Heat maps #1

September 19, 2006

I’ll have to cross my fingers that Zillow hasn’t taken a page from Redfin’s book and trademarked the phrase “Heat maps.” I’ll take my chances…

I’ve been using Microsoft MapPoint for nearly three years now to present real estate data to my clients in an intuitive format.
Exhibit 1: Schools and neighborhood income

The little peach-and-yellow pie circles represent schools, with the amount of peach shading indicating that school’s academic performance (as measured by the API index) compared to all other California schools.

The green shading represents neighborhood incomes; the darker the green, the higher the median income, as measured by the 2002 census.

1 — (two spots) Very, very light shading; low income neighborhoods populated mostly by Stanford students. This is where many Silicon Valley enterpreneurs get their start-ups going.

2 — Moderate green shading; moderate income neighborhoods. This is where Silicon Valley enterpreneurs move to after they graduate and get their first round of angel financing.
3 — Dark green shading; very high income neighborhoods. After their start-up goes public, this is where the enterpreneurs move, to towns like Atherton.
4 — Dark blue lines indicate school district boundaries.
5 — A very good school, as indicated by the near full shading.
6 — An average school, as indicated by the ~50% shading

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Written by Kevin · Filed Under Heat maps, Mapping software, Microsoft Mappoint, Real estate, Real estate data, Real estate mapping, Technology, Zillow, Zillow heat maps 

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