One transparent 0–100 economic score for all 3,000+ counties — built from five federal datasets, updated as new data is released.
Sourced entirely from public federal data
The Edge
Prices are often the last thing to move. Countywise surfaces the fundamentals beneath them — employment, migration, and permit activity — straight from public federal data, so you can see what's actually happening in a market, not just the headline price.
We normalize and weight four federal data streams into a single 0–100 Heat Score, updated as new federal data is released, for every county in America.
Employment Growth
YoY job creation from BLS LAUS series
Migration Patterns
Net population movement from IRS SOI data
Permit Activity
New construction permits from Census BPS
Price Appreciation
Annual home price index change from FHFA
Who it's for
One transparent score for every U.S. county — whatever the decision behind the question.
Relocating
Compare where to live by jobs, growth, and who’s moving in.
Market screening
Rank and shortlist counties on transparent fundamentals.
Expanding a business
Find counties with the labor market and momentum to grow into.
Lending & risk
Gauge the economic footing behind a county.
Research
Sourced, citable county data — without the spreadsheet project.
Live Rankings
The Formula
Each signal is ranked against every US county (its percentile), then averaged equally into a single 0–100 score — so you can compare any market to the rest of the country at a glance.
Employment Growth
YoY job creation from BLS LAUS series
Migration Patterns
Net population movement from IRS SOI data
Permit Activity
New construction permits from Census BPS
Price Appreciation
Annual home price index change from FHFA
Signal Weights
Featured Market
Boone County, IN
Employment Growth
+0.7%Net Migration
+2.1%Building Permits
12.0 /1kPrice Appreciation
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