles that I’ve read in a while and I read tons. yet there are so many key statements that I’d like to highlight… Well done and thank you for writing it!
Bodix
Posted at 02:37h, 04 Julyvery important fact that almost every individual ignore..thank you for this list