Property construction method

property_construction_methodPropertyText

Indicates the primary structural construction method used for the property (e.g., Log, Brick and steel). Known or imputed for 18.9 million addresses — 16.0% of the addresses Faraday knows.

At a glance

Coverage today
16.0%
Typical coverage
15.9%
Addresses with a value
18.9M
Share in largest category
28.3%
Most values come
from the address
Latest collection
May 1, 2026

How the categories split

n = 18,946,321

Share of addresses in each category. 55 categories, of which the 20 largest are shown, with 28.3% in the largest.

WOOD FRAME - Wood
28.3%
WOOD FRAME - Frame
27.0%
BRICK - Masonry
11.2%
BRICK - Brick
6.2%
WOOD FRAME - Wood and steel
4.9%
CONCRETE - Concrete
4.4%
METAL/STEEL - Aluminum and vinyl
2.3%
WOOD FRAME - Wood frame and metal
2.3%
METAL/STEEL - Steel and wood
2.1%
WOOD FRAME - Frame and masonry
2.1%
STONE BLOCK - Concrete block
2.0%
WOOD FRAME - Wood frame and concrete block
1.4%
BRICK - Brick and frame
0.8%
BRICK - Brick and stone
0.8%
WOOD FRAME - A frame
0.6%
METAL/STEEL - Steel
0.6%
WOOD FRAME - Wood and brick
0.5%
SPECIALTY - Stucco
0.5%
METAL/STEEL - Metal
0.3%
WOOD FRAME - Log
0.3%
All other values
1.4%
Distinct categories
55
Share in largest category
28.3%
Share in top 3 categories
66.6%

Every category

55 categories

The chart above draws the 20 largest. Search here for one it does not.

  • WOOD FRAME - Wood28.32%5,365,585 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Frame27.04%5,123,036 addresses
  • BRICK - Masonry11.23%2,127,150 addresses
  • BRICK - Brick6.25%1,183,975 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Wood and steel4.95%936,977 addresses
  • CONCRETE - Concrete4.38%829,260 addresses
  • METAL/STEEL - Aluminum and vinyl2.31%437,951 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Wood frame and metal2.28%431,135 addresses
  • METAL/STEEL - Steel and wood2.13%402,925 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Frame and masonry2.06%390,335 addresses
  • STONE BLOCK - Concrete block1.97%373,043 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Wood frame and concrete block1.44%273,505 addresses
  • BRICK - Brick and frame0.82%155,490 addresses
  • BRICK - Brick and stone0.78%147,203 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - A frame0.61%115,444 addresses
  • METAL/STEEL - Steel0.59%112,333 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Wood and brick0.48%90,221 addresses
  • SPECIALTY - Stucco0.47%89,389 addresses
  • METAL/STEEL - Metal0.27%51,991 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Log0.26%49,987 addresses
  • STONE BLOCK - Stone and rock0.24%45,733 addresses
  • SPECIALTY - Manufactured and modular0.17%32,346 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Frame and stucco0.14%27,270 addresses
  • METAL/STEEL - Aluminum siding0.14%26,468 addresses
  • STONE BLOCK - Cinder block0.12%22,947 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Wood and stucco0.11%21,696 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Frame and steel0.11%21,467 addresses
  • BRICK - Brick and cinder block0.09%17,848 addresses
  • WOOD FRAME - Pole frame0.04%7,081 addresses
  • GENERAL - Custom0.04%6,725 addresses
  • METAL/STEEL - Aluminum frame0.03%6,510 addresses
  • METAL/STEEL - Prefab metal0.03%5,277 addresses
  • BRICK - Brick and stucco0.02%4,445 addresses
  • METAL/STEEL - Steel and masonry0.02%4,145 addresses
  • BRICK - Brick and concrete0.01%2,560 addresses
  • CONCRETE - Concrete masonry0.01%1,984 addresses
  • BRICK - Block and brick0.01%1,719 addresses
  • STONE BLOCK - Stone veneer0.01%997 addresses
  • GENERAL - Combination0.00%834 addresses
  • CONCRETE - Concrete and steel0.00%416 addresses

Category shares over time

WOOD FRAME - Wood28.4% (largest)

The 5 largest categories, each followed across 12 collections. Estimated from a 1% sample of addresses.

Feb 2025Apr 2025Jun 2025Dec 2025Feb 2026May 2026
WOOD FRAME - FrameWOOD FRAME - WoodBRICK - MasonryBRICK - BrickWOOD FRAME - Wood and steel

Coverage

Latest collection: 98,683,954 addresses

Coverage by state

Percentage of addresses in each state with a value.

Coverage over time

16.0% today

Share of addresses holding a value at each monthly snapshot. A value carries forward for one year.

Jul 23Jun 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26

How we arrive at a value

Whether a value was observed on the person themselves, carried from their address, or estimated from the people around them.

On the person — 0%
Not used for this attribute — no value is inherited this way.
From address — 100%
Carried from what we know about the household at their address.
From geography — 0%
Not used for this attribute — no value is inherited this way.

Coverage, in context

Where 16.0% sits on the catalog’s own coverage range.

catalog min 0%max 100%

Higher coverage than 34% of address-level attributes in the catalog

Freshness

How recently this was collected, and how often a new collection arrives. Each bar is the number of addresses in that collection. Gaps are real — collection is periodic, not continuous.

May 1, 2026
latest collection
5 months 2 days
since the latest collection
monthly
new collection cadence
Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26

Change between collections

The share of addresses whose category changed.

0.0%

of addresses changed value between the two most recent collections — 846.4× steadier than the catalog median of 13.5%.

Contribution ledger

17 ingestions

1 authority contributed since Jul 2023.

ObservedIngestedCountID
2026-05-012026-07-01125,639,012f9d55800…
2026-04-012026-07-01121,548,788178f88a6…
2026-03-012026-07-0172,154,489a1e715b0…
2026-02-012026-07-01121,865,620b70b01b3…
2026-01-012026-07-01120,035,0582786571a…

Technical details

API name
property_construction_method
Category
fig/property
Type · unit
Text
Statistical type
nominal
Allowed values
null
Derivations
null
Directionality
null
Deprecation
false

In a payload

{
  "attributes": {
    "property_construction_method": "WOOD FRAME - Wood"
  }
}