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The best US real estate markets — one composite score

0 metros ranked on four pillars: housing growth, employment momentum, net domestic migration, and disaster-risk safety. One number per market.

Showing 0 of 0 metros — sorted by composite, highest first.

Score bands 80–100 · Strong 60–79 · Solid 40–59 · Moderate 20–39 · Soft 0–19 · Weak

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Methodology & data sources

Composite score is a weighted average of four pillars, each rescaled to 0–100 via percent-rank across all U.S. metros:

  • Housing (30%) — 12-month ZHVI change (Zillow Home Value Index, mid-tier, all homes).
  • Employment (30%) — year-over-year non-farm payroll growth (BLS CES, metro CBSA).
  • Migration (20%) — net domestic in-migration returns (IRS SOI, county-to-metro aggregation).
  • Safety (20%) — inverted FEMA disaster recency-weighted risk score; higher = lower risk.

A metro's composite is NULL if any pillar is missing for that market; component scores are still displayed so you can see what's known. Refreshed monthly.

Sources: Zillow Research, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, IRS SOI, FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.

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