Explore by county & ZIP — tap the map to drill in
Should you buy here? — the buyer lens
⚙ Scenario: 6.52% rate · 20% down
All ZIPs, ranked for a buy-to-live decision
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Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year (snapshot ) — population, age, income, home value, rent, race & Hispanic origin, educational attainment, household size, tenure — for every state, county & ZIP ·
Zillow Research (ZHVI) price trends · schools/education: Texas Education Agency ratings for the cached College Station market; elsewhere a nationwide area-education signal from ACS attainment (% bachelor's+) ·
crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer — state-level violent & property rates nationwide (city-level for the cached College Station market), via a free api.data.gov key · boundaries: Census TIGERweb (live, any state) & OpenDataDE.
* Median home value (Census B25077) and Zillow ZHVI are estimates/typical values , not transaction prices. ZIP-level estimates carry margins of error (±). ZCTAs approximate USPS ZIPs; PO-box/campus-only ZCTAs (no housing data) are excluded.
† Buyer lens: monthly cost is a modeled PITI (principal+interest at your rate/down, plus the ZIP's real effective property-tax rate from ACS B25103 and ~0.6% insurance) — not a quote. Buy-vs-rent compares it to median gross rent. Schools/education uses official district ratings where cached (TX), else the area's ACS educational attainment as a nationwide proxy (no free national school grade exists). The composite grade is a transparent, weighted screen — not financial advice.