Source Snapshot

Data Sources and Refresh Status

HousingStabilityIQ scores use public, reproducible housing, rent, labor-market, inventory, and house-price data. This page exposes the current source vintages and refresh guardrails behind the active housing stability model.

Active Score Snapshot

2024

v3-2024-refresh-explainability

Generated 2026-07-10 12:24 UTC

Score Snapshots

34,161

Source Systems

5

Missing Components

0

Missing Drivers

0

Score Coverage

Active Model Health

Scoring Framework

CITY

30,973

Missing components: 0 · Missing drivers: 0

COUNTY

3,136

Missing components: 0 · Missing drivers: 0

NATION

1

Missing components: 0 · Missing drivers: 0

STATE

51

Missing components: 0 · Missing drivers: 0

ACS

American Community Survey

Current published ACS vintage

Affordability, ownership, and supply baseline

County and place-level housing, income, tenure, vacancy, value, and owner-cost inputs from ACS 5-year estimates.

Metrics

20

Rows

618,386

Locations

33,679

Latest Periods

2024 ACS 5-year · 308,6812023 ACS 5-year · 309,705

Refresh Status

Latest release: 2024-12-30 · Last ingested: 2026-05-08 21:24 UTC

ACS city ingest: Succeeded · 2026-05-08 21:24 UTC · 1,253 skipped

Future ACS refreshes require CENSUS_API_KEY; the current published score inputs already use 2020-2024 ACS 5-year data.

BLS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

2025 gate required

Labor-market affordability context

County annual unemployment signal used as a local income-pressure context input.

Metrics

1

Rows

6,272

Locations

3,136

Latest Periods

2024 BLS annual · 3,1362023 BLS annual · 3,136

Refresh Status

Latest release: 2024-12-30 · Last ingested: 2026-05-08 21:25 UTC

BLS county ingest: Succeeded · 2026-05-08 21:25 UTC · 0 skipped · API key used

Run the BLS county readiness probe before using 2025 LAUS data in scores; 2025 county series can have missing monthly values.

HUD

HUD Housing Metrics

Current HUD rows loaded

Rent-cost pressure context

County-level 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent signal used as a rental-cost pressure input.

Metrics

1

Rows

6,254

Locations

3,127

Latest Periods

2024 HUD FMR · 3,1272023 HUD FMR · 3,127

Refresh Status

Latest release: 2024-12-30 · Last ingested: 2026-07-08 13:01 UTC

HUD FMR ingest: Succeeded · 2026-07-08 13:01 UTC · 101 skipped

HUD FMR county rows are loaded from an official county workbook rather than silent carry-forward.

FHFA

FHFA House Price Index

Probe before refresh

Market volatility context

County house price movement signal from the FHFA House Price Index.

Metrics

1

Rows

5,566

Locations

2,793

Latest Periods

2024 FHFA annual · 2,7912023 FHFA annual · 2,775

Refresh Status

Latest release: 2024-12-30 · Last ingested: 2026-05-08 21:28 UTC

FHFA county HPI ingest: Succeeded · 2026-05-08 21:28 UTC · 4 skipped

Run the FHFA county readiness probe before mutating newer HPI rows; source access must pass because local DNS/source access has failed before.

CENSUS

Census Housing Inventory

Structural proxy

Long-run housing inventory growth proxy

County housing-unit growth proxy derived from Census Population Estimates Program housing-unit estimates.

Metrics

1

Rows

6,250

Locations

3,125

Latest Periods

2024 Census housing growth proxy · 3,1252023 Census housing growth proxy · 3,125

Refresh Status

Latest release: 2019-12-30 · Last ingested: 2026-05-08 21:28 UTC

Census housing growth ingest: Succeeded · 2026-05-08 21:28 UTC · 11 skipped

This input is a 2010-2019 Census PEP housing-unit growth proxy attached to the score year for comparability, not a fresh annual construction measure.

Interpretation Boundary

Refreshes Do Not Automatically Change Scores

The active Housing Stability Score remains tied to the published methodology version until a complete, documented score refresh is run. Newer single-source data can be staged, audited, or exposed as readiness context without mixing vintages into the public score.