Sovereign Stack · Demographics Module

Compare places.
Honestly.

Zip codes, metros, states, or countries — side-by-side across 18 indicators from Census ACS, FBI UCR, Zillow, BEA, Chetty’s Opportunity Atlas, and World Bank. Every metric shows its source. Every URL is shareable.

18 metrics
156 places
Deep linkable
Transparent methodology
Methodology

Transparent by default

Most comparison tools (Niche, BestPlaces, Travel + Leisure rankings) compute opaque composites and hide the weights. This tool does the opposite: every metric is labeled with its exact source, vintage, and formula. The Racism Index is an openly-weighted composite (FBI UCR hate crime + racial income parity + Harvard IAT) with sliders so you can see how methodology changes the result.

Data unavailable at a given granularity? We say so — no fabricated zip-level happiness scores, no interpolated numbers dressed up as measurements.

Data sources
  • · US Census ACS 5-Year (2022)
  • · Zillow Research ZHVI (2024)
  • · FBI Crime Data Explorer (2022)
  • · BEA Regional GDP (2013-2023)
  • · Chetty Opportunity Atlas
  • · MIT Election Lab (2020)
  • · World Bank WDI (live)
  • · World Happiness Report 2024
  • · NAEP 2022 / PISA 2022
  • · CDC NVSS (2022)
Sharing

Every comparison has a unique URL. Send it to a collaborator and they see exactly what you see — same places, same metrics, same weights.