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Real estate data analytics

Migration trends reshape markets quickly. For real estate investors, lenders, analysts, and data teams, the ability to identify early signals enables faster, more informed decisions on where to allocate capital.

CENSAI offers the industry’s largest pool of row-level market and property data for due diligence, forecasting, and audience modeling. This dataset provides access to migration flows, detailed demographics, rental analysis, affordability metrics, and look-alike modeling for markets across the U.S., including individual multifamily buildings and trade areas for commercial properties. With quarterly refreshes, long-range historical trends, and forward projections, CENSAI data delivers granular population intelligence that reveals how people and places are changing over time.

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One data stack, one clear view

CENSAI unifies multiple high-quality datasets into a single, trusted source of population intelligence. Instead of relying on disconnected census files, third-party feeds, and outdated market reports, you always work with one consistent view of movers and markets. Every analysis starts with a complete foundation built on migration, demographic, affordability, and property data.

270M+ U.S. adults covering 117M+ residences
Geospatial data
Address histories from Q1 2018–present
1.2M+ searchable addresses, including 100K+ multifamily properties with 50+ units each
1M+ verified active and off-market CRE listings
Detailed demographic touchpoints
25M+ annual moves tracked
Purchase, lifestyle, and behavioral data

How to access CENSAI data

CENSAI data is available through flexible delivery options depending on your workflow needs.

Platform

Fast, easy access to deep market and property insights.

Data stream

Row-level population and migration trends for custom analysis.

Segments

Curated digital audiences for real estate advertising.

CENSAI data is available through flexible delivery options depending on your workflow needs.

  • Bulk data licensing provides access to the latest bulk files, ready for independent analysis.
  • The CENSAI API key streams CENSAI data directly into custom dashboards or third-party platforms.

Available datasets

CENSAI delivers the most granular and actionable population intelligence in the data marketplace. Choose the datasets that fit your analysis or combine them for a complete picture.

Migration

  • 25M+ moves tracked annually
  • Population counts, inflows, outflows, and net migration
  • Origin-to-destination routes
  • Historical trends since Q1 2018
  • Forward projections up to 8 quarters

Demographics

  • 20+ core demographic attributes included as standard
  • Hundreds of additional demographic, behavioral, and lifestyle attributes available

Rent and mortgage affordability

  • Zip-code level indicators
  • Median rent per square foot
  • Rent-to-income ratio
  • Mortgage-to-income ratio

Look-alike markets

  • Comparable CBSAs, FIPS codes, zip codes, and properties

Our process

We apply methodological rigor throughout the data production lifecycle to bring you the highest level of accuracy, consistency, and reliability.

1

Capture, process, and validate nationwide mover data.

2

Match individuals 18 and over to our proprietary consumer database.

3

Analyze migration flows and historical population trends.

4

Generate detailed market intelligence and forward projections.

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CENSAI simplifies your role by helping you discover market opportunities and make smarter real estate investment decisions.

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