Benchmark Your Metro

‘Benchmarking Your Metro’ involves a factual way of comparing the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) that we care about with the MSAs that match its statistical profile most closely. This service provides a full list of MSAs, based on statistical proximity, but focuses the benchmarking analysis on the Top 5 closest metros.

This service is useful for anyone who is curious about where their MSA stands in comparison to its Peer Metros in vital areas tied to social and economic health. We enable housing organizations, civic leaders, and concerned citizens alike to gain a detailed understanding of their metro’s comparative strengths and weaknesses on matters such as housing stability and ethnoracial equity.

These insights, curated with rigor and a people-serving orientation, will move your policy conversations forward and spark new ways of seeing your metro and its future direction.

Benchmarking Frameworks

Housing Stability
This benchmarking analysis focuses on baseline population and socioeconomic measures to identify Peer Metros and nine housing stability metrics to compare and rank the Peer Metros. The metrics used reflect housing affordability and attainment concerns. The finalized benchmarking scorecard shows how each of the six metros (the Focus MSA and the Top 5 Peers) are ranked when all categories are considered as well as how they rank within categories.

Socioeconomic / Status Statistics
This benchmarking analysis centers baseline socioeconomic measures and one population measure to identify Peer Metros and nine metrics reflecting socioeconomic and social status realities—to compare and rank the Peer Metros. The finalized benchmarking scorecard shows how each of the six metros are ranked overall as well as how they rank within categories.

Ethnoracial Equity
This benchmarking analysis focuses on baseline population measures and one socioeconomic measure to identify Peer Metros and compares these metros on nine metrics that uncover the existing degree of ethnoracial equity in housing affordability and attainment. The finalized benchmarking scorecard shows how each of the six metros are ranked overall as well as how they rank within categories.

Patron-Driven Benchmarking Data

Along with choosing a specific framework for their benchmarking analysis, patrons can also select their preferred service tier. You can choose the data only option if you simply want the benchmarking data and the results of the analysis or you can upgrade to the data and reporting package, where we provide more context, informative graphics, and expertly cultivated insights to shed more light on the findings.