NabeStats.com
Release Notes
Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and updates to NabeStats.com
Latest Release
November 2025v2.3.0
School insights refresh with SchoolDigger rankings + NCES fallbacks, alongside the Google Places, INRIX Parking, mobility, and recreation & dining integrations that keep neighborhood data comprehensive.
New Features
Recreation & Entertainment Data
- • Complete Google Places API integration for real-time venue data
- • Parks, gyms, museums, tourist attractions, stadiums, and aquariums
- • Dynamic recreational facilities and outdoor activities based on available venues
- • Conditional field inclusion to eliminate random "0" values
- • Real-time data within 1km radius of any location
Dining & Entertainment Integration
- • Google Places API for restaurants, bars, breweries, nightclubs, and live music venues
- • Dynamic cuisine type extraction from restaurant data
- • Entertainment options based on available venues in the area
- • Real-time venue counts and comprehensive fallback data
- • Enhanced dining and nightlife insights for neighborhood research
Schools & Rankings Upgrade
- • Migrated from GreatSchools to SchoolDigger with normalized 1–10 scores
- • Expanded NCES directory coverage for grades, enrollment, and lunch metrics
- • Parallelized NCES, Urban Institute, and SchoolDigger fetches with fast timeouts
- • Added structured logging and test helpers for school ranking calculations
Enhanced Mobility Data
- • INRIX Parking API integration for real-time parking cost data
- • Fixed Walk Score API with proper transit and bike score parameters
- • Comprehensive fallback logic for top 20 US cities and 6 major regions
- • Real transit scores and bike descriptions from Walk Score API
- • Dynamic transit details with TransitLand API fallback
- • Enhanced parking cost estimates with city-specific fallback data
Data Quality Improvements
- • Eliminated random "0" values in recreation data with conditional field inclusion
- • Clean API responses that only include meaningful data fields
- • Enhanced fallback logic based on real API testing for major cities
- • API response optimization for professional data delivery
- • Improved data accuracy with real-time API integration
National Average Comparisons
- • Added "vs National Avg:" labels to People & Economy and Housing cards
- • Safety ratings now include FBI UCR national benchmarks
- • Income comparisons against national median ($74,580)
- • Housing costs compared to national median rent ($1,375)
Enhanced Rating Systems
- • Comprehensive mobility rating combining walk score (60%) and transit score (40%)
- • Color-coded safety indicators with national benchmarks
- • Housing affordability scoring system
- • Environment quality ratings with real-time data
Dashboard Improvements
- • Consistent rating badge design across all cards
- • Better data context and benchmarking
- • Improved visual hierarchy and readability
- • Enhanced mobile responsiveness
Data Source Enhancements
- • FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API integration
- • Enhanced Census ACS data coverage
- • Improved EPA water quality data
- • Better HUD Fair Market Rent integration
- • Enhanced Walk Score and transit data
API Integration Fixes
- • Fixed HUD Fair Market Rent API with proper FIPS code resolution
- • Implemented dynamic county matching for HUD data
- • Enhanced HUD API response parsing for accurate rent data
- • Integrated real Census ACS data for employment statistics
- • Added data validation for employment data accuracy
User Experience Improvements
- • Resolved search functionality getting stuck in loading state
- • Enhanced error handling with graceful API failure management
- • Improved data accuracy with real-time API data instead of fallbacks
- • Better user feedback during data loading processes
- • Streamlined contact information and help center
Improvements
- • Enhanced data consistency with deterministic trend generation
- • Improved fallback mechanisms for API failures
- • Better error handling and user feedback
- • Optimized performance and loading times
- • Enhanced accessibility and keyboard navigation
- • Implemented safeGetJSON for graceful API error handling
- • Enhanced FIPS code resolution for accurate geographic data
- • Improved employment data validation and correction
- • Better housing data accuracy with real-time API integration
- • Real-time Google Places API integration for venue data
- • INRIX Parking API integration with comprehensive fallback logic
- • Enhanced Walk Score API integration with proper parameters
- • Improved API response optimization and data quality
- • Enhanced documentation and data source transparency
- • Better user experience with clean, professional data responses
Bug Fixes
- • Fixed 500 errors on help and data-sources pages
- • Resolved icon display issues across all pages
- • Corrected navigation inconsistencies
- • Fixed mobile layout issues on dashboard cards
- • Resolved data loading edge cases
- • Fixed search functionality getting stuck in loading state
- • Resolved HUD API 404 errors with proper endpoint formatting
- • Fixed employment data showing hardcoded values instead of real data
- • Corrected housing data accuracy issues with API integration
- • Fixed ReferenceError in FMR trend API with proper variable scoping
- • Fixed random "0" values appearing in recreation data
- • Resolved community_centers: 0 issue for specific locations
- • Fixed Walk Score API returning null for transit scores
- • Corrected bike-friendly area data not being dynamically pulled
- • Fixed hardcoded transit details to use real API data
- • Resolved TypeScript compilation errors in mobility API
- • Fixed INRIX Parking API authentication and integration issues
Platform Evolution
From NeighborhoodInsights to NabeStats.com
Our platform has evolved significantly since its initial release, transforming from a basic neighborhood research tool into a comprehensive, feature-rich platform with advanced analytics and user experience improvements.
Original Features (v1.0-1.5)
- • Basic FBI UCR crime data
- • Simple Census demographics
- • Basic air quality data
- • Standard housing benchmarks
- • Basic Walk Score integration
Current Features (v2.3.0)
- • Real-time recreation & dining data
- • INRIX parking cost integration
- • Enhanced mobility scoring
- • Google Places API integration
- • SchoolDigger rankings with NCES directory fallbacks
- • Comprehensive data quality improvements
Previous Releases
v2.3.0November 2025
School Insights Revamp
- • Migrated from GreatSchools to SchoolDigger with normalized 1–10 scores
- • Expanded NCES directory coverage for grades, enrollment, and lunch metrics
- • Parallelized NCES, Urban Institute, and SchoolDigger fetches with fast timeouts
- • Exposed test helpers for ranking calculations and added structured source logging
- • Refreshed documentation and env templates with SchoolDigger setup guidance
v2.1.0September 2025
Major Dashboard Enhancements
- • National average comparisons across all data categories
- • Comprehensive rating systems with color-coded indicators
- • Enhanced FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API integration
- • Improved HUD Fair Market Rent API with proper FIPS resolution
- • Enhanced Census ACS data coverage and accuracy
- • Better error handling and user feedback systems
- • Improved data consistency with deterministic trend generation
v2.0.0September 2025
Platform Launch & Rebranding
- • Rebranded from NeighborhoodInsights to NabeStats.com
- • Complete platform redesign with new logo and branding
- • Enhanced dashboard with comprehensive data categories
- • Improved search functionality and geocoding
- • Added saved locations feature
- • Comprehensive methodology and data source documentation
v1.8.0September 2025
Advanced Data Integration
- • Enhanced FBI Crime Data API integration with CDE endpoints
- • Improved air quality data from OpenAQ and AirNow
- • Enhanced Census ACS data coverage and accuracy
- • Better HUD Fair Market Rent data integration
- • Improved Walk Score and transit data
- • Integrated SchoolDigger rankings with NCES directory
v1.5.0August 2025
Core Platform Features
- • Initial release of NeighborhoodInsights platform
- • Basic neighborhood research functionality
- • Core data categories: Safety, Schools, People & Economy
- • Environment, Housing, and Mobility data
- • FBI UCR crime data integration
- • Census ACS demographic data
- • EPA water quality and air quality data
- • HUD Fair Market Rents
- • Walk Score and transit information
- • SchoolDigger rankings
v1.0.0August 2025
Foundation & Architecture
- • Next.js 15 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS foundation
- • API route architecture for data aggregation
- • Mobile-first responsive design
- • Component-based architecture
- • Environment variable configuration system
- • Basic geocoding and search functionality