Data sources

All of our scores come from free public data. Here is every source and how it is licensed.

WhatSourceLicense
People, income, housing, commute, internet and educationUS Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020-2024 ACS 5-yearPublic domain
City, county and block group boundariesUS Census Bureau, cartographic boundary files, 2024Public domain
Health insurance, exercise and mental distressCDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 releasePublic domain
School ratingsTexas Education Agency, 2025 A-F accountability ratings, with campus locations from NCESPublic data
Crime ratesFBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported by local policePublic domain
Flood, storm and other hazard riskFEMA National Risk Index, December 2025Public domain
WeatherNOAA NCEI US Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020Public domain
Rent by bedroom countHUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027Public domain
Population growthUS Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimatesPublic domain
Metro areasUS Census Bureau and OMB, core based statistical area delineationsPublic domain
Shops, parks and servicesOverture Maps Foundation, places layerCDLA Permissive 2.0
Neighborhood namesOverture Maps Foundation, divisions layer, based on OpenStreetMapODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors
Mortgage rateFreddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, week of 2026-10-01Public summary figure
Base mapOpenFreeMap, using OpenStreetMap data© OpenStreetMap contributors

We do not use data from other ranking sites. Scores were last built on 2026-10-04.