Data status
What is actually in the artifact today: how far each figure reaches across the 393 metro areas, which vintages are present, and which measures are thin enough that you should treat their map with suspicion.
The pipeline run
- Last assembled
- 2026-10-01
- Metro areas
- 393
- Measures thin
- 0 of 13
This date says when the file was assembled and nothing about how current any figure in it is. The pipeline runs daily. None of its sources publish daily, so on most days it produces a byte-identical artifact and commits nothing, which is the design working rather than a failure: the daily cadence buys same-day detection of a source that renamed a column or moved a URL. The dates that describe the data are the vintages below.
What each source last published
| Source | Latest vintage | Metros | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages | 2026Q1 | 393 | Quarterly |
| US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5 year estimates | 2024 | 393 | Annually, each December |
| US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey | 2025 | 393 | Monthly |
| US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, metro totals | 2025 | 387 | Annually, each March for metros |
| Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index | 2026Q2 | 373 | Quarterly |
| US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents | 2027 | 393 | Annually, effective each October |
| Zillow Research, ZHVI and ZORI | 2026-08 | 383 | Monthly, around the 16th |
Latest vintage is the newest date the pipeline saw from that publisher. A source can be reached successfully and still have published nothing new, which is the normal case on any given day.
How far each yield basis reaches
| Basis | Both series | Share | Missing rent | Missing value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACS rent over ACS value | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | 0 | 0 |
| ZORI over ZHVI | 380 of 393 | 96.69% | 10 | 13 |
| HUD FMR over ACS value | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | 0 | 0 |
How many metros carry each measure
| Measure | Computes for | Share | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross rent yield | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | Moves with the yield basis |
| Price to rent | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | Moves with the yield basis |
| Rent to income | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | Moves with the yield basis |
| Permits per 1,000 units | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | Basis independent |
| Rental vacancy | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | Basis independent |
| Home value change, 1 year | 387 of 393 | 98.47% | Basis independent |
| Home value change, 3 year | 387 of 393 | 98.47% | Basis independent |
| Home value change, 3 year annualised | 387 of 393 | 98.47% | Basis independent |
| Rent change, 1 year | 381 of 393 | 96.95% | Basis independent |
| Net rent yield | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | Moves with the yield basis |
| Job growth, 1 year | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | Basis independent |
| Population growth, 2020 to latest, a year | 387 of 393 | 98.47% | Basis independent |
| Supply pressure | 393 of 393 | 100.00% | Basis independent |
Every figure, its coverage and its vintages
| Figure | Metros | Share | From | Vintages present |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Households | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Housing units | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Median household income | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Median property tax paid | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Median home value, ACS | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Median home value, Zillow | 380 | 96.69% |
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| Median gross rent, ACS | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Observed rent, Zillow | 383 | 97.46% |
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| Fair market rent, 2 bed | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Owner occupied | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Rental vacancy | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Homeowner vacancy | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Permits, latest calendar year | 393 | 100.00% |
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| Home value change, 1 year | 387 | 98.47% |
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| Home value change, 3 year | 387 | 98.47% |
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| Rent change, 1 year | 381 | 96.95% |
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| Population growth since 2020, a year | 387 | 98.47% |
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| Population growth, 1 year | 387 | 98.47% |
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| Job growth, 1 year | 393 | 100.00% |
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More than one vintage on a row is normal rather than a fault: a monthly series can be a month behind for some metros, and the home value change series comes from FHFA where it reaches and Zillow where it does not. More than one vintage that never converges is worth investigating.
What is thin, and what that means for the map
Every figure in the artifact reaches at least 60 percent of the 393 metro areas. That is unusual and worth a second look at the pipeline rather than taken as good news, because Zillow's rent series does not normally cover that much of the metro set.