How Burbia works

From “we’re moving somewhere” to a saved shortlist - in three moves.

Tell Burbia what your family actually needs. It scores every town in your metro against you, then shows the work.

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The flow

Three steps. Under two minutes.

You talk. Burbia does the math.

Tell Burbia about your family

Budget, schools, commute, deal-breakers — the way you’d tell a friend. Burbia asks the right follow-ups instead of making you fill out a form.

Every town in your metro, scored against you

Schools, commute, taxes, walkability, and dozens of other signals — weighed against what you just said. 1,977 towns. Your priorities. One ranking.

A shortlist, with the reasoning shown

Every town ranked with a fit score, the trade-offs called out in plain English, and a live map you can dig into.

What you walk away with

A shortlist, a profile, a head-to-head.

Examples below are from NYC metro. The product auto-switches to your area when you sign in.

1 · The shortlist

Every suburb around Manhattan, scored against how your family actually lives. Ranked, mapped, filterable.

  • 94% fit

    Westfield NJ

    $1.27M

    Gold-standard NJ suburb. Vibrant downtown, top schools, deep community feel.

  • 91% fit

    Montclair NJ

    $1.14M

    Artsy, eclectic, walkable. Brooklynites feel at home the day they move in.

  • 87% fit

    Ridgewood NJ

    $1.20M

    New England feel in NJ. Families come for the 10/10 schools and never leave.

2 · The town profile

Neighborhoods, school data, commute, taxes, walk score, and what actually stands out - per town.

Montclair NJ · NYC suburbs

Artsy eclectic outlier. Walkable downtown, Midtown Direct train, Brooklyn-transplant energy.

Schools
8/10
To NYC
49 min
Median home
$1.14M
Walk score
85
Annual tax
$17.2K
Population
41K

Neighborhoods

Upper Montclair

Quieter, larger lots, direct-train station, top-tier elementaries.

$1.35M

South End

Walkable to downtown, craftsman blocks, artsy and diverse.

$995K

Watchung Plaza

Main-street shops, brunch hub, family-dense, close to Edgemont Park.

$1.08M

What stands out

  • ·Midtown Direct to Penn Station - no transfer for the morning commute.
  • ·Montclair Art Museum, Wellmont Theater, and independent bookstores within a mile.
  • ·Cultural anchors of an arts town: jazz festival, indie film festival, 40+ countries represented in restaurant scene.

3 · The head-to-head

When it’s down to the last two, we line them up — including the stats you forgot to ask about.

Westfield

NJ · NYC metro

vs

Montclair

NJ · NYC metro

  • Schools9/108/10
  • Commute63 min49 min
  • Median home$1.27M$1.14M
  • Walk score7285
  • VibeSuburbanEclectic

Ready when you are

Tell Burbia about your family. Get the towns that fit.

Free. About 90 seconds. No realtor on the line.

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