Methodology · Field Guide
Where these numbers come from
Neighborhood Intelligence Report doesn't know anything about your neighborhood on its own. Everything in your report comes from somewhere — a government survey, a set of old maps, a health model, a search of the open web.
You don't have to read all of it. 11 sources feed a report; open any card below to see what it measures and how much weight to give it.
Some numbers describe your tract; others describe your whole county.
Survey averages and models — strong signals, not exact truth.
An empty field usually means a coverage gap, not absence.
News and open-web texture are suggestive — verify in person.
Before anything else
1 sourcesNothing below can happen until your address becomes a point on a map and the government codes every other source keys off.
Who lives here
3 sourcesThe ground floor: who is actually present, what they earn, how healthy they are, and how much cushion they have.
What's on the ground
3 sourcesThe built world you would see driving the streets — food, gathering places, schools, congregations, and the local economy.
How the place got this way
2 sourcesA neighborhood's inherited history — the lines drawn, the homes cleared, the havens kept, and the long arc of who thrived here.
What's pressing on people
1 sourcesQuiet pressures that shape daily life — housing instability, cost of living, food access, lending, and risk.
What's changing
1 sourcesEarly signals of movement — news conversation and the daily tide of commuting.