# Areavibes.com Scraper (`lexis-solutions/areavibes-com-scraper`) Actor
AreaVibes Scraper for Apify extracts city and neighborhood data from AreaVibes, including livability scores, crime stats, cost of living, housing, schools, amenities, commute, and population data for real estate research, relocation tools, and location intelligence.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/areavibes-com-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Lexis Solutions](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, AI, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $1.90 / 1,000 results
This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event
## What's an Apify Actor?
Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Actors are written with capital "A".
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```bash
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```
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```bash
pip install apify-client
```
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````bash
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# README
### What does AreaVibes Scraper do?
AreaVibes Scraper will help you search and extract comprehensive city and neighborhood data from **areavibes.com**, a leading platform for livability scores, crime statistics, cost of living data, and community metrics.
You can extract location details such as livability ratings, population statistics, median age, area facts, local opinions, homes for sale, amenities, commute data, crime rates, employment statistics, health and safety information, housing metrics, school ratings, and user reviews. AreaVibes Scraper supports a REST API which gives you access to the extracted dataset, enables you to download it in various formats, and use it in other applications.
It allows you to search and extract city and neighborhood intelligence from AreaVibes.com, a comprehensive livability platform. AreaVibes pages expose city/neighborhood metrics including livability and crime indicators that can power local intelligence products. The scraper supports the REST API which gives you access to the extracted dataset, enables you to download it in various formats, and use it in other applications.
### What data can I extract from AreaVibes.com with a web scraper?
With this web scraping tool, you can extract the following data from AreaVibes.com:
| π Livability ratings |
π₯ Population data |
| π Median age |
π Area facts |
| π£οΈ Locals' opinions |
π Homes for sale |
| π― Amenities |
π Commute data |
| π° Cost of living |
π Crime statistics |
| πΌ Employment data |
π₯ Health & safety |
| ποΈ Housing metrics |
π School ratings |
| β User ratings |
π Location URL |
### Why scrape AreaVibes.com?
AreaVibes is a comprehensive platform providing livability scores, crime data, cost of living indices, and community metrics for cities and neighborhoods across the United States. The site aggregates data on demographics, safety, amenities, and quality of life indicators. Scrape targets include livability ratings, crime statistics, local opinions, housing data, and comprehensive area metrics.
- Monitor livability scores and rankings across cities
- Track crime statistics and safety trends
- Analyze cost of living and housing affordability
- Capture local community opinions and ratings
- Aggregate amenity and service availability
- Build location intelligence for real estate applications
- Power market research and relocation planning tools
- Create comparative city/neighborhood analysis dashboards
### How to use AreaVibes Scraper?
AreaVibes Scraper is designed for easy and fast start even if you've never extracted data from websites before. Here's how you can extract data from AreaVibes.com with this web scraping tool:
1. Create a free Apify account using your email.
2. Open AreaVibes Scraper on the Apify platform.
3. Click on the **Try for free** button.
4. Enter the start URLs for search results, category pages (best places), or individual city/neighborhood detail pages.
5. Click on the **Start** button and wait for the data to be extracted.
6. Download your data in JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, or HTML.
### Input
The actor accepts the following input parameters:
- startUrls (array of objects) - **Required**. URLs to start with. You can provide search result URLs, best places category URLs, or individual city/neighborhood detail page URLs.
- maxItems (integer) - The maximum number of locations to scrape per start URL. Default: 10
- proxyConfiguration (object) - Proxy configuration settings.
#### Supported URL Types (examples)
You can use search results, category pages (best places), and individual city/neighborhood detail pages:
**Search URL example:**
- https://www.areavibes.com/search-results/?st=il&ct=chicago+heights&hd=&zip=&addr=&ll=41.51069+-87.63467
**Category URL example:**
- https://www.areavibes.com/best-places/
**City/Neighborhood Detail Pages:**
- https://www.areavibes.com/brookfield-il/
- https://www.areavibes.com/new+york-ny/
- https://www.areavibes.com/malverne-ny/
Example:
```json
{
"startUrls": [
{ "url": "https://www.areavibes.com/search-results/?st=ny&ct=new+york&hd=&zip=&addr=&ll=40.71278+-74.00594" },
{ "url": "https://www.areavibes.com/malverne-ny/" }
],
"maxItems": 5,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": false
}
}
````
#### Note: The startUrls field is required
### Output
The scraped data will be saved as a dataset. Each item will represent a city or neighborhood location. You can choose in what format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, HTML table, CSV, Excel spreadsheet, or NDJSON.
