Transparency
Where the data comes from
HomeSight combines three public datasets to build every chart, ranking, and trend on the map. All sources are free, publicly available, and updated monthly by their respective publishers.
Primary Source
Zillow Research
Zillow's public research division releases monthly housing statistics at the ZIP code level — the most granular publicly available housing dataset in the U.S. All five metrics HomeSight tracks come from this source.
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Boundaries
Census TIGER/Line
The U.S. Census Bureau publishes TIGER/Line shapefiles containing ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) boundary polygons — the geographic shapes drawn on the map for each ZIP code.
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Geography
GeoNames
An open geographic database providing coordinates, city names, and state associations for every U.S. ZIP code — used to center the map when you search a ZIP and populate the city labels in tooltips and panels.
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