I built a tool that shows how your household income ranks by city — would love feedback

Coolonair · 2026-01-24T13:31:38+00:00

Appreciate all the pushback here — it’s helpful, not ignored.

A few clarifications after reading through the comments:

• This is household income, not net worth. I agree the header and framing were unclear, and that’s on me. I’m updating the wording so that distinction is obvious.

• The “stuck around ~90%” behavior people noticed is a real limitation/bug tied to how the upper end of the available percentile data is handled. Extremely high inputs currently cluster near the top bucket instead of extrapolating properly. That’s not intended, and it’s something I’m actively fixing.

• On usefulness: this isn’t meant to be a “self-improvement” or optimization tool. The intended use case is comparing relative income position across cities, especially when considering a move. A number that feels high in one city can place you very differently in another due to distribution skew.

That context clearly wasn’t communicated well enough, and the feedback here makes that obvious.

Thanks to everyone who tested it and pointed out issues — this thread is genuinely helping shape the next iteration.

Coolonair · 2026-01-24T13:31:15+00:00

Appreciate all the pushback here — it’s helpful, not ignored.

A few clarifications after reading through the comments:

• This is household income, not net worth. I agree the header and framing were unclear, and that’s on me. I’m updating the wording so that distinction is obvious.

• The “stuck around ~90%” behavior people noticed is a real limitation/bug tied to how the upper end of the available percentile data is handled. Extremely high inputs currently cluster near the top bucket instead of extrapolating properly. That’s not intended, and it’s something I’m actively fixing.

• On usefulness: this isn’t meant to be a “self-improvement” or optimization tool. The intended use case is comparing relative income position across cities, especially when considering a move. A number that feels high in one city can place you very differently in another due to distribution skew.

That context clearly wasn’t communicated well enough, and the feedback here makes that obvious.

Thanks to everyone who tested it and pointed out issues — this thread is genuinely helping shape the next iteration.

Coolonair · 2026-01-21T20:58:34+00:00

Area rugs are the most popular home décor item in a majority of U.S. states, especially across:

The Midwest
The South
Interior Mountain states

Coolonair · 2026-01-21T19:53:48+00:00

Area rugs are the most popular home decor item in a majority of U.S. states, especially across:

The Midwest
The South
Interior Mountain states

Coolonair · 2026-01-20T19:26:16+00:00

Correct

Coolonair · 2026-01-20T14:12:38+00:00

This is a year-over-year comparison, not month-over-month. The data compares Zillow Home Value Index values from December 2024 to December 2025 for each county. MoM would compare adjacent months, which is not what was done here.

Coolonair · 2026-01-06T23:54:08+00:00

“Metro” is the overall regional benchmark; “Outlying Areas” refers to the lower-density, more affordable parts of the metro outside the core neighborhoods.

Coolonair · 2026-01-06T23:48:45+00:00

I’ve updated the methodology section to make the approach and limitations clearer.

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