Burbia is a free, data‑driven platform that matches users to suburbs that fit their lifestyle and budget before they start looking at individual listings. It generates a “fit score” for each town by combining six categories of signals—such as schools, transit, cost of living, walkability, and amenities—and explains the ranking in plain English. Users input their family priorities and receive a shortlist of towns in their metro within about 90 seconds, without needing an account or realtor.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Home‑searchers often struggle to identify which suburbs align with their family’s lifestyle, priorities, and budget before looking at individual property listings. Existing tools focus on house‑level data or generic town scores, leaving users without a clear sense of how a community will feel to them.
Solution
Burbia provides a free, data‑driven platform that matches users to suburbs that fit their specific preferences. Users answer a short questionnaire about schools, commute, budget, amenities, and other lifestyle factors. Burbia then calculates a proprietary fit score for every town in a metro area by layering six data categories—schools, transit, cost of living, amenities, air quality, and climate risk—against the user’s inputs. The platform ranks towns, presents plain‑English explanations for each ranking, and allows users to save shortlists, compare towns side‑by‑side, and connect with vetted local real‑estate guides when they’re ready to visit. This helps families decide “which town?” before they start browsing individual home listings.
Target Audience
Primary users are families and individuals relocating to a new metro area who need to determine the most suitable suburb before beginning a property search.
Features
- Six‑category signal model (schools, transit, cost of living, amenities, air quality, climate risk) applied to every town in a metro
- Personalized weighting of each category based on user‑provided preferences
- Automated fit score generation and ranked town list with plain‑English rationale
- Interactive map and searchable metro selection (currently six metros, expanding via waitlist)
- Shortlist and side‑by‑side comparison tools for selected towns
- Integrated connection to vetted local real‑estate agents whose fees are paid at closing, not by the user
- Continuous data refresh to keep town profiles up‑to‑date