ZipExplore
Research US ZIP codes: demographics, crime, housing costs, schools, taxes, weather, and disaster risk.
Provides detailed profiles of US ZIP codes covering 12 domains: demographics, climate, taxes, crime, cost of living, voting, education, healthcare, business, air quality, disaster risk, and transit. Includes search by criteria, side-by-side comparisons, and published research on housing affordability and economic trends.
Try asking Muse: "Find low-crime suburbs near Denver with good schools and affordable housing."
Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (io.github.andrew-sondgeroth/zipexplore-mcp) · First listed September 24, 2026
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Response time at the last check: 934ms. Worked in 100% of checks over 30 days.
Screening · September 24, 2026
Screened, no issues found
Screening looks for known threats and hidden instructions at the time of the check, and runs again weekly and whenever the tool list changes. It cannot see the server's code, so only connect what you need and review what Muse asks to do. How screening works.
Tools · 22
get_articleReturns the full prose of a specific ZipExplore research article. Use this for editing, fact-checking, detailed analysis, or when get_research summaries aren't enough. Valid slugs: disappearing-towns, hazard-premium, snap-economy, wealthy-retirees. Each article includes all body pingReturns server status and tool/resource counts. Use this to verify the ZipExplore MCP connection is live.get_methodologyReturns ZipExplore's data interpretation guide: reasoning guardrails (associations vs. causes, small-ZIP noise, averages hiding distributions, editorial score weights, drawing conclusions about people from geographic data), quality flag definitions, known data limitations, coveraget_researchReturns ZipExplore's published research articles — original data findings on topics including disaster risk vs. housing costs (the Hazard Premium), food insecurity in fully-employed communities (SNAP economy), economically declining towns vs. retirement communities, and income vasearch_zipsFind ZIP codes matching one or more criteria. Returns a ranked list with scores. Use this first when the user wants recommendations (e.g. "find a low-crime suburb near Denver"). Call get_search_fields first if you're unsure what field names to use. criteria: list of {"field": strget_zip_profileFull location profile for one ZIP code across all 12 data domains: demographics, climate, tax, crime, cost of living, voting, education, healthcare, business, air quality, disaster risk, and transit. Use this to get detail on a ZIP after search, or when the user asks about a speccompare_zipsSide-by-side full profiles for 2–5 ZIP codes. Use when the user has finalists and needs to choose between them. Returns the same profile shape as get_zip_profile for each ZIP. get_search_fieldsLists every field name, type, and description available for search criteria. Call this when you're unsure what field names to pass to search_zips, or when the user asks what data ZipExplore has. get_census_profileDetailed Census / demographics data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's demographics section isn't sufficient depth. Includes population, housing, income distribution, education attainment, economic indicators, internet access, and public assistance rates. reverse_geocodeConvert a latitude/longitude coordinate to a ZIP code. Use when the user provides an address or map coordinates rather than a ZIP code. get_zip_centroidsGet the latitude/longitude centroid for one or more ZIP codes (max 200). Use when you need map coordinates for a set of ZIPs. get_weather_profileDetailed climate data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's climate section isn't sufficient depth. Includes annual/monthly temperature averages, precipitation, humidity, and nearest weather station info. get_tax_profileDetailed tax data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's tax section isn't sufficient depth. Includes state income tax, sales tax, property tax effective rates, excise taxes, and IRS income statistics. get_crime_profileDetailed crime data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's crime section isn't sufficient depth. Includes violent crime rate, property crime rate, and data quality flags (coverage level, Bayesian shrinkage). get_cost_profileDetailed cost of living data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's cost section isn't sufficient depth. Includes fair market rents, housing cost burden, regional price indices, and affordability metrics. get_voting_profileDetailed voting and political data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's voting section isn't sufficient depth. Includes presidential election results, partisan lean, congressional and state legislative districts, and state officials. get_education_profileDetailed school data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's education section isn't sufficient depth. Includes school counts, student-teacher ratios, graduation rates, per-pupil spending, Title I percentage, and budget breakdown (instruction vs. admin vs. capital). May reflget_healthcare_profileDetailed healthcare data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's healthcare section isn't sufficient depth. Includes hospital count and ratings, nursing homes, beds per capita, primary care and mental health shortage area designations, pharmacy count, and urgent care count. get_business_profileDetailed business and employment data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's business section isn't sufficient depth. Includes top industries, sector breakdowns, total establishments, employment, and annual payroll from Census BDS/CBP data. get_air_quality_profileDetailed air quality data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's air quality section isn't sufficient depth. Includes EPA AQS pollutant levels (PM2.5, PM10, ozone, NO2, SO2, CO) and AQI summary. get_disaster_risk_profileDetailed natural disaster risk data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's disaster risk section isn't sufficient depth. Includes FEMA NRI overall risk score, individual hazard scores (hurricane, tornado, earthquake, wildfire, flood, etc.), and expected annual loss estimateget_transit_profileDetailed public transit data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's transit section isn't sufficient depth. Includes bus stop count, subway station count, rail station count, light rail count, ferry terminal count, total transit stops, transit commute percentage, and nearesRecent checks
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How do I connect ZipExplore to Muse?
Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use ZipExplore to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://mcp.zipexplore.com/mcp. It needs an API key from Andrew Sondgeroth; ask me to enter it through your secure credential prompt. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.
Is ZipExplore working right now?
At the last check (September 28, 2026, 07:16 UTC) the endpoint was working, answering in 934ms. Over the last 7 days it answered 100% of health checks. It is checked every 15 minutes.
Is ZipExplore safe to connect to Muse?
It was screened on September 24, 2026 with the result "screened, no issues found". Screening checks the domain against threat feeds and reads the tools for hidden instructions and requests for passwords or card numbers. It cannot see the server's code, so grant only the access you need.
What can ZipExplore do in Muse?
It exposes 22 tools, including get_article, ping, get_methodology, get_research. For example, you could ask Muse: "Find low-crime suburbs near Denver with good schools and affordable housing."
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