Trick-or-Treat: Top Neighborhoods to Get the Most Candy

RISMEDIA, October 31, 2009—As real estate data geeks and candy lovers, the folks at Zillow decided to combine their passions and create the inaugural Zillow Trick-or-Treat Housing Index to help city residents determine the best overall neighborhoods to trick-or-treat this Halloween. If you still aren’t sure where you are taking your children trick-or-treating tonight, you may want to check out these neighborhoods in San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle.

On a quest for the most candy with the least amount of walking and minimal safety risks, Zillow created their Trick-or-Treat Housing Index because of the common belief that wealthy neighborhoods are the Holy Grail for harvesting the most Halloween candy. However, to provide a more holistic approach to Halloween trick-or-treating, the index was calculated using four equally weighted data variables: Zillow Home Value Index, population density, Walk Score and local crime data.

Top 5 San Francisco Neighborhoods to Trick-or-Treat
1. Presidio Heights
2. Noe Valley
3. Richmond
4. Haight-Ashbury
5. Sunset

Top 5 Boston-area Cities and Neighborhoods to Trick-or-Treat
1. Cambridge
2. Somerville
3. Brookline
4. South End
5. Charlestown

Top 5 Chicago Neighborhoods to Trick-or-Treat
1. Bridgeport
2. Albany Park
3. Logan Square
4. Rogers Park
5. Lake View

Top 5 Los Angeles Neighborhoods to Trick-or-Treat
1. Venice
2. Los Feliz
3. Westwood
4. Silver Lake
5. Beverly Hills

Top 5 Seattle Neighborhoods to Trick-or-Treat
1. Wallingford
2. Queen Anne
3. Magnolia
4. University District
5. Capitol Hill

For more information, visit www.Zillow.com.

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