rank_jurisdictions_by_cost
Rank US jurisdictions by total or water-sewer development cost to identify cheapest or most expensive markets. Filter by state, coverage, or development type.
Instructions
Rank EVERY covered US jurisdiction cheapest-to-priciest on municipal development cost — the national site-selection leaderboard a developer wants when the question is 'where in the country is it cheapest (or most expensive) to build?'. Rank on water+sewer only or on the GRAND TOTAL across every fee category (water, sewer, transportation, parks, drainage, fire, police, library). Returns the full ranked list with each market's water+sewer vs other split, plus the cheapest / median / priciest, the dollar spread and what that spread costs on a 100-unit project. Filter by 'state' or 'coverage'. Only jurisdictions with the city's OWN published figures are ranked (state-benchmark estimates are excluded). This is computable only over the full normalized cross-jurisdiction dataset — exactly what an agent can't assemble itself. Optionally pass 'basis' ('total' default, or 'water_sewer'), 'dev_type', 'meter_size', 'state', 'coverage', 'limit'. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| basis | No | 'total' (grand total across all fee categories, default) or 'water_sewer' (water+sewer only). | |
| dev_type | No | Development type (default single_family). | |
| meter_size | No | Water meter size for per-meter-table jurisdictions (default 5/8"). | |
| state | No | Filter to a 2-letter state code (e.g. 'TX'). Optional. | |
| coverage | No | Filter: 'deep' or 'partial'. Optional. | |
| limit | No | Return only the top N rows. Optional (default: all). |