CHECKING ON THE SCHOOLS

A national database of school demographic information can be found on the National Center for Education Statistics web site http://nces.ed.gov/index.asp

For a snapshot of academic performance and to compare schools, a prospective homeowner might browse the School Matters web site, a service of Standard & Poor’s at www.SchoolMatters.com

ARE YOU IN A FLOOD ZONE? - - IMPORTANT WHEN BUYING & SELLING!

Check out this user friendly site to see what your property is rated by the government! Don't buy high risk flood zone property without knowing your exposure to floods or the true cost of flood insurance if you do purchase! http://floodSmart.gov and http://store.msc.fema.gov

LEARNING  DEMOGRAPHICS

For neighborhood demographics, check out this site for statistics about an area’s demographics; the Census Quick Facts page breaks down the information easily, by city and county. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html

ENVIRONMENTAL

Tools that allow you to search a community by ZIP code for environmental facts including pollution statistics, the location of hazardous waste sites and information about the area’s watershed. www.epa.gov/epahome/commsearch.htm

Another site dedicated to helping you retrieve information about local environmental health, which generates a pollution report card at the county level, giving information on such topics as air and water quality. www.scorecard.org

SENSITIVE INFORMATION

Sex offenders: A National sex-offender registry - www.familywatchdog.us