Understand the City Behind the Property
Property data tells you about the home. Neighborhood data tells you about the immediate area. CityCites tells you about the municipality.
City-level intelligence for real estate, investment and location decisions, delivered as standardized, source-backed scores.
San Ramon, CA
| Growth Score54th pct | 54 |
| Climate Investment Score18th pct | 37 |
| Transparency Score16th pct | 64 |
| Community Investment Score19th pct | 37 |
| Demographic Diversity Indexresearch | 64 |
Every address sits inside a city government
Taxes, services, parks, permits, capital projects and fiscal health are set at the municipal level. Until now that layer has been buried in budgets and PDFs.
The home
Beds, baths, square footage, price history, tax assessment.
The immediate area
Walkability, schools nearby, commute times, local amenities.
The municipality
Growth, climate exposure, transparency, community investment and demographics of the city that governs the address.
Standardized city scores, one methodology
Every score is 0–100 where higher is better, reports a peer percentile, data completeness and confidence, and links to a plain-English definition. The Diversity Index is descriptive and is never ranked.
Growth Score
Momentum in population, jobs, income, housing, tax base and capital investment.
What it measures →Climate Investment Score
How unusually exposed a city is to natural hazards, from earthquakes and wildfire to hurricanes and floods, and how well it is preparing for them.
What it measures →Transparency Score
How complete and detailed a city's public financial disclosure is.
What it measures →Community Investment Score
Parks, libraries, recreation, housing and community programs: how much, how steadily, and how it is trending.
What it measures →Demographic Diversity Index research
Probability that two residents belong to different racial/ethnic groups. Descriptive research data, not a rating.
What it measures →Every field, every score
Value · components · peer percentile · data completeness · confidence · sources · source dates · methodology version.
Shared methodology →One call per city. The same data our dashboards use.
Front-end products and enterprise customers read from the same score service, so the number a resident sees and the number your product shows always match.
| Delivery | Best for |
|---|---|
| REST API JSON, per city or batch | Listing pages, apps, on-demand lookups |
| Bulk data files CSV / Parquet, available on request | Data warehouses, models, research teams |
| Embedded components City score widgets, in development | Fast launch without front-end work |
Sample response: San Ramon, CA. Other cities, component breakdowns, source dates and history require an API key. API docs · Request access.
# Scores for one city GET /api/intelligence/v1/cities/CA/san-ramon/scores Authorization: Bearer <api_key>
{
"city": "San Ramon",
"state": "CA",
"fips_place": "0668378",
"as_of": "2026-11",
"peer_group": "50k-150k residents",
"scores": {
"growth": {
"value": 54,
"peer_percentile": 54,
"confidence": "high",
"data_completeness": 1.0
},
"climate_investment": {
"value": 37,
"peer_percentile": 18,
"confidence": "high",
"data_completeness": 1.0
},
"transparency": {
"value": 64,
"peer_percentile": 16,
"confidence": "medium",
"data_completeness": 1.0
},
"community_investment": {
"value": 37,
"peer_percentile": 19,
"confidence": "medium",
"data_completeness": 0.7
},
"diversity_index": {
"value": 64,
"display_policy": "research",
"confidence": "high",
"data_completeness": 1.0
}
},
"data_completeness": 0.94,
"methodology_version": "2027.3"
}
A city module on every listing
Illustrative mockup of a generic listing page. Pick a city to see the module update with its real scores. Partners choose which scores to show and how.
- Answers the buyer question listings can't: what is this city like to live in and invest in?
- Each score links to a plain-English explanation, which keeps partner support simple.
- The Demographic Diversity Index is not displayed in consumer housing contexts by default. It ships with
display_policy: researchso each partner's compliance team decides whether and how to use it.
Who uses CityCites Intelligence
Real estate portals & MLS
Add a municipal layer to listing pages and city guides. Differentiate search with growth and climate context.
Developers
Screen markets by housing growth, permit activity, capital investment and fiscal momentum before acquiring land.
Investors
Compare cities on standardized growth, fiscal and climate measures with transparent inputs you can audit.
Lenders
Understand municipal fiscal trends and modeled climate-hazard exposure across a portfolio.
Site selection
Shortlist cities for offices, stores and facilities with comparable, peer-ranked city indicators.
Research & policy
Bulk, versioned data with full component breakdowns for academic and policy analysis.
Coverage
CityCites scores 8,099 US cities: every city with 1,800 or more residents in all 50 states and DC, plus every California city. Scores come from the Census American Community Survey, Building Permits Survey and government finance surveys, FEMA's National Risk Index and flood maps, and federal single audits.
Where a source doesn't cover a city, that part of the score is left out and disclosed, never estimated.
Fair housing by design
Demographic data in housing contexts is sensitive. The Diversity Index is descriptive, never ranked or colored as better or worse, and is delivered with display_policy: research. Partners' compliance and legal teams decide whether and how it is displayed.
Bring municipal intelligence to your platform
We work with a small number of launch partners on coverage priorities, delivery format and display guidelines. Tell us about your product and the markets you care about.