Ranked by Investment Score: opportunity depth, signal quality, rental yield, and entry affordability across High Conviction ZIPs
How to read a metro ranking · Four components. One Investment Score.
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1#1PITTSBURGH
288/ 100Score
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Opportunity30%
Signal Quality25%
Rental Yield25%
Affordability20%
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Opportunity Rank
Ranked by Investment Score across all four components. Not a prediction — a relative ranking of current investment conditions across all 80 tracked metros.
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Investment Score
Composite score on a 0–100 scale. Higher = stronger combination of HC opportunity depth, signal conviction, rental yield potential, and affordable entry prices across the metro’s High Conviction ZIPs.
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Four Components
Each metro is scored on four weighted components, normalized across all 80 metros:
Opportunity (30%) — Combines HC ZIP density (share of total) with absolute HC count. Rewards metros that have both a high proportion and a large number of High Conviction neighborhoods.
Signal Quality (25%) — Median national percentile of HC ZIPs. Higher = the metro’s best neighborhoods have stronger conviction signals relative to the national pool.
Rental Yield (25%) — Median gross annual rental yield across HC ZIPs. Higher = better cash flow potential from day one.
Affordability (20%) — Entry price relative to the national HC median. Lower home prices score higher, capped to prevent extreme outliers from dominating.