News and Analysis
Best Neighborhood publishes massive amounts of neighborhood data for users to find the best places to live and visit. From time to time we'll also publish interesting findings from our data, including correlations, maps, and data visualizations.A Happy Meal is Never Far Away: The Average Distance to a McDonald's in the US
by Sandra Hadlock Key data points The average distance to a McDonald’s in the contiguous 48 states is 3.07 miles from your home. The shortest average distance to a McDonald’s is just 0.16 miles in Crum Lynne, PA. The farthest inhabited area from an American McDonalds...
How Elon Musk’s Starlink Will Save You Money — Even If You Don’t Use It
Published by Sandra Hadlock on August 25, 2021 SpaceX's new satellite high speed internet service, Starlink, is a promising and bold undertaking that could be a game changer for millions around the globe. With another launch coming up later this week, we ran some...
Beer per Hour: How Many Beer Could You Buy for an Hour of Minimum Wage Work? A Fixed Visualization by State
Number of Beers 7 12 22 Having trouble seeing the interactive version? Sometimes browsers mess up the render - try a reload! If that doesn't work, see the static image here. The above based on a post from reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful. Despite reaching the top of the...
The Riskiest & Safest Arenas for a Potential Virus Outbreak
Published on March 27, 2021 Since at least the days of ancient Rome, humans have gathered at a central location to watch feats of physical competition take place in a centralized public building. These days, at least until recently, there are hundreds of stadiums...
CrimeGrade.org Shows You the Safest Places to Live
Whenever we show people bestneighborhood.kinsta.cloud, they're impressed, but immediately ask one of three questions. The most common has always been, "What about crime?" We wanted it to, but crime data is extremely daunting for many reasons. It's taken us many months...
Working from Home Saves The Average American $6,000 per Year
Working from home has become more common than ever as a result of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic. It's also a great way to save time each day by killing your daily commute. But even beyond the pandemic and time saving, one major perk of working remotely is the amount...
How Many Days Rent Will $1200 Buy in Your City?
As municipalities around the world scramble to save their local economies from the effects of COVID-19, the United States federal government is sending direct payments of $1,200 to every adult in the nation (with several stipulations). Many affected citizens have...
Where COVID-19 Will Hurt Most: Mapping Estimated Economic Fallout from the Coronavirus
If you'd like to jump straight to the projected economic impact by neighborhood in your city, enter your zip code below: As everyone knows, COVID-19, formerly known as the Novel Coronavirus, has caused many deaths, some...
Where Racial Segregation and Income Disparity Align: Atlanta
As part of an ongoing analysis looking at racial segregation and income disparity in the United States, Best Neighborhood has created this animated map for Atlanta, GA. It's plain to see that high-income neighborhoods (purple and dark green) in Atlanta are also those...
Where Racial Segregation and Income Disparity Align, Part 1: Los Angeles
Published by Carson on March 12, 2019 A new statistical analysis completed by bestneighborhood.kinsta.cloud shows race and per-person income are associated on a neighborhood level in Santa Ana more than any other large city (150k+) in the United States. Garden Grove,...