Incenti Insights
Location intelligence for economic development and site selection.
Understand, screen, compare, and benchmark U.S. locations. Explore states, metros, counties, cities, and EDD regions on an interactive map, in sortable tables, or both at once.
Questions This Page Answers
Start with the questions a location decision actually asks.
How can I compare two or more locations?
Select the markets that matter and view them side by side on a common basis, with percentile rankings against the national field.
How does my community compare with competing markets?
Benchmark your market against the places you actually compete with and see exactly where it leads or trails.
Which locations meet the factors that matter to a project?
Search and filter by the measures a project cares about, then narrow a long list to a defensible shortlist.
Where does a location lead or trail nationally?
Percentile rankings place each measure against the national field, so strengths and exposures are visible at a glance.
What operating cost, risk, infrastructure, and community factors should I consider?
Insights brings together the costs, risks, infrastructure, and community conditions that shape a location decision.
What You Can Do
Explore every level a location decision touches. States, metros, counties, cities, and EDD regions.
Explore on the map, in tables, or both
Switch between map, table, and split views. Zoom from the national picture to a single community without losing context.
Search, filter, and screen
Filter by the measures that matter to a project and screen a long list of markets down to the few worth real attention.
Inspect any location in depth
Open a full profile for any geography: economy, cost, risk, infrastructure, and community context, every value sourced.
Compare side by side
Put competing markets next to each other on a common basis and see where each one leads or trails.
See your EDD region
View Economic Development District boundaries, strategy priorities, and how a district's focus compares with the national mix.
Report and export what you select
Turn a shortlist or comparison into a branded report, or export the selected data to CSV or Excel.
The Operating Environment
Every factor that shapes a location decision, in one sourced view.
Cost of Doing Business
Cost of living, tax climate, healthcare costs, workers compensation, housing, and other business cost factors.
Energy
Commercial and industrial electricity costs, natural gas costs, and energy use.
Economy & Growth
Economic output, income per person, and the momentum behind each market.
Risk & Resilience
Natural hazards, severe weather, disaster history, and community resilience at the available geography level.
Logistics & Infrastructure
Airports, ports, rail, transit, and infrastructure condition.
Regulatory & Policy
Regulatory burden, right to work status, and the policy environment behind each market.
Community Context
Housing, safety, broadband, and quality of life factors behind the workforce numbers.
Workforce & Industries
Labor and sector intelligence, covered in depth on their own pages.
Compare & Benchmark
See where each market leads or trails, on a common basis.
Pick the markets you compete with and compare them side by side. Percentile rankings place each measure against the national field, so "we're strong on cost" becomes a number you can defend.
- Compare states, metros, counties, cities, and EDD regions
- Percentile rankings against the national field
- Every value traces to its source; modeled and inherited values labeled
- Turn any comparison into a branded report or export
Ask Insights
“How do these three markets compare on cost, workforce, and risk?”
Ask a question in plain English and get an answer grounded in Insights data, with sources shown.
Evidence you can put in front of a board, a council, or a client. Sourced, labeled, and ready to defend.
How Teams Use It
One view of the market, two sides of the decision.
Economic Development Organizations
Know where your market stands before anyone asks. Benchmark against the communities you compete with and bring current, sourced numbers to RFIs, strategy, and stakeholder meetings.
- Benchmark peer and competitor markets
- Answer RFIs with current numbers
- Ground strategic plans and CEDS work in evidence
Site Selectors & Corporate Location Teams
Screen long lists on the factors a project actually weighs, compare finalists on a common basis, and hand the client a comparison built on sourced values.
- Screen long lists of locations fast
- Compare finalists on a common basis
- Build shortlists and reports ready for clients
Location Intelligence FAQs
What geographic levels can I explore?
How do city level values work?
How do percentile rankings work?
Can I explore on a map and in a table at the same time?
Can I export what I find?
See your markets side by side.
Take a live walkthrough using the places you actually care about, not a canned demo.