Sources
Every feed the site is built from. Each town page lists which of these files each of its figures came from.
Census Gazetteer Files (places)
- Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
- Used for: Place coordinates (internal point) and land area.
- Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
- Attribution: U.S. Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2024
- Refresh: annual · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_place_national.zip
Population Estimates, sub-county (cities and towns)
- Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program
- Used for: Latest population, legal type, county of each place.
- Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
- Attribution: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates
- Refresh: annual · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2024/cities/totals/sub-est2024.csv
American Community Survey 5-year estimates
- Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
- Used for: Home value, rent, income, vacancy, housing age, broadband, poverty, commute, enrollment.
- Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
- Attribution: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
- Refresh: annual · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/acs/acs5
Building Permits Survey, place-level annual (Northeast region)
- Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
- Used for: Housing units permitted per year (3-year rolling mean per 1,000 residents).
- Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
- Attribution: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey
- Refresh: annual · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne{year}a.txt
National Register of Historic Places, spatial data
- Publisher: National Park Service
- Used for: Whether a listed historic district lies within the place.
- Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
- Attribution: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places
- Refresh: quarterly · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://mapservices.nps.gov/arcgis/rest/services/cultural_resources/nrhp_locations/MapServer
TIGERweb incorporated place boundaries
- Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
- Used for: Place polygons for spatial joins (historic districts, OSM business counts).
- Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
- Attribution: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb
- Refresh: annual · last pulled: not yet used in a published figure
- https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/4/query
Rail stations (Amtrak and Metro-North)
- Publisher: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics; MTA
- Used for: Straight-line miles from each place to the nearest passenger rail station.
- Licence: Public domain (BTS NTAD); MTA developer data terms (GTFS)
- Attribution: BTS National Transportation Atlas Database; MTA Metro-North Railroad GTFS
- Refresh: annual · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://services.arcgis.com/xOi1kZaI0eWDREZv/arcgis/rest/services/NTAD_Amtrak_Stations/FeatureServer/0/query
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) and Observed Rent Index (ZORI), city level
- Publisher: Zillow Research
- Used for: Current home value and rent where Zillow covers the place; gaps stay gaps.
- Licence: Free to use with attribution (Zillow Research data terms)
- Attribution: Zillow Research, ZHVI and ZORI
- Refresh: monthly · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zhvi/City_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv, https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zori/City_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv
NYS Health Facility General Information
- Publisher: New York State Department of Health (Health Data NY)
- Used for: Hospital locations for drive time to the nearest hospital.
- Licence: Open data (NYS Open Data terms of use)
- Attribution: New York State Department of Health, Health Facility General Information
- Refresh: monthly · last pulled: not yet used in a published figure
- https://health.data.ny.gov/api/views/vn5v-hh5r/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD
OSRM routing (public demo server)
- Publisher: Project OSRM, OpenStreetMap contributors
- Used for: Drive minutes to New York City, the nearest regional hub, and the nearest hospital.
- Licence: ODbL (OpenStreetMap data); demo server usage policy, one request per second
- Attribution: Routing by OSRM using OpenStreetMap data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors
- Refresh: once per town, cached · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://router.project-osrm.org/table/v1/driving/{coords}
OpenStreetMap via Overpass API
- Publisher: OpenStreetMap contributors
- Used for: Count of storefront businesses and services inside the place boundary.
- Licence: ODbL
- Attribution: (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overpass API
- Refresh: monthly · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter
Downtown Revitalization Initiative and NY Forward awards
- Publisher: New York State (ny.gov)
- Used for: Which places won a state downtown award, in which round and year.
- Licence: NYS web content, public information
- Attribution: New York State Department of State, DRI and NY Forward program pages
- Refresh: annual · last pulled: 2026-09-18
- https://www.ny.gov/programs/downtown-revitalization-initiative, https://www.ny.gov/programs/ny-forward