Investability, the opportunity for investment. It is an index that measures the following changes:
Population growth
Income growth
Vacancy rates
Modeled rent
Crime
Method
Population growth and income growth are measured values at the specified geography.
Modeled Rent and crime rates are taken at the zip code level and aggregated up to county, CBSA, and state.
Vacancy data is available at the MSA level from The U.S. Census. Using a table of the top 100 MSAs the value is used where available and normalized.
*Currently, all parameters in the index are weighted equally.
Investability is scored on a scale from 0-100 with 0 being the least favorable and 100 being the most favorable for investment. To find out more about the sources of the underlying parameters, please see sources here.