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Compare Location Demographics by Radius

Enter the names of two locations you'd like to compare, pick a radius or drive time, and click Compare. Voilà - your custom comparison table will appear here in seconds!

or try an example:

Pick two locations from the suggestions to compare them.

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Not sure where to start? Try typing a city, neighborhood, or ZIP code.

Once you compare, you'll see population, income, education, housing, consumer spending and the Health, Wealth and Wise indexes laid out side by side for every address - plus a free AI verdict ranking each location once you're signed in.

Pick a radius or a drive time in the Area selector above. A radius is a straight-line circle, quick to picture and easy to compare across very different places. A drive time follows real roads at typical weekday traffic, so it matches how customers or commuters actually reach the spot - better for a specific storefront or address than a whole neighborhood. Either one applies to every location at once, and you can switch and press Compare again without retyping addresses.

Compare up to six addresses in one table, useful for choosing where to open a business, where to move, or which listing is worth a closer look.

Who uses location comparison

Homebuyers

Compare two neighborhoods side by side before you make an offer - see which one actually has the shorter commute, the better schools or the lower crime rate, instead of guessing from a drive-by.

Real estate brokers

Answer "which area is right for me?" with numbers instead of an opinion. Pull up two listings' neighborhoods side by side and let the data back up your pitch.

Businesses, from single shops to chains

Compare two candidate store, restaurant or clinic sites at once - population, income, traffic and competition - before you commit to a lease.

Academia & researchers

Get a fast, consistent side-by-side comparison of any two U.S. locations for a classroom example, a regional study or a quick sanity check before a deeper analysis.

Frequently asked questions

Enter two or more addresses, cities or ZIP codes, choose a radius or a drive time, and press Compare. We draw that area around every address, measure the same indicators inside each one - population, income, health, housing, spending and more - and put them in one table, column per location. Every column after the first also shows how far above or below your first location it sits, as a percentage.
Yes, and it needs no account. Population, median income, median age, life expectancy, crime rate, air quality, education, home ownership and the Health, Wealth and Wise indexes are open to everyone. A free account adds a second tier of indicators and the AI verdict; any paid subscription unlocks all of them. The table says how many of its indicators are open on your plan.
A radius of 1, 3, 5 or 10 miles, or a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive time. The same one is applied to every address, which is what makes the columns comparable. A tight radius or a short drive describes the immediate neighborhood - the few blocks a walk-in business actually draws from. A wider one covers more people but blends neighborhoods together, so differences average out. Drive time follows real roads at typical weekday traffic, while a radius is a straight-line circle. You can change either and press Compare again without re-entering the addresses.
Up to 6. Two are there when the page opens; use Add location for the rest. The first one is treated as the baseline every other column is measured against.
Yes. Anything the address search resolves works - a street address, a neighborhood, a city or a ZIP code. Whatever you pick becomes the center of the circle, so a city name measures the radius around that city's center point rather than the whole city limits.
US Census and American Community Survey demographics, public health and environmental data, housing and consumer spending data, and points-of-interest data, all resolved to roughly one square mile and aggregated over the circle you asked for. Every indicator names its own source in the tooltip next to it, and the Data sources page lists them in full.
A written read on each location - general overview, demographics, wellbeing and business potential - with a score per category, so the columns can be ranked rather than only read. It is free with an account; signing in fetches it in place without losing the comparison on screen.
Yes. The Comparative location analysis report is prepared by our analysts and delivered as a PDF, covering population, income, trends, environment and competition for the locations you name. Order it from the Reports page; our analysts reply within one business day.

Where the data comes from

See every data source in full detail.