Example output structure:
```json
{
"url": "https://www.areavibes.com/malverne-ny/",
"generalRatings": [
{
"attribute": "Livability",
"value": "89"
},
{
"attribute": "Amenities",
"value": "A+"
},
{
"attribute": "Crime",
"value": "A+"
},
{
"attribute": "Cost of Living",
"value": "F"
}
],
"population": "8738",
"medianAge": "45.8 Years",
"areaFacts": [
"Malverne has a Livability Score of 89/100, which is considered exceptional",
"Malverne crime rates are 65% lower than the New York average",
"Cost of living in Malverne is 26% higher than the New York average"
],
"localsThink": [
{
"attribute": "Family friendly",
"value": "100%"
},
{
"attribute": "Safe at night",
"value": "100%"
},
{
"attribute": "Walkable to restaurants",
"value": "100%"
}
],
"homesForSale": [
{
"title": "29 Gates Ave Malverne, NY",
"link": "https://www.redfin.com/NY/Malverne/29-Gates-Ave-11565/home/20406825"
}
],
"amenities": [
{
"category": "Parks",
"items": ["Fireman's Memorial Park", "Carbone Toddler Park", "Whelan Field"]
},
{
"category": "Entertainment",
"items": ["Malvern Cinema & Arts Center", "Regal Cinemas 13"]
}
],
"commute": [
{
"mode": "Drive to Work",
"percentage": "68%",
"comparison": "8% lower than the US average"
},
{
"mode": "Take Public Transit",
"percentage": "18%",
"comparison": "13% higher than the US average"
}
],
"costOfLiving": [
{
"location": "Malverne",
"index": "152",
"comparison": "52% more expensive than average"
},
{
"location": "United States",
"index": "100",
"comparison": "National cost of living index"
}
],
"crime": [
{
"metric": "Total Crime",
"value": "737 per 100k people",
"comparison": "65% lower than the US average"
},
{
"metric": "Chance of being a victim",
"value": "1 in 136",
"comparison": "65% lower than the US average"
}
],
"employment": [
{
"metric": "Median household income",
"value": "$201,329",
"comparison": "148% higher than the US average"
},
{
"metric": "Unemployment rate",
"value": "2%",
"comparison": "65% lower than the US average"
}
],
"healthAndSafety": [
{
"category": "Hospitals",
"items": []
},
{
"category": "Doctors",
"items": ["Village Medical", "Family Chiropractic"]
}
],
"housing": [
{
"metric": "Median home value",
"value": "$895,819",
"comparison": "174% higher than the US average"
},
{
"metric": "Home Ownership",
"value": "96%",
"comparison": "51% higher than the US average"
}
],
"schools": [
{
"metric": "High school grad. rates",
"value": "94%",
"comparison": "13% higher than the US average"
},
{
"metric": "School test scores",
"value": "71%",
"comparison": "48% higher than the US average"
}
],
"userRatings": [
{
"metric": "Overall user rating",
"value": "95%",
"comparison": "3 total ratings"
},
{
"metric": "User reviews rating",
"value": "n/a%",
"comparison": "0 total reviews"
}
]
}
```
#### Notes and Limitations
- The actor relies on the structure of the AreaVibes.com website. If the website structure changes, the actor may need to be updated.
- For large-scale scraping, use Apify's proxy services to avoid IP blocking.
- When using a proxy, requests can originate from different locations, so the number of results may differ compared to non-proxy runs.
#### π Looking to Scrape more Real Estate & Location Intelligence Websites?
In addition to this actor, you can explore our suite of dedicated scrapers tailored for other popular real estate and location platforms. Each scraper is optimized for its target site to ensure accurate, efficient, and high-performance data extraction.
| Scraper | Country | Description |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Immovlan.be Scraper](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/immovlan) | Belgium | Scrape property listings from Immovlan.be - including sales, rentals, regions, prices, features, and agent contacts. Ideal for real estate analytics, market research, and portal development. Fast, structured, and customizable extraction from Belgiumβs leading property site. |
| [Pisos.mitula.com Scraper](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/pisos-mitula-com-scraper) | Spain | Scrape pisos.mitula.com real estate listings into structured datasets with prices, bedrooms, bathrooms, floor area, location, amenities, nearby schools, healthcare, leisure, transport, and images for property analytics and market research. |
| [Booli.se Scraper](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/booli-se-scraper) | Sweden | Scrape property listings from Booli.se - including rentals, sales, prices, features, and agent details. Ideal for real estate analysis, market research, and portal development. Fast, structured, and customizable extraction from Swedenβs leading real estate platform. |
Explore these solutions to expand your data collection capabilities across real estate and location intelligence websites.
***
π p.s.
Got feedback or need an extension?
Lexis Solutions is a [certified Apify Partner](https://apify.com/partners). We can help you with custom solutions or data extraction projects.
Contact us over [Email](mailto:info@lexis.solutions) or [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lexis-solutions)
### Image Credit
Image credit: [areavibes.com](https://www.areavibes.com/)
# Actor input Schema
## `startUrls` (type: `array`):
URLs to start with.
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of items that will be scraped.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Select proxies to be used by your crawler.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.areavibes.com/search-results/?st=il&ct=chicago+heights&hd=&zip=&addr=&ll=41.51069+-87.63467"
}
],
"maxItems": 5,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": false
}
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (type: `string`):
No description
# API
You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.
## JavaScript example
```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.areavibes.com/search-results/?st=il&ct=chicago+heights&hd=&zip=&addr=&ll=41.51069+-87.63467"
}
],
"maxItems": 5,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": false
}
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lexis-solutions/areavibes-com-scraper").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`πΎ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
console.dir(item);
});
// π Want to learn more π? Go to β https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
```
## Python example
```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.areavibes.com/search-results/?st=il&ct=chicago+heights&hd=&zip=&addr=&ll=41.51069+-87.63467" }],
"maxItems": 5,
"proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lexis-solutions/areavibes-com-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("πΎ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# π Want to learn more π? Go to β https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.areavibes.com/search-results/?st=il&ct=chicago+heights&hd=&zip=&addr=&ll=41.51069+-87.63467"
}
],
"maxItems": 5,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": false
}
}' |
apify call lexis-solutions/areavibes-com-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lexis-solutions/areavibes-com-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Areavibes.com Scraper",
"description": "AreaVibes Scraper for Apify extracts city and neighborhood data from AreaVibes, including livability scores, crime stats, cost of living, housing, schools, amenities, commute, and population data for real estate research, relocation tools, and location intelligence.",
"version": "1.0",
"x-build-id": "2aesNrT4Vav6wE9RX"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/lexis-solutions~areavibes-com-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lexis-solutions-areavibes-com-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/lexis-solutions~areavibes-com-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-lexis-solutions-areavibes-com-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/lexis-solutions~areavibes-com-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-lexis-solutions-areavibes-com-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
}
},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"startUrls"
],
"properties": {
"startUrls": {
"title": "Start URLs",
"type": "array",
"description": "URLs to start with.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"url"
],
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"title": "URL of a web page",
"format": "uri"
}
}
}
},
"maxItems": {
"title": "Maximum number of items",
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of items that will be scraped.",
"default": 5
},
"proxyConfiguration": {
"title": "Proxy configuration",
"type": "object",
"description": "Select proxies to be used by your crawler."
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
"type": "string"
},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"finishedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"computeUnits": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"usageTotalUsd": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"usageUsd": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